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Wildfire near Sandy Lake First Nation a 'sleeping giant' as evacuation flights pause
Sandy Lake First Nation says flights out of the remote community in northwestern Ontario are on pause after over 2,000 people ...
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Fire near Sandy Lake First Nation a 'sleeping giant' as evacuation flights pause
Community leadership in Sandy Lake First Nation is seen discussing Red Lake 12 on Monday. The wildfire has destroyed at least ...
Patience, kindness key to aiding wildfire evacuees from Sandy Lake First Nation
Support workers at the evacuation hub in Thunder Bay, Ont., have been working non-stop to make sure wildfire evacuees from ...
Wildfire evacuees from Sandy Lake First Nation arrive in GTA
As a major wildfire continues to burn near Sandy Lake First Nation, hundreds of evacuees have been transported to parts of ...
Sandy Lake First Nation evacuees in Cornwall are tired, afraid for what they’ve left behind
The evacuation was ordered Saturday due to a fire known as Red Lake 12. It’s unclear how long evacuees will have to wait ...
Sandy Lake members 'pulling together' as wildfire evacuation continues: chief
Another northwestern Ontario First Nation is being evacuated, as a major wildfire burns nearby.An evacuation order for Sandy ...
The sky was orange: Sandy Lake evacuee describes escape from fire to Peterborough
Late Tuesday afternoon, the planes began to arrive at the Peterborough airport. Seven flights within about three hours. Each ...
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Group of construction workers barely escape wildfire in Sandy Lake First Nation
On Saturday, a group of constructions workers in Sandy Lake First Nation barely escaped with their lives after being trapped ...
Evacuation order issued for Sandy Lake First Nation as wildfire spreads
An evacuation order was issued on Saturday for Sandy Lake First Nation as a wildfire moved toward the northwestern Ontario ...
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Evacuee recalls ‘surreal’ escape as northern Ontario wildfire threatens First Nation
When Destiny Rae boarded the military airplane that was evacuating residents of her First Nation in northwestern Ontario on ...
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Canada wildfires edge into Ontario, prompting military evacuations of remote First Nation
Canada’s military used aircraft to help evacuate members of a remote Indigenous group Monday as wildfires spread eastward from the Prairies region and ...