NEWS RELEASE MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES ************************ Northeast Region - August 22, 2011 Provincial overview Ten new fires were reported in the province on Sunday, August 21, bringing the total number of active fires to 93.

NEWS RELEASE MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES ***************************** Fire conditions in Ontario are easing for the time being as a slow-moving weather system continues to bring precipitation and cloud cover to much of the province.

There were three new fires in the Northwest Region as of last night. Fire management personnel continue to fight more than 100 active forest fires across the entire Northwest Region.

Weather forecasts of hot, dry conditions with no significant amounts of rainfall anticipated has raised expectations of increased forest fire activity and new lighting-caused fires over the weekend.

Weather forecasts of hot, dry conditions with no significant amounts of rainfall anticipated has raised expectations of increased forest fire activity and new lighting-caused fires over the weekend.

NEWS RELEASE MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES ***************************** The return of residents to their home communities was completed August 3. Over 3,500 residents were moved with help from Emergency Management Ontario, Ministry of Natural Resources, Non-government organizations , and many volunteers in host communities.

Posted 3 hours ago The Honourable Vic Toews, Minister of Public Safety and Member of Parliament for Provencher, on behalf of the Honourable Lynne Yelich, Minister of State for Western Economic Diversification, today joined Kevin Lavallee, Reeve Rural Municipality of Whitemouth, to officially open the new Whitemouth a- Forest fire in Whiteshell ...

One of the fires that forced thousands of people from their homes in northern Ontario.

One of the fires that forced thousands of people from their homes in northern Ontario.

Forest rangers from Hampton, Welsford, Sussex and across New Brunswick have been sent to fight forest fires ravaging northern Ontario.

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Canadian Red Cross volunteer Bill Ferris accompanies a young forest fire evacuee to a bus after the boy and his family arrived in Thunder Bay.

The treetops, hunting tract and trails leading to Sandy Lake First Nation were familiar to Martha Meekis as she leaned back and squinted at a video on a computer screen.

The treetops, hunting tract and trails leading to Sandy Lake First Nation were familiar to Martha Meekis as she leaned back and squinted at a video on a computer screen.

The treetops, hunting tract and trails leading to Sandy Lake First Nation were familiar to Martha Meekis as she leaned back and squinted at a video on a computer screen.

A steady stream of 20 Hercules flights have evacuated 2,800 people from Sandy Lake First Nation but Chief Adam Fiddler refuses to leave.

In a cramped high-school kitchen on the Ginoogaming First Nation reserve, Krista Taylor fries bacon and toasts bread, making breakfast for close to 100 forest-fire evacuees.