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As northwestern Ontario continues its weeks-long battle against forest fires, Environment Canada has issued more air quality statements for the entire region due to smoke that’s also drifting in from Manitoba.More than 110 forest fires were burning in northwestern Ontario on Wednesday. (Ontario Forest Fires/Twitter)As northwestern Ontario continues its weeks-long battle against forest fires, Environment…

Helicopters have been put on standby for people stranded in the community of Kispiox after a snowplow broke structural timbers along the length of the Kispiox Bridge.Dozens of vehicles have been parked on either side of the Kispiox Bridge near Hazelton, B.C. Residents of Kispiox Village have to walk across the bridge and get a…