A lawyer says families are being left in the dark about the final report on reinvestigations of the deaths of Indigenous people in northwestern Ontario. The report, which is expected to be released within weeks, will recommend that more deaths be investigated again and a new systemic review be launched.
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Posted: Jul 20, 2021 8:50 PM CT | Last Updated: July 21
Fires such as this one near Red Lake, Ont., are burning across Manitoba and northwestern Ontario.(Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry)
Up to 120 members of the Canadian Armed Forces are on their way to help Manitoba fight wildfires that have so far displaced more than 1,300 people from First Nations east of Lake Winnipeg.
Public Safety Minister Bill Blair tweeted Tuesday the federal government has approved a provincial request for help fighting more than 130 wildfires.
Evacuations are complete or underway at four Indigenous communities most heavily affected by the forest fires consuming tracts of boreal forest in eastern Manitoba.