THUNDER BAY - Wildfire Update - As of this report, the Northwest Region has encountered four new confirmed fires during the late afternoon of July 29: Fort Frances 24: This fire is situated near Russell Lake in Quetico Provincial Park, approximately 33 kilometers south of Atikokan. The fire spans an area of 0.1 hectares and
AMORY â A potentially bad situation was averted April 10 when someone living in the area of McAlpine Lake came quickly to the rescue of a 5-year-old who went underwater. Charles Sisson, who lives across the street, from the lake was working in his yard when the boyâs great-grandfather, Lee Goode, called him over just to talk.
âMy dad is 86 and he took my grandson, Riggan White, over to McAlpine Lake where the pier is. He cannot swim and heâs really kind of afraid of the water. The lake level was up after all the rain. Him and my dad were walking around the lake and he was playing on the rocks and lost one of his Crocs flip flops and it started floating,â said Dexter Goode of Wren.