First Nations Leaders Demand Public Inquiry Into Ontario Wildfire Response

First Nations leaders demand public inquiry into Ontario wildfire response

Ontario First Nations chiefs are demanding a public inquiry into the province's wildfire response, given what they called delayed evacuations, poor communication and widespread destruction of their communities.

First Nations chiefs demand public inquiry, resignations over Ontario’s wildfire response

Communities were forced to flee raging blazes without help from the province, Indigenous leaders assert

First Nations Leaders Challenge Ontario’s Response to Northwestern Ontario Wildfires

First Nations leaders from across Northwestern Ontario used a joint news conference Tuesday to challenge Premier Ford

First Nations chiefs call for inquiry into Ontario wildfire response

The chiefs say some residents were forced to organize their own evacuations and received little warning or assistance as wildfires approached their communities.

First Nation leaders call for public inquiry into Ontario wildfire response

First Nation leaders are calling for a public inquiry into the Ontario wildfire response after they say communities were left to evacuate without help from the province and some residents narrowly avoided the encroaching flames.

Ford defends wildfire response amid criticism from First Nations, firefighters

TORONTO – Doug Ford gave another update on the wildfires burning across northern Ontario on Monday, where he fended off criticism from First Nations, the wildland firefighters’ union and even the U.S. government.