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What if feels like up close to Ontario’s wildfires

Published 6 days, 12 hours ago
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Enormous wildfires have engulfed parts of Northwestern Ontario; a wilderness guide tells us about his escape, and worries about the fate of the lodge where he works.


MPP Sol Mamakwa says the devastation is unimaginable – and that First Nations communities in the path of the fire have been hit especially hard. 


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As It Happens, the Wednesday edition. Radio that’s always time well serpent. 

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