Posts Tagged ‘Cat Lake’
Written by Press Release on 29 October 2015
THUNDER BAY, ON, October 29, 2015: North Star Air announced today that they have signed a strategic business agreement with North Spirit Lake First Nation. North Spirit Lake has now joined with the other partners that include Muskrat Dam, Sachigo Lake, Cat Lake, Deer Lake, Neskantaga, Kashechewan, [Read more]
Written by Press Release on 22 July 2015
WEBEQUIE, ON – Webequie announced July 20th that they had signed a strategic business agreement with North Star Air. Webequie has now joined with the other partners, a total of ten First Nations communities, including Muskrat Dam, Sachigo Lake, Cat Lake, Deer Lake, Neskantaga, North [Read more]
Written by Press Release on 30 April 2015
Vital link in their overall strategic plan to self-sufficiency THUNDER BAY, ON – Poplar Hill First Nation and Kashechewan First Nation announced today that they have signed a strategic business agreement with North Star Air and its affiliate Cargo North. Poplar Hill and Kashechewan have now [Read more]
Written by admin on 13 September 2014
Providing more choices for people, businesses and communities THUNDER BAY, ON – North Star Air continues expanding services to Northern Ontario starting Sept 15th 2014. They will be introducing more Flex Flight services that are designed to inter-connect a corridor of Northern Ontario [Read more]
Written by admin on 27 August 2014
Webequie and Ontario Working Together on a Community-Based Land Use Plan Webequie First Nation has become the fourth community in the Ring of Fire area to reach an agreement with Ontario to work together on a community-based land use plan. “We’re looking forward to working in partnership with [Read more]
Written by Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources on 04 September 2011
Provincial Resources The firefighting effort in Ontario continues to be supported by Alberta, British Columbia, New Brunswick and Saskatchewan as well as from the U.S. state of Minnesota, for a total complement of 80 personnel. Equipment is also being provided by Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba [Read more]
Written by Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources on 08 August 2011
Provincial Overview and Emergency Management Successful initial attack by fire crews and aircraft kept new fires small and no further problems are anticipated from new occurrences on August 6. More lightning caused fires are expected to be detected. Progress continues on fires near communities in [Read more]
Written by Ontario Newsroom on 29 July 2011
UPDATE ON NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO FOREST FIRES AND EVACUATIONS Bulletin Ontario has begun helping almost 400 residents return to their homes in Eabametoong/Fort Hope and Sandy Lake, using five planes with 13 flights. About 100 Sandy Lake residents returning will be preparing the community to welcome [Read more]
Written by Ontario Newsroom on 23 July 2011
Au cours des derniers jours, les opérations d’évacuation ont permis d’amener 3 591 personnes en sécurité. Toutes les évacuations requises ont eu lieu. On ne planifie pas d’autres évacuations à l’heure actuelle. Nous continuons à évaluer la nécessité [Read more]
Written by Ontario Newsroom on 23 July 2011
Evacuation operations in the past few days have brought 3,591 people to safety. All required evacuations are now complete. No further evacuations are planned at this time. We are constantly re-assessing the need for future evacuations with First Nations Leadership. All necessary resources are [Read more]
Written by Ontario Newsroom on 18 July 2011
UPDATE #12 AND #13NORTHWEST ONTARIO FIRES AND EVACUATIONS Smoke caused by numerous forest fires continues to cause concerns in many First Nations communities in the Northwest. First Nations officials in Cat Lake and Keewaywin have decided to evacuate their most vulnerable residents. 248 of the most [Read more]
Written by Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources on 16 July 2011
Fire Situation Update – Northwest Region July 15, 2011 – 8pm A Restricted Fire Zone Order has been declared for Northwestern Ontario in an area bounded by the CNR rail line, just north of Opasquia Provincial Park, west of Wabakimi Provincial Park and the Manitoba border. The order is in [Read more]
Written by Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources on 13 July 2011
From www.EmergencyManagementOntario.ca July 12, 2011 4:55 PM ONTARIO COORDINATES EVACUATION OF DEER LAKE UPDATE #7 ON DEER LAKE EVACUATION AND NORTHWEST FOREST FIRES Forest fires damaged a main power transmission line, cutting power to the communities of Slate Falls, Pickle Lake, Cat Lake, [Read more]
Written by Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources on 08 July 2011
Les résidents les plus vulnérables transportés par avions militaires 530 résidents de Deer Lake ont été évacués en raison de la fumée dégagée par les feux de forêt dans les environs. Des feux de forêt brûlaient à une distance d’à peine 3,5 kilomètres de cette communauté [Read more]
Written by Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources on 08 July 2011
Most Vulnerable Residents Airlifted On Military Aircraft 530 Deer Lake residents have now been safely evacuated from their community which is threatened by nearby forest fires. Forest fires had been burning as close as 3.5 kilometres from the remote northwest Ontario community. At the request of [Read more]