North Spirit Lake

Ontario's Opposition is calling on the government to declare a state of emergency over wildfires burning in the province's northwestern region, saying the premier "must stop ignoring the wildfire crisis."

Crews battling massive fires in northwestern Ontario have been diverted to the heart of the province's cottage country, where a smaller blaze that started more than a week ago is inching closer to a stretch of the Trans-Canada Highway, provincial officials said on Monday, July 30, 2018.