{"id":809366,"date":"2026-07-18T04:48:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T04:48:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/809366\/"},"modified":"2026-07-18T04:48:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T04:48:12","slug":"was-ontario-prepared-for-this-wildfire-season-doug-ford-critics-and-experts-weigh-in-toronto-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/809366\/","title":{"rendered":"Was Ontario prepared for this wildfire season? Doug Ford, critics and experts weigh in &#8211; Toronto Star"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi-wFBVV95cUxPbzIzWGR4UFlveW5SZGtJeHFyTDZlQlFHazZLV05iZ19ZV3RMMFBnWlh0VVBTUFBkUEVvQUhQQnpKZEg3QnhXUkh3Mk1CaDAxSkZQV2ZrYXNOTlhSa0QzS0QyRW95TzI3MDl4VHFESTd5WXpNWkMzcE1TTFpKVlVOUkxpOHkwS0dXVU55OE1QZEUwTlRXNzVxZ2hEaTRGU1BlU1VGX1I0bTNfYTNzajQyWktZTF9uX25xdFBoY0wxd1FXU0VpZFhxRUViTEotRmJMTUVteVFkYkF4UUpoSWk5VnJTNkY5eHZobjBqLTZrSGVPT2JXYjREazZVaw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Was Ontario prepared for this wildfire season? Doug Ford, critics and experts weigh in<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Toronto Star<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqgFBVV95cUxQdzNXUWlrd0RQbXNfWDlTV0l6QUF1VnBDZnVFakN3aVc3cUFxMzJIclNzUUJfWmlwUW1melEzb25SV1kwaXd1TFNGVVRMbHNiN0owczk5eW9TSkt3UWlteG8tTjNxQTUzWlNwMVF6Q1hfVlFQdUk0REpkUEx1U29JS1E2WUY0RGIxN2JfU0JvQjJZcUJOUFRuVWdaOXlrd01mYlRHZTJYVS1Udw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ford defends Ontario\u2019s wildfire response as smoke blankets central Canada, Eastern U.S.<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Globe and Mail<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiiwFBVV95cUxOc0FpU3hNSWpsUEdBbW1QNmtwZTVacHR4dUtGaTZyNHNubEM0aTJxcjdyaFhvRVkzYmM3YWl4ajdfQm1JeFBCcDFmb0x3R1p0YzlHVXNLT2RXX0tXYTByb0dzOG11eWlOSVZJWFNHX25QUkF5cDQ5NUJkQXcyTk1iT3M3ZWEtbkpDU05z?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Fleeing Canada\u2019s wildfires: They thought there was no immediate danger. Then a wall of smoke arrived<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;CNN<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMivgFBVV95cUxQdUpHOGJrdlRFY3E4TWFYOHRkMWFnNWU0eHFaNjlGS3J6U0Q5aWRzbDh3MzVRbWdfNjk5VWdBd2JWMHA5My1XcDZLY2JIMU90UkZqMWlhWUY2bUFKVFNkcTJDMEhfcVZFNk5NTHM2dzlQU0FkVmMwc3lrSDJpeU94N1RlcW9xeTJhQjhOY3VmNk1aNGxmYWpEQTAtYnR1b2EwVXlHMHNkVGdPUktSMEc3N0MtakFpOU5MeFkyWDdR?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ontario crews battling about 190 wildfires, half out of control: officials<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;CTV News<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMirgFBVV95cUxOdk8tVDRpQlJWZC1pa1h6S1FjWlJwUnpRTzJMMkF6eGlzU3l1bTU0dUN3TWNVcWlBb1JjYmF0QXhQMldhb3VxVXJ0VlZfYnNpTmpJQ24tUTVpSENoSDB3N2ZvMjNXZGZ6bFBBRlJsek9vUkZrcTFSbjY1Nnh5TFU0c0dyYjVnM25PV1JfRDN1UWFJRUEyUlZROWx3M3JEN3ZSQ2kteHpoVTN4VlhJdnc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Wawa, Lake Superior Provincial Park added to restricted fire area<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;SooToday.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Was Ontario prepared for this wildfire season? Doug Ford, critics and experts weigh in&nbsp;&nbsp;Toronto StarFord defends Ontario\u2019s wildfire&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":776795,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[49,48,44],"class_list":["post-809366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-canada","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/809366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=809366"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/809366\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/776795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=809366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=809366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=809366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}