LONDON, Ont. — A research group that collaborates with Environment Canada to find and document tornadoes has confirmed that a remote area of Northwestern Ontario experienced the province’s first tornado of 2020. It happened on June 8 near Brooks Lake, approximately 35 kilometres northeast of Nestor Falls. David Sills, executive director of the Northern Tornadoes Project at Western University in London, says aerial images have allowed his team to confirm the damage to the forest in that area was caused by a tornado. … “Once the satellite data became available after the fact, we started seeing evidence of a large damage track,” he said. Sills said the site is isolated, and there is no known structural damage, but the devastation to the forest is significant.