March 16, 2018, Vancouver – A man who splashed gasoline over himself at an east Vancouver fast food restaurant is in hospital with serious burns and independent investigators are examining how police handled the situation. A news release from Vancouver police says the man, in his 30s, was carrying a gas can when he entered […]
Monthly Archives: March 2018
March 16, 2018, Sarnia, Ont. – After initially being charged over five years ago, a former Sarnia, Ont., fire chief has been found not guilty of sexual assault. Pat Cayen was acquitted of all charges at the close of a second trial Thursday in the Superior Court of Justice in Sarnia. BlackburnNews.com reports. | READ […]
March 16, 2018, Edmonton – It seems Canadians overwhelmingly respect the job firefighters do, but the same can’t be said for politicians. According to data compiled by Insights West marketing research, 92 per cent of Canadians who responded to an online survey have a positive opinion of firefighters, making it the No. 1 most well-respected […]
March 15, 2018, Montreal – Montreal police say they will continue the search today for amissing 10-year-old boy. Ariel Jeffrey Kouakou was last seen on Monday, when he left his home in the city’s Ahuntsic-Cartierville district for a friend’s house. Const. Raphael Bergeron says officers patrolled the north-end Montreal neighbourhood during the night but haven’t […]
March 15, 2018, Bancroft, Ont. – A woman was found dead after an early-morning fire at the R.J. Brooks Retirement Centre in Bancroft, Ont. CBC News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
March 15, 2018, Melfort, Sask. – Paul See announced that he is resigning from the lone paid position on the Melfort, Sask., department during a council meeting on Monday. See took the position in May after serving as chief of the Waskesiu Fire Department. Northeast NOW reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered […]
March 15, 2018, Fort Erie, Ont. – Police detectives in Fort Erie, Ont., are working a theft case after an important piece of life-saving equipment was stolen from the local fire department. Thieves made off with the Fort Erie Fire Department’s extractor, a tool used to tear through wreckage and rescue people trapped under rubble […]
March 15, 2018, Hanover, Ont. – A charge of criminal negligence causing death, involving the drowning death of a firefighter trainee near Hanover, has been withdrawn by the crown attorney. The case against Terry Harrison of Herschel Rescue Training Systems came to Walkerton court yesterday and the crown withdrew the charge saying there was no […]
March 14, 2018, Vancouver – In previous years, many firefighters have felt uncomfortable with unveiling their issues with mental illness. The leader of Vancouver Fire & Rescue Services (VFRS) said his department is making strides to change that stigma. Global News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
March 14, 2018, London, Ont. – The battle lines in a flare-up over workplace harassment at city hall hardened Tuesday as a firefighter slammed the city for failing to address what he calls “a culture of fear” and a long history of harassment complaints in the department. The London Free Press reports. | READ MORE […]