Nov. 29, 2017, Sydney, N.S. – A second former volunteer fireman has pleaded guilty to arson charges and is to be sentenced in February. Stephen Eric Tremblett, 52, of North Sydney, pleaded guilty to five counts of arson in connection with a series of fires that occurred in various locations across the Northside area in […]
Nov. 29, 2017, Calgary – Fire damaged three homes in the northwest community of Sage Hill on Tuesday, according to the Calgary Fire Department. CBC News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
Nov. 29, 2017, Winnipeg – A fire damaged a Winnipeg church in the city’s North End on Wednesday morning. CBC News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
Nov. 29, 2017, Miramichi, N.B. – The Miramichi Fire Department battled a fire Tuesday night at an auto glass shop in the downtown area in the former town of Chatham, N.B. CBC News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
Nov. 28, 2017, Montreal – Montreal police arson investigators have been called in to help after firefighters who responded to a call about a minor fire in an an apartment building, discovered a woman’s body inside. The Montreal Gazette reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
Nov. 27, 2017, Toronto – A man is dead after a house fire in Toronto’s Parkdale neighbourhood Sunday afternoon. Emergency crews responded to the home just after 2:30 p.m. after receiving reports of smoke coming from the basement. The Toronto Star reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
Nov. 27, 2017, Thunder Bay, Ont. – For the second time in less than a week, Thunder Bay Fire Rescue crews were called to a Resolute property on Sunday afternoon to help extinguish a small fire. Tbnewswatch.com reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
Nov. 27, 2017, Victoria, B.C. – Thick dark smoke filled the upper level of a Victoria house Sunday night and seeped out of its roof vents after an unattended pan caused a small kitchen fire. The Times Colonist reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
Nov. 24, 2017, Hamilton, Ont. – A Hamilton landlord fought a fire department order to install proper ‘life safety” fire protections in his student house for three years while continuing to rent it out. The owner of the house rented to multiple students near McMaster University pleaded guilty in provincial offences court last week and […]
Nov. 24, 2017, Ottawa – Paramedics and firefighters who responded to a massive warehouse explosion in Mississauga, Ont. were among those honoured for their bravery at an awards ceremony at Rideau Hall on Thursday. Eleven first-responders from across central Ontario rushed to the explosion on April 23, 2014. The blast caused a wall to collapse, […]