Nov. 2, 2017, Augusta Township, Ont. – An eastern Ontario township is worried its volunteer fire department could go up in smoke if the province’s minimum wage law goes ahead as planned. CBC News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
Monthly Archives: November 2017
Nov. 2, 2017, Lunenburg County, N.S. – Lunenburg District RCMP have four men custody after a suspicious fire destroyed a house in Lunenburg County on Halloween night. The Chronicle Herald reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
Nov. 1, 2017, Toronto – As first responders searched for bodies in the wreckage of more than a dozen vehicles involved in a deadly Ontario crash, one expert warned that such traumatic experiences place them at an increased risk of suicide and other mental health crises. Police openly expressed shock and dismay on Wednesday hours […]
Nov. 1, 2017, Charlottetown – Fire crews battled four structure fires and 15 nuisance fires on what P.E.I.’s fire marshal says “was one of the quietest Halloweens for the Island fire service.” CBC News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
Nov. 1, 2017, Whitby, Ont. – A 52-year-old woman is dead after an apartment fire in Whitby on Tuesday night. Durham Regional Police Service said the blaze started around 7 p.m. at the building on Ash St. Only the affected and adjacent apartment units were damaged. The Toronto Star reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated […]
Nov. 1, 2017, Cookstown, Ont. – Ontario Provincial Police say at least three people have died in a 14-vehicle pileup that sent a wave of flames down a highway north of Toronto and saw motorists run for their lives. Officers are continuing to comb through the wreckage in search of possible victims, a task they […]
CBC.ca Township sounds alarm over possible spike in firefighting costsCBC.caAugusta Township is urging the province to exempt it from changes to Bill 148 that would see volunteer firefighters placed on call for three hours a day — and therefore paid for that time — regardless of whether a fire is taking place. “For all small […]
Inmate Who Left California Firefighting Crew Is ApprehendedU.S. News & World ReportInmate Who Left California Firefighting Crew Is Apprehended. Authorities have apprehended an inmate firefighter who walked away while assigned to a crew working on the remnants of a Southern California wildfire last month. Nov. 1, 2017, at 1:08 p.m..and more » Powered by WPeMatico
Oct. 31, 2017, Pembroke, Ont. – A woman’s body has been found following a barn fire near Pembroke, Ont., according to Ontario Provincial Police. OPP were called to the scene shortly before noon Monday. Laurentian Valley Township firefighters were already on scene battling the fire when OPP arrived. CBC News reports. | READ MORE (RSS […]
Oct. 31, 2017, Toronto – An elderly man has been pulled from a Toronto apartment building after a two-alarm fire Tuesday morning. The fire was contained to a single bedroom in an apartment on the 8th floor of the building, according to Toronto fire. CBC News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered […]