June 20, 2018, Ashton, Ont. – Ottawa police are investigating after an abandoned farm building just off Highway 7 in Ashton burned down early Monday morning. CBC News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
Monthly Archives: June 2018
June 19, 2018, Windsor, Ont. – Windsor’s firefighters have begun voting on a new tentative contract. City council approved a new a five-year deal for firefighters earlier this month that is mostly retroactive and would run to the end of 2019. The Windsor Star reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
June 19, 2018, Winnipeg – The Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service was forced out of a house that had gone up in flames on Monday after encountering extreme heat. CTV News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
June 19, 2018, Ashton, Ont. – As day broke Monday, fire crews were battling a two-alarm blaze that broke out in an agricultural silo near Ashton. The Ottawa Citizen reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
June 19, 2018, Brandon, Man. – Police say a massive blaze that destroyed multiple buildings and caused about $25 million in damages in a western Manitoba city may have been started by people. (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
June 18, 2018, London, Ont. – The case of two London firefighters who were injured during a training exercise on Fanshawe Lake Friday highlights the dangers of the job, the department’s deputy chief says. The London Free Press reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
June 18, 2018, Peepeekisis First Nation, Sask. – Over a century of memories of the United Church on Peepeekisis First Nation are bubbling to the surface after a fire decimated the one-room church on Saturday. Community members say the Wanakapew United Church was built before 1906 on the reserve, which is about 110 kilometres north-east […]
June 18, 2018, Moncton, N.B. – The fire chiefs of Moncton, Dieppe and Riverview say the region needs a multimillion-dollar live-fire training facility. It would give firefighters the chance to practise their firefighting and rescue skills more often. CBC News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
June 18, 2018, Ottawa – Four homes have been damaged in a late night fire in Orléans. Ottawa Fire says it received multiple 911 calls reporting a house on fire on Lakepointe Drive late Sunday evening. The fire was located in a rowhouse. It took firefighters over an hour to declare the fire was out. […]
June 18, 2018, Edson, Alta. – RCMP in Alberta say they’re investigating an arson at a mosque in a community west of Edmonton. (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico