Nov. 1, 2018, Calgary – A Calgary landlord has been slapped with a $40,000 fine for violating the fire code in a secondary suite rented to a woman and her son. CBC News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico

Nov. 1, 2018, Vaughan, Ont. – Two people are dead after a multi-vehicle collision involving a tanker truck on a major toll highway north of Toronto, officials say. The fuel tanker burst into flames on Highway 407, in Vaughan, Ont., just before 5 p.m. ET, according to the Ontario Provincial Police. CBC News reports. | […]

Oct. 31, 2018, Piapot First Nation, Sask. – A fire at the water treatment plant on the Piapot First Nation has put the community in a state of emergency, according to Chief Jeremy Fourhorns. CBC News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico

Oct. 31, 2018, Edmonton – Fire crews sealed a gas leak in an industrial area Tuesday afternoon that stank up a swath of south Edmonton. The Edmonton Journal reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico

Oct. 31, 2018, Toronto – An early morning fire has destroyed a house under construction in south Etobicoke on Wednesday, but no one was injured in the blaze. CBC News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico

Oct. 30, 2018, Sarnia, Ont. – Overtime in Sarnia’s fire service continues to have a big impact on the city’s financials. Projections are $1.1 million will be paid out by end of December, mostly to cover shift requirements as several firefighters have been off on extended leave for workplace-incurred injuries and illnesses, said Fire Chief […]

Oct. 30, 2018, Edmonton – A fire destroyed a Pick-n-Pull shop in northwest Edmonton Sunday morning. Fire crews were called to the business — which buys and sells recycled auto parts, salvage vehicles and scrap metal — at around 3:30 a.m. CBC News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico

Oct. 30, 2018, Songhees Nation, B.C. – A 49-year-old man has been charged with arson in connection with a fire that destroyed his common-law partner’s manufactured home and a neighbouring home on the Songhees Nation last week. The Times Colonist reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico

Oct. 30, 2018, Bradford, Ont. – The Office of the Ontario Fire Marshal has been called in to investigate a fire at a storage facility in Bradford. Crews responded to the fire shortly before 7 a.m. Monday morning. CTV News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico

Oct. 29, 2018, Winnipeg – Police say they believe the fire that killed two people in Point Douglas Friday was not criminal in nature. But police have arrested a 16-year-old boy in connection with four other fires that broke out in the same area at around the same time. CBC News reports. | READ MORE […]