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 […]

Oct. 29, 2018, St. Mary’s Bay, N.L. – The Hickey & Sons Fisheries Ltd. fish plant in O’Donnell’s, St. Mary’s Bay, was destroyed by a massive fire Friday. Chief Tony Daley of the St. Joseph’s Fire Department said he got the call just after 1 a.m. CBC News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with […]

Oct. 29, 2018, North York, Ont. – A man is dead after a fire broke out at an apartment in North York early Monday morning. The Toronto Star reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico

Oct. 26, 2018, Sudbury, Ont. – Four fire stations and 21 firefighters responded to a small blaze on the roof of Vale’s Copper Cliff Smelter Complex Thursday afternoon. Sudbury.com reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico

Oct. 26, 2018, Bridgewater, N.S. – Law enforcement officials are appealing to the public for help after nearly 100 “broken ladder” memorials were stolen from a cemetery for volunteer firefighters in Bridgewater, N.S., over the weekend. CTV News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico

Oct. 26, 2018, Winnipeg – Two people are missing and feared dead after an early morning house fire Friday in Winnipeg’s North Point Douglas neighbourhood. CBC News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico