Sept. 6, 2018, Windsor, N.S. – A former fire chief with the Brooklyn Fire Department is before the courts facing a charge of sexual assault. Andrew William McDade, of Newport, 44, stands charged with committing a sexual assault in Three Mile Plains between May 16 and June 14, 2018. The Chronicle Herald reports. | READ […]
Sept. 6, 2018, Quebec City – An apartment in Quebec City’s Saint-Sauveur neighbourhood was almost completely destroyed after a fire ravaged it overnight Wednesday. CBC News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
Sept. 5, 2018, Montreal – The Montreal fire department’s specialized rescue team completed a delicate operation Tuesday below the Champlain Bridge, extricating a woman who had fallen onto a metal platform below the deck of the span. The Montreal Gazette reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
Sept. 5, 2018, Cambridge, Ont. – The OPP detachment in Cambridge has been leveled by a devastating fire Tuesday afternoon. There were no injuries as a result of some alert thinking by the detachment’s commander, John Mraud. Global News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
Sept. 5, 2018, Hornby Island, B.C. – Police say a person has been arrested and charged with arson for the fire that gutted Hornby Island Community School. Comox Valley RCMP said the man has been charged with one count of arson damaging property in connection with the blaze. Police said he was arrested Sept. 3. […]
Sept. 5, 2018, Calgary – Two homes were damaged in a two-alarm fire in the northwest Calgary community of Panorama Hills Wednesday. Global News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
Aug. 31, 2018, Vancouver – A new 911 policy designed to improve ambulance response times also has firefighters feeling sidelined during lower-risk medical calls when they could be helping out. B.C. Emergency Health Services changed its dispatch system back in June in an effort to get paramedics out to critical situations faster, and the agency […]
Aug. 31, 2018, Etobicoke, Ont. – The owners of an illegal rooming house where a basement fire claimed the life of a 21-year-old woman in February have been convicted of multiple fire code violations. 680 News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
Aug. 31, 2018, Frog Lake First Nation, Alta. – The remains of two adults were found after emergency crews responded to a fire on the Frog Lake First Nation on Thursday morning. Global News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
Aug. 31, 2018, Brantford, Ont. – An industrial explosion in Brantford Thursday evening is being investigation by the Ontario Fire Marshal. Fire officials say one person was taken to hospital with unknown injuries and all other employees were accounted for after their primary search. CTV News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered […]