May 7, 2018, Gatineau, Que. – A major apartment fire in Gatineau early Monday morning has caused a roof collapse and three buildings to be evacuated. CBC News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
May 7, 2018, Winnipeg – Streets have reopened after brush fires along a rail line near Winnipeg’s Charleswood and Tuxedo neighbourhoods were put out Sunday evening. CBC News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
May 4, 2018, Winnipeg – A Winnipeg firefighter feared for his life when he and a colleague got stuck in the middle of a grass fire Wednesday, his union leader says. CBC News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
May 4, 2018, Edmonton – Two Edmonton homes were heavily damaged by fire Thursday evening just after 9 p.m. The fire in one of the two-storey homes was described as a “raging inferno” when firefighters first arrived on scene at 9:06 p.m., said William Chabaniuk, acting district fire chief. CBC News reports. | READ MORE […]
May 3, 2018, Témiscouata-sur-le-Lac, Que. – People in the town of Témiscouata-sur-le-Lac, just east of Rivière-du-Loup, are in shock following the death of a volunteer firefighter. Carmel Moreault, 54, was injured in a fire at the Norampac cardboard-box plant on Tuesday evening when a ventilation shaft filled with water fell on him. CBC News reports. […]
May 3, 2018, Saskatoon – Six people, including five Saskatoon police officers, were taken to hospital after a Wednesday morning house fire. Global News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
May 2, 2018, Victoria Beach, Man. – Firefighters from the Rural Municipality of Victoria Beach will not be walking off the job, the department told council on Tuesday. Global News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
May 2, 2018, Cambridge, Ont. – Firefighters from five stations responded to a townhouse fire in the south end of Cambridge Tuesday afternoon that damaged three units but left no one injured. The Kitchener-Waterloo Record reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
May 2, 2018, Toronto – Firefighters battled a three-alarm blaze at an auto body shop in Etobicoke Tuesday evening, Toronto Fire says. Emergency crews were called to a garage just before 6 p.m. on Tuesday for reports of heavy smoke. CBC News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
A New Democrat MPP is to hold a news conference on May 1, 2018 to discuss her private member’s bill designed to help firefighters and firefighter trainees. Jennifer French’s bill would implement key recommendations from a coroner’s inquest jury following the deaths of Adam Brunt and Gary Kendall during unregulated private training procedures. Brunt died […]