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
June 15, 2018, Victoria, B.C. – An overheated pot ignited the cabinets in a fourth-floor apartment on Thursday but Victoria firefighters stopped the fire before it spread to the roof structure. The Times Colonist reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
June 15, 2018, Winnipeg – Mayor Brian Bowman’s plan to get taxpayers off the hook for Winnipeg firefighter union president Alex Forrest’s salary once and for all passed its first hurdle Wednesday. The mayor’s executive police committee unanimously supported his motion seeking a council vote on the future of the controversial deal that’s seen taxpayers […]
June 14, 2018, Tracadie, N.S. – A family farm in Antigonish County has lost some of its herd of dairy cows and $500,000 in robotic milking equipment after a fire swept through a large barn overnight and burned it to the ground. CBC News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
June 14, 2018, Matagami, Que. – Timmins fire officials were called to assist when a fire broke out at a mine in the town of Matagami, in northwestern Quebec. The fire was reported shortly after 8 p.m. on Friday, May 25. The Timmins Press reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
June 14, 2018, Erin, Ont. – Provincial police say seven horses are dead following a fire at a barn in Erin, Ont., early Wednesday morning. (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico