Apr. 24, 2018, Victoria Beach, Man. – Volunteer firefighters in the rural municipality of Victoria Beach have agreed to delay a vote that will determine whether or not they will resign, the acting fire chief Wolf Kraft told CBC News. CBC News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
Apr. 24, 2018, Ottawa – Fire crews used ropes and a rescue boat Monday evening to pull a 55-year-old man out of a quarry in Sarsfield, at the city’s eastern boundary. The Ottawa Citizen reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
Apr. 24, 2018, Little Bras d’Or, N.S. – Cape Breton Regional Police are investigating a suspicious structure fire over the weekend at Scott MacNeil Motors in Little Bras d’Or. The Cape Breton Post reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
Apr. 24, 2018, Regina – A woman is in hospital with severe burns after a dramatic rescue from her balcony during a raging fire at a Regina condo building. The Regina Leader-Post reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
Apr. 23, 2018, Peace River, Alta. – Deputy Fire Chief Julien Bergeron from Alberta’s Northern Sunrise County Protective Services has organized a fundraiser to raise awareness for firefighter health, fitness and funds for the Canadian Fallen Firefighters Foundation (CFFF). Julien plans on running/jogging from Grande Prairie to Peace River this June and is selling legs […]
Apr. 23, 2018, Brokenhead Ojibway Nation, Man. – A grass fire is burning on the Brokenhead Ojibway Nation and in an area just a few minutes before the community about 50 kilometres north of Winnipeg. CBC News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
Apr. 23, 2018, Rural Municipality of Victoria Beach, Man. – As many as 10,000 residents and cottagers on the southeastern shores of Lake Winnipeg could be without first responders as early as Tuesday morning if the Rural Municipality of Victoria Beach doesn’t reinstate dismissed fire chief Brad Patzer. CBC News reports. | READ MORE (RSS […]
Apr. 23, 2018, Mississauga, Ont. – A man and a woman have both died following a house fire in Mississauga Sunday evening. Mississauga Fire and Emergency Services received a call about the fire around 7:35 p.m. CBC News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
April 20, 2018, Boisdale, N.S. – A maple sugar company in Cape Breton has burned to the ground, destroying much of this year’s product. Highland Gold Maple Products, which has produced maple syrup from about 8,000 trees in the Boisdale Hills for more than 15 years, says on its Facebook page that the operation was […]
Apr. 20, 2018, Cambridge, Ont. – Rookie and veteran firefighters alike packed the apparatus bay at Cambridge Fire Headquarters Thursday to hear Ontario Labour Minister Kevin Flynn announce extended health coverage for three additional types of cancer. The Cambridge Times reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico