May 18, 2018, Grand Forks, B.C. – Environment Canada has issued special weather statements covering the entire southeastern corner of British Columbia, including the flood-damaged Boundary region, as thunderstorms have the potential to add even more water to already raging rivers. Forecasters call for as much as 40 millimetres of rain by Friday and there’s […]
May 18, 2018, Meadow Lake, Sask. – A wildfire has forced people from their homes in a west-central Saskatchewan community. Residents of the Waterhen Lake First Nation have been asked to evacuate due to an out of control fire burning nearby. The province says 54 people are staying in Meadow Lake and 122 evacuees are […]
May 17, 2018, Shuniah, Ont. – A train travelling on a Canadian Pacific rail line in Shuniah, just outside of Thunder Bay, Ont., was stopped temporarily Wednesday afternoon due to a wildfire burning on the tracks, Shuniah fire officials said. CBC News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
May 17, 2018, Gaspe, Que. – A fire in a student residence building at the CEGEP de la Gaspésie et des Îles’s Gaspé campus was still burning Wednesday afternoon, hours after it began — forcing the evacuation of 280 students and shutting down the entire campus. CBC News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with […]
May 17, 2018, Lac du Bonnet, Man. – Several people were forced from their homes Tuesday afternoon as another wildfire rages in parched eastern Manitoba. CBC News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
May 16, 2018, Inwood, Ont. – The mayor of Brooke-Alvinston is assuring Inwood residents that there’ll be no gap in service following the mass resignation of the majority of the 20-member volunteer fire department. Blackburn News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
May 16, 2018, South River, N.L. – An early morning house fire Tuesday in South River, Conception Bay North, has claimed the life of a 55-year-old man. The fire was first reported just after 7 a.m., when a woman who was jogging noticed smoke coming from the home. CBC News reports. | READ MORE (RSS […]
May 16, 2018, Upper Rawdon, N.S. – Ten fire departments responded to a fire at an auto salvage yard Tuesday evening in Upper Rawdon, N.S., the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) confirmed. CBC News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
May 16, 2018, Montreal – A body was found early Wednesday in the remains of a residential building that was ravaged by fire Tuesday night in the LaSalle borough. (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
May 15, 2018, Ming’s Bight, N.L. – Firefighters in Ming’s Bight had an intense fight on Monday, guarding homes against a fire ripping through the town’s landfill. The blaze was noticed mid-afternoon and drew the attention of the local department, as well as crews from Baie Verte and the Department of Forestry and Land Resources. […]