Mar. 2, 2018, Calgary – A fire in a men’s washroom at the University of Calgary’s math science building on Thursday closed the building and sparked an extensive police and fire investigation. Global News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
March 1, 2018, Toronto – Air Canada says a woman suffered from burns after her cellphone caught fire inside an airplane at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport Thursday morning. The airline said the fire took place as the plane sat at the gate before departing. Air Canada says 266 passengers were on the flight that was […]
Mar. 1, 2018, Chemainus, B.C. – A fire has destroyed a building on the Chemainus waterfront. Four halls were dispatched to Jones Marine, a towing company on the harbour, early Wednesday morning. CTV News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
Mar. 1, 2018, Montreal – A fire broke out in a heritage building in Montreal’s Plateau-Mont-Royal borough early Thursday morning, briefly forcing the closure of an intersection. CBC News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
Mar. 1, 2018, St. George, N.B. – Police in St. George are at the scene of a fire that broke out overnight Wednesday on Deer Island that badly damaged a lobster plant. CBC News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
March 1, 2018, Winnipeg – A Manitoba arbitrator has ordered the City of Winnipeg to pay more than $100,000 in damages to its paramedics and their union after its fire-paramedic chief breached respectful workplace policies in 2015 — but said the outcome may have been different had the chief made a sincere apology in a […]
Feb. 28, 2018, Napanee, Ont. – The Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario), has announced a $325,000 investment in a Napanee-based company that makes an eco-friendly fire fighting gel. FireRein created the first 100 per cent fully bio-sourced, food-grade water additive gel called Eco-Gel, designed to extinguish fires faster while using less […]
Feb. 28, 2018, Edmonton – A woman is in critical, life-threatening condition in hospital following a house fire in the south Edmonton neighbourhood of Pleasantview Tuesday morning. CBC News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
Feb. 28, 2018, Pickering, Ont. – The residents of three townhouse units in Pickering have been displaced from their homes after a fire caused “major” damage early Wednesday morning. CBC News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
Feb. 28, 2018, Norris Arm, N.L. – A man from Norris Arm killed in a snowmobile crash is being remembered as someone who everyone loved having around. Darryl White, 34, a volunteer firefighter, son, husband and father died Friday night. CBC News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico