Nov. 28, 2017, Montreal – Montreal police arson investigators have been called in to help after firefighters who responded to a call about a minor fire in an an apartment building, discovered a woman’s body inside. The Montreal Gazette reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
Nov. 27, 2017, Victoria, B.C. – Thick dark smoke filled the upper level of a Victoria house Sunday night and seeped out of its roof vents after an unattended pan caused a small kitchen fire. The Times Colonist reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
Nov. 27, 2017, Thunder Bay, Ont. – For the second time in less than a week, Thunder Bay Fire Rescue crews were called to a Resolute property on Sunday afternoon to help extinguish a small fire. Tbnewswatch.com reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
Nov. 27, 2017, Toronto – A man is dead after a house fire in Toronto’s Parkdale neighbourhood Sunday afternoon. Emergency crews responded to the home just after 2:30 p.m. after receiving reports of smoke coming from the basement. The Toronto Star reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
Nov. 24, 2017, Hamilton, Ont. – A Hamilton landlord fought a fire department order to install proper ‘life safety” fire protections in his student house for three years while continuing to rent it out. The owner of the house rented to multiple students near McMaster University pleaded guilty in provincial offences court last week and […]
Nov. 24, 2017, Ottawa – Paramedics and firefighters who responded to a massive warehouse explosion in Mississauga, Ont. were among those honoured for their bravery at an awards ceremony at Rideau Hall on Thursday. Eleven first-responders from across central Ontario rushed to the explosion on April 23, 2014. The blast caused a wall to collapse, […]
Nov. 23, 2017, Oxford House First Nation, Man. – Three teens are facing a series of charges including attempted murder in connection with a house fire last month in Oxford House First Nation, Manitoba RCMP say. CBC News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
Nov. 23, 2017, Ailsa Craig, Ont. – Middlesex County OPP say one person has died after a house fire north of the Village of Ailsa Craig. Police and fire crews responded to the blaze on Wednesday at 4:30 a.m. CTV News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
Nov. 22, 2017, Toronto – Ontario’s Ministry of Labour plans to amend its fair workplaces legislation after municipalities argued it would bankrupt their volunteer fire departments. As it is now written, Bill 148 — the Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs Act — would require municipalities to pay volunteer firefighters the same as their full-time counterparts. CBC […]
Nov. 15, 2017, Edmonton – A massive house fire destroyed at least one home and damaged others in southwest Edmonton’s Windermere area Wednesday morning. Global News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico