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MontanaSports Carroll College’s Layne Ryerson traded in firefighting clothes for …MontanaSportsHELENA – Layne Ryerson wasted little time getting his cross country season off to a good start. The Carroll College runner won the Early Bird Open on Friday …and more » Powered by WPeMatico
Sept. 8, 2017, Cranbrook, B.C. – The BC Wildfire Service says the unprecedented, aggressive behaviour of three blazes in southeastern British Columbia has forced firefighting crews to withdraw from the area. Fire information officer Karlie Shaughnessy says a grouping of three smaller fires in the Flathead area east of Cranbrook is not threatening any homes […]
Sept. 8, 2017, Waterloo, Ont. – Once again, a new contract between the City of Waterloo and its firefighters has come down to arbitration. The contract, which covers the years 2015 through 2017, was finalized Thursday. CTV News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
Sept. 8, 2017, Toronto – Officials say that a fire overnight Thursday at the Scarlett Woods Golf Course is being investigated as possible arson. CP24 News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
MontanaSports Carroll College’s Layne Ryerson traded in firefighting clothes for cross country seasonMontanaSportsThe former Helena High star runner and tennis player has become one of the veterans on the firefighting crews, giving him more responsibility at blazes across the state. “I spent a lot of the early summer in eastern Montana out at the July […]
Sept. 7, 2017, Kamloops, B.C. – Social services officials in British Columbia’s southern Interior hope at least one large centre for wildfire evacuees can be closed this weekend, despite warnings that the wildfire season in the province isn’t over. The Thompson-Nicola Regional District plans to begin winding down services that include emergency accommodation at a […]
Sept. 7, 2017, Barrie, Ont. – Barrie, Ont., Chief Bill Boyes has accepted the top job at Brampton Fire and Emergency Services, according to a City of Brampton press release Sept. 6. Boyes will begin his new job Oct. 10. Simcoe.com reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
Sept. 7, 2017, Mississauga, Ont. – Police say that one male is dead after a three-alarm fire at a townhouse complex in Mississauga on Wednesday morning. CP24 News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
Sept. 7, 2017, Fredericton – Another group of New Brunswick firefighters is heading to British Columbia to help battle historic forest fires in the province. (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico