Oct. 12, 2017, Victoria – More people died from illicit drug overdoses in British Columbia in the first eight months of this year than all of 2016. The coroner’s service says the 1,013 people who died from overdoses from January to the end of August surpasses a record 982 deaths last year. The latest figures […]
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Oct. 12, 2017, Tecumseh, Ont. – A raging fire that destroyed an accessible playground in Tecumseh and sent clouds of thick black smoke billowing into the air Tuesday was caused by a teenager with a can of gas, according to the town’s mayor. CBC News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by […]
Oct. 12, 2017, Penticton, B.C. – Emergency responders in Penticton have been unable to locate an elderly resident of a home that was destroyed by a fire on Wednesday evening, near Skaha Lake Marina. CBC News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
Oct. 11, 2017, Tecumseh, Ont. – Tecumseh firefighters doused a playground equipment blaze in Lacasse Park Tuesday afternoon that sent thick, black smoke into the sky. CBC News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
Oct. 11, 2017, Port Coquiltam, B.C. – A fire burned through three buildings and dealt minor damage to two others on a residential street in Port Coquitlam, B.C., Tuesday morning. CBC News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
Oct. 11, 2017, Winnipeg – A long-simmering backroom dispute between Winnipeg’s paramedics and firefighters goes public this week. Fire Paramedic Chief John Lane will address a complaint from 156 paramedics and their union that he contributed to a disrespectful workplace at an arbitration hearing that begins Wednesday morning. The Winnipeg Free Press reports. | READ […]
Oct. 10, 2017, Cap-Chat, Que. – Quebec provincial police say a house fire that caused the death of a woman and her two young twins in the province’s Gaspe region was likely caused by a cooking fire. They say the investigation isn’t complete but all the evidence suggests the fire was accidental. A police spokesperson […]
Oct. 10, 2017, Norfolk County, Ont. – Provincial police say one person is dead after a pickup truck collided with a tree and caught fire in Charlotteville, Ont., early Saturday morning. Police say a pickup truck was travelling on a rural road in Norfolk County when it left the roadway and entered a ditch, colliding […]
Oct. 10, 2017, Gatineau, Que. – An explosion and fire in a ground-floor apartment caused an estimated $85,600 in damage to an apartment building in Gatineau on Monday evening. The Ottawa Citizen reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
Oct. 10, 2017, Corner Brook, N.L. – Four people and two dogs were rescued from a fire in Corner Brook on Tuesday morning. Craig Harnum, Corner Brook’s deputy fire chief, said the department was alerted to the blaze around 3:30 a.m. CBC News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico