Oct. 4, 2017, Subdury, Ont. – Several volunteer firefighters are being disciplined or terminated in Sudbury, Ont., over comments they made about a proposal to overhaul fire services, according to their union. CBC News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
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Oct. 4, 2017, Ottawa – Nine people are now displaced after fire and smoke destroyed the third floor of an apartment building in Ottawa’s west end early Wednesday morning. CTV News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
Oct. 3, 2017, Ottawa – A hay-filled barn in Ottawa’s rural west end will have to be demolished after it was heavily damaged by fire Monday afternoon, fire officials said. CBC News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
Oct. 3, 2017, North Vancouver – District of North Vancouver firefighters say a small chlorine leak at a waterfront industrial plant was quickly contained Monday afternoon. North Shore News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
Oct. 3, 2017, Grande-Anse, N.B. -Volunteer firefighters in Grande-Anse have abandoned their fire hall after years of struggling with persistent leaks and the resulting mould. CBC News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
Oct. 3, 2017, Penticton, B.C. -Penticton’s fire chief is calling for the establishment of a supervised drug consumption site and a needle exchange program in the downtown area. “I believe that safe injection sites are a mechanism to reduce the threat to the community,” fire chief Larry Watkinson told Global News. Global News reports. | […]
Oct. 3, 2017, Hamilton, Ont. – A massive fire that tore through an Ancaster home early Sunday, caused an estimated $750,000 in damages and forced fire crews to withdraw. Hamilton Fire Department spokesperson Claudio Mostacci told The Hamilton Specator that fire crews began a defensive attack and called for additional resource after withdrawing from the […]
Oct. 2, 2017, Langley, B.C. – A large fire destroyed a house under construction and forced a family out of their home early Sunday in Langley. CBC News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
Oct. 2, 2017, Saskatoon – Five people were sent to hospital after a house fire in Saskatoon early Sunday morning. The Star Phoenix reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
Oct. 2, 2017, Montreal – The arson squad is investigating after a three-storey building went up in flames early Sunday in Montreal’s Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce borough. The Montreal Gazette reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico