June 21, 2017, Lambton County, Ont. – After just six months on the job, Plympton-Wyoming’s fire chief is on indefinite leave. Sources tell Blackburn News that firefighters discovered a video camera in the radio dispatch room of the Wyoming fire hall. Chief Administrative Officer Carolyn Tripp confirms Steve Clemens’ role is currently being filled by […]
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June 20, 2017, Quebec City – A four-alarm fire in an old hardware store forced the evacuation of neighbouring apartment buildings in Quebec City late Monday night. CBC News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
June 20, 2017, Saint John, N.B. – An Alberta family who sold everything to move to New Brunswick now faces an uncertain future after their house burned down on their very first night in the new home. CTV News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
June 20, 2017, Kelowna, B.C. – Travis Whiting will have to remove the deputy from his title, as he is Kelowna’s new fire chief. Whiting, who has served as deputy fire chief for the past two years, beat out candidates from across the country, according to a City of Kelowna media release. The City says […]
June 19, 2017, Montreal – Montreal’s firefighters gave their overwhelming approval to an agreement-in-principle on pensions that would end almost three years of labour strife on Friday night. (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
June 19, 2017, Vancouver – An overnight fire Sunday that damaged the hall of St. Augustine’s Church in Marpole is most likely arson, according to Vancouver police. CBC News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
June 19, 2017, Toronto – Toronto firefighters say four people were injured when a fire broke out on the seventh floor of an apartment building in Scarborough on Sunday evening. CP24 reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
June 19, 2017, Abbotsford, B.C. – Abbotsford Police suspect an arsonist may be to blame for a fire that destroyed an OK Tire early Saturday morning. The Vancouver Sun reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
June 15, 2017, Brampton, Ont. – Five firefighters who have been found guilty by their union of “double-hatting,” or moonlighting at their local fire halls, say they will appeal the conviction and persist in the practice, the latest escalation of a conflict that has pitted organized labour against small towns across Ontario in recent years. […]
June 16, 2017, Kamloops, B.C. – Fire investigators are at the scene of a fire that destroyed a processing plant of one of the B.C. Interior’s main producers of milk. The blaze in a building on the Blackwell Dairy farm in Barnhartvale began just before midnight on Wednesday, destroying the company’s main production facility. Kamloops […]