June 22, 2018, Winnipeg – Winnipeg City Council wants taxpayers to stop paying a union boss’ salary. Council voted in favour of a Brian Bowman directive for city officials to renegotiate the wage deal for United Fire Fighters of Winnipeg president Alex Forrest. CTV News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by […]
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June 22, 2018, Hamilton, Ont. – Careless smoking is being blamed for a multi-alarm fire at a high-rise apartment building in downtown Hamilton Thursday morning. Global News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
June 22, 2018, Whitehorse – Officials say a fire that started Wednesday night at the Whitehorse waste management facility was under control but still burning as of about 7 a.m. Thursday morning. CBC News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
June 22, 2018, Stony Plain, Alta. – The Stony Plain Fire Department is investigating a blaze at a problematic residential construction site that destroyed 16 townhouses and damaged 14 others late Wednesday. CBC News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
June 22, 2018, Toronto – The previous owners of the storied Waverly Hotel have pleaded guilty to numerous fire code violations between 2013 and 2017, the City of Toronto says. The Toronto Star reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
June 21, 2018, Regina – Regina firefighters responded to a grass fire near the Co-op Refinery on Wednesday. The fire department said it responded to the call at 11:20 a.m. By 1:08 p.m., firefighters had the fire nearly extinguished. The Regina Leader-Post reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
June 21, 2018, Elmira, Ont. – A barn in Elmira is destroyed following an early morning fire on Wednesday. The Woolwich Township fire department says they were called to the property around 2 a.m. CTV News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
June 21, 2018, Bible Hill, N.S. – Firefighters worked into the early-morning hours Thursday to battle stubborn, two-metre flames shooting from the main building at Dalhousie University’s agricultural campus in Bible Hill, N.S. CBC News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
June 21, 2018, Williams Lake, B.C. – Residents of British Columbia’s Interior are feeling anxious after multiple lightning storms have rolled across the area following a heat wave. At least 50 new fires sparked across the province Wednesday, said the B.C. Wildfire Service. The Williams Lake Tribune reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) […]
June 20, 2018, Windsor, Ont. – For the first time in 15 years, Windsor firefighters have a new contract without going to arbitration. Members of the Windsor Professional Firefighters Association Tuesday finished voting 95 per cent in favour of the new five-year deal, retroactive to 2014. The Windsor Star reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated […]