Feb. 26, 2018, Hope, B.C. – A pileup on the Coquihalla Highway has sent 29 people to hospital in conditions the Provincial Health Services Authority says range from stable to critical. The Times Colonist reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico

Feb. 23, 2018, Ohsweken, Ont. – Six Nations, Brantford and Brant County firefighters worked together to rescue a family of three trapped in their home by flood water Thursday evening. The Brantford Expositor reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico

Feb. 23, 2018, Pubnico Head, N.S. – A fast-moving fire that claimed the lives of four children in rural Nova Scotia last month was ignited by heat coming from a wood stove, the province’s fire marshal confirmed Thursday, as he said his office must do a better job of releasing such information. CBC News reports. […]

Feb. 23, 2018, Saint John, N.B. – An apartment building in the south end of Saint John was evacuated after a fire broke out at two nearby vacant buildings on Thursday evening. CBC News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico

Feb. 23, 2018, Mississauga, Ont. – Crews have put out a fire that broke out at an under construction home along a tree-lined street in Mississauga that is lined with multi-million dollar homes Friday morning. CP24 News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico

Feb. 22, 2018, Vancouver – Firefighters are warning the public to check their smoke alarms as well as the ratings of their power bars and extension cords after a fire claimed a man’s life in Vancouver on Sunday morning. The Vancouver Sun reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico

Feb. 22, 2018, Toronto – A woman in her 20s has died in hospital following a two-alarm house fire overnight in northwest Toronto. The two-alarm fire broke out at around 2:30 a.m. in the basement apartment of a home (on Byng Avenue near Albion Road). The woman fire was found without vital signs and was […]

Feb. 22, 2018, Orangeville, Ont. – Rescue workers are bracing for tragedy as a desperate search continues for a toddler who slipped from his mother’s grasp after their van was swept into the raging Grand River near Orangeville early Wednesday. The Toronto Star reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico

Feb. 21, 2018, Waterloo, Ont. – A firefighter from Waterloo has designed a safe lock box that he says would solve the problem of locked doors and long wait times for emergency personnel, especially firefighters, when they are trying to reach someone needing urgent help in a home. CBC News reports. | READ MORE (RSS […]

Feb. 21, 2018, Clavet, Sask. – An early-morning fire Tuesday destroyed a century-old farmhouse east of Saskatoon that had received a Saskatchewan Register of Heritage Property designation and was part of a wedding catering business. The Star Phoenix reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico