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BURLINGTON, ON - Emergency crews are attempting a high-angle rescue after a climber has fallen from a high cliff in north Burlington...[ read more ]

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SUDBURY, ON - Sudbury's surge of suspicious fires now includes several bush fires in New Sudbury and a Louis Street blaze that caused around $1,000 worth of damage to a fence...[ read more ]

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MIDHURST, ON - “Foot dragging” by the provincial government and its Office of the Fire Marshal (OFM) for more than 13 years on the implementation of mandatory automatic sprinklers and fire-alarm syste...[ read more ]

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HAMILTON, ON - A new fire escape installed at 130 Herkimer St. is raising ire among local residents and raising questions about safety versus aesthetics...[ read more ]

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COLWOOD, BC - West Shore RCMP have confirmed a home at 3116 Antrobus Cres. in Colwood was torched on purpose...[ read more ]

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BADGER, MB - With a little help from its neighbours, Manitoba is fighting forest fires including one that threatens a southeastern community...[ read more ]

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NATIONAL - A volunteer fire chief in rural Saskatchewan is the 2012 recipient of the Canadian Volunteer Fire Service Association’s (CVFSA) Lifetime Achievement Award...[ read more ]

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WINDSOR, ON - Windsor police are investigating an incident of vandalism at the downtown fire department headquarters...[ read more ]

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REGINA, SK - Firefighters were called to an oil refinery east of Regina Tuesday night.

Emergency crews were sent to the Consumers' Co-operative Refinery around 8:30 p.m. CST...[ read more ]

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BONNYVILLE, AB - Residents of a dozen homes in the Forsythe Lake area are under a voluntary evacuation order, Bonnyville RCMP said late Monday afternoon, as shifting winds changed the direction of a n...[ read more ]

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CAMBRIDGE, ON - Someone set fire to an old house under renovation Sunday morning in Cambridge.

Tuesday, Ontario Fire Marshal’s office investigators confirmed the cause as arson...[ read more ]

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EDMONTON, AB - Fire forced residents out of their downtown apartment late Tuesday morning.

Yvon Marier lives next door to the suite that caught on fire around 11:10 a.m...[ read more ]

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TORONTO, ON - After a couple of days respite from the road, I’m heading back to Midhurst tomorrow for the coroner’s inquest into the four fire deaths at the Muskoka Heights retirement home in Orillia ...[ read more ]

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MIDHURST, ON - There were not enough firefighters at the fatal Muskoka Heights fire to adequately rescue the residents in a timely fashion, an expert from the Office of the Ontario Fire Marshal (OFM) ...[ read more ]

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OTTAWA, ON - A construction boom in the city last year was a major factor in sub-par response times for Ottawa firefighters...[ read more ]

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TILLSONBURG, ON - A well-known Tillsonburg cabinet and countertop manufacturer needs to find a new location after a fire destroyed the building it has called home for more than a decade...[ read more ]

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MIDLAND, ON - I had a firefighter comment yesterday about how I’d been slacking on my blogging and it made me laugh...[ read more ]

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WINNIPEG, MB - Wildfires have prompted extensive backcountry travel restrictions and burning bans in eastern Manitoba and officials say the fire danger remains high in the southeast region due to lack...[ read more ]

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VANCOUVER, BC - Don't fight fire with fire. That's the warning from WorkSafe B.C., which is worried that overzealous workers trying to make their sawmills fire-safe may actually trigger a fire...[ read more ]

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LILLOOET, BC - A growing forest fire near Lillooet forced the Marble Canyon and Pavilion Indian reserves to issue an evacuation alert for 60 homes on Sunday...[ read more ]

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TIMMINS, ON - An early end to winter and a drier-than-normal spring is making it difficult for Ministry of Natural Resources firefighters...[ read more ]

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OTTAWA, ON - Fire investigators were to return to the scene of a downtown three-alarm fire Tuesday morning where one day earlier firefighters rescued a 57-year-old man frozen in shock on a top-floor b...[ read more ]

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CALGARY, AB - Investigators are trying to nail down what sparked a blaze Sunday at a Bowden mobile home that claimed the lives of a couple, though they say an electrical fire or cigarette could be to ...[ read more ]

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CALGARY, AB - A huge blaze consumed a barn on Calgary city limits late Monday night.

Crews from three departments were called to fight a barn fire at 226 Ave. and 80 St...[ read more ]

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YELLOWKNIFE, NT - The Yellowknife fire department is investigating the cause of an early morning fire at a downtown apartment building...[ read more ]