Professional firefighter urges more women to sign up Posted by web-chief on Jan 6, 2009 @ 9:40AM
Snippet: MAHONE BAY, NS - Sherry Dean was knocking on 40 when she made a career switch from a white-collar job to professional firefighting...[ read more ] Source: South Shore Now (click for full story)
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Friday house fire claims second victim Posted by web-chief on Jan 6, 2009 @ 9:33AM
Snippet: LETHBRIDGE , AB - A fire that tore through a northside home Friday has claimed a second victim...[ read more ] Source: Lethbridge Herald (click for full story)
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Firefighter, community-minded Caycuse resident, Ron Pearson, passes awa Posted by web-chief on Jan 6, 2009 @ 9:32AM
Snippet: CAYCUSE, BC - A veteran of more than 15 years with the Caycuse Fire Department, Ron Pearson, passed away last week after a battle with cancer...[ read more ] Source: Lake Cowichan Gazette (click for full story)
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Two dead in Saguenay apartment fire Posted by web-chief on Jan 5, 2009 @ 5:01PM
Snippet: SAGUENAY, QC - Firefighters found two badly burned bodies about 3 pm Monday after an intense, stubborn blaze destroyed an 11-apartment building in the La Baie district of the city about 450 kilometres...[ read more ] Source: The Gazette (click for full story)
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Police accuse woman of setting fire to Ottawa hotel Posted by web-chief on Jan 5, 2009 @ 10:41AM
Snippet: OTTAWA, ON - A 25-year-old woman accused of setting a New Year's Day fire at a hotel in Ottawa appeared in court Sunday on four counts of arson-related charges...[ read more ] Source: CTV (click for full story)
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B.C. ski resorts seek to tackle risk-takers Posted by web-chief on Jan 4, 2009 @ 10:52PM
Snippet: WHISTLER, BC - Operators of two BC ski areas have promised new zero-tolerance measures after cases in which skiers and a snowboarder entered out-of-bounds areas, with a particularly brazen incident ye...[ read more ] Source: Globe and Mail (click for full story)
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Duplex blaze kills Lethbridge girl Posted by CanuckEMT on Jan 4, 2009 @ 10:50PM
Snippet: LETHBRIDGE, AB - A six-year-old girl is dead after fire swept through a duplex unit in Lethbridge on Friday morning...[ read more ] Source: Global Lethbridge (click for full story)
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Serial arsonist hits Repentigny bank Posted by web-chief on Jan 4, 2009 @ 10:40PM
Snippet: REPENTIGNY, QC - What began as mischievious fires to recycling bins is now worrying police, after a Caisse Populaire Desjardins bank and computer business burned down yesterday in a three-storey build...[ read more ] Source: The Gazette (click for full story)
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4 hurt in fire at Ottawa hotel Posted by web-chief on Jan 2, 2009 @ 9:40AM
Snippet: OTTAWA, ON - Four people have been hurt, one very seriously, in a fire this morning at the Radisson Hotel in downtown Ottawa...[ read more ] Source: London Free Press (click for full story)
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Snowboarder found alive after four days Posted by web-chief on Jan 2, 2009 @ 9:36AM
Snippet: NORTH VANCOUVER, BC - Relatives and friends of snowboarder James Martin were celebrating on New Year's eve after he was found alive on Mount Seymour after going missing on Dec. 28...[ read more ] Source: CTV (click for full story)
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Christmas eve fire destroys historic barge Posted by web-chief on Jan 2, 2009 @ 9:34AM
Snippet: PORT CLEMENTS, BC - A bit of B.C...[ read more ] Source: Queen Charlotte Islands Observer (click for full story)
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Massive slides left snowmobilers little chance Posted by web-chief on Jan 2, 2009 @ 9:30AM
Snippet: FERNIE, BC - The avalanches that swept down on 11 snowmobilers in an alpine bowl near Fernie, B.C., on Sunday would have been impossible to outrun...[ read more ] Source: Globe and Mail (click for full story)
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Allegations cast shadow on city management, pension board Posted by web-chief on Jan 2, 2009 @ 9:26AM
Snippet: SAINT JOHN, NB - The case of John Fraser versus the board of trustees of the Saint John pension plan raises disturbing questions about some of the most powerful people who run this city...[ read more ] Source: Telegraph Journal (click for full story)
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Quick response saves woman Posted by web-chief on Jan 2, 2009 @ 8:50AM
Snippet: COBOURG, ON - A Cobourg woman had good reason to be more grateful than usual this Christmas...[ read more ] Source: North Umberland Today (click for full story)
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Firefighters douse four cars found burning in Nanaimo ICBC yard Posted by web-chief on Jan 2, 2009 @ 8:48AM
Snippet: NANAIMO, BC - Nanaimo fire inspectors are investigating a mysterious blaze that damaged four cars at the Insurance Corporation of B.C.'s holding yard on Applecross Road on Saturday morning...[ read more ] Source: Times Colonist (click for full story)
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Man faces three arson charges Posted by web-chief on Jan 2, 2009 @ 8:43AM
Snippet: MOOSE JAW, SK - On Monday morning a man appeared in provincial court related to three different Moose Jaw fires...[ read more ] Source: Moose Jaw Times (click for full story)
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Fire destroys fish plant buildings Posted by web-chief on Jan 2, 2009 @ 8:41AM
Snippet: CAPE SABLE ISLAND, NS - A spectacular early morning blaze totally destroyed three buildings and partially damaged another at the Stoney Island Fisheries complex on Cape Sable Island on Dec. 28...[ read more ] Source: Nova News Now (click for full story)
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