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By Kareem Gouda Global News Posted December 13, 2022 2:42 am Updated December 13, 2022 2:48 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size A major fire has sent one woman to hospital Monday night after a house fire broke out in East Vancouver. It broke out just before …
Read More »1 dead, 2 in critical condition after fire in downtown Toronto – Toronto
Officials say a man in his 40s is dead and two others have life-threatening injuries after a three-alarm fire in downtown Toronto. Emergency crews were called to an apartment building on Dundas and Sherbourne streets at around 1 a.m. Tuesday. Toronto Fire Chief Jim Jessop told Global News there was …
Read More »Manitoba Avenue house fire displaces Winnipeg residents, city says – Winnipeg
A fire at a home on Manitoba Avenue in Winnipeg on Saturday left residents in need of a place to stay, the city says. Fire crews were called to the one-and-a-half-storey home in the 600 block of Manitoba Avenue around 4:19 p.m. Firefighters found smoke and flames coming from the …
Read More »Glaring safety issues in group home fire that left 2 men with disabilities dead: report
By the time a fire truck pulled up in the early morning hours of Christmas Eve 2018, flames were erupting from the windows and shooting up over the roofline. Trapped inside the small, west Edmonton bungalow were three men, all developmentally disabled, unable to escape. The group home’s sole worker …
Read More »Evin prison fire death toll rises to 8, Iran says
Iran’s judiciary raised the death toll Monday in a blaze at Tehran’s notorious Evin prison, saying that at least eight prisoners were killed as protests continue nationwide. Details still remain scarce over the fire at Evin prison, which broke out on Saturday night as nationwide anti-government protests triggered by the …
Read More »4 people accuse Arcade Fire frontman Win Butler of sexual misconduct, music publication reports
WARNING: This article contains content about sexual assault and may affect those who have experienced sexual violence or know someone affected by it. A leader in Montreal’s music industry says concertgoers upset by allegations of sexual misconduct against Arcade Fire frontman Win Butler should be allowed to get a refund …
Read More »Fire at Prince George baseball stadium being investigated as arson, say RCMP
A piece of Indigenous baseball history in Prince George, B.C., suffered serious damage in a fire, which RCMP are investigating as an arson. RCMP said they received a report of a fire at Spruce City Stadium, located at 2210 Massey Drive, at around 5 a.m. Wednesday. Prince George hosted the 2022 Canadian Native …
Read More »17th century longhouse replica ‘consumed by fire’ on Six Nations
A 17th-century replica longhouse constructed on Six Nations as part of an initiative promoting ecotourism and Haudenosaunee culture was damaged extensively in a fire on Friday. “It’s with deep sadness to announce that this afternoon the Ogwehoweh Skill and Trades Training Centre Longhouse Ganǫsa’ǫ:weh (OSTTC) was engulfed in flames,” said a news release posted to the longhouse’s …
Read More »Family recounts experience leaving behind house engulfed by Nohomin Creek Fire
Louise Johnny says she has been on an emotional roller coaster ride after she and her family were forced to flee their home, located on reserve lands in the Lytton First Nation, as a result of the Nohomin Creek wildfire. “They’re like mood swings — they keep coming and going, and coming …
Read More »‘Hero’ boy recognized for saving family in Moncton house fire
Eight-year old Felix Dalley was playing outside at the end of May when he saw black smoke coming from his front porch. He rushed through the back door and alerted his family to the fire, which consumed the house in a matter of 10 minutes. Amy Dalley, Felix’s mother, was …
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