Asian Tribune Your Multilingual Newspaper covering World and local news News
Toronto police and fire crews say a man was located and rescued from a dumpster fire Sunday morning. According to responding officers, reports of a garbage bin on fire near a former CIBC building in the area of King Street West and Dufferin Street came in around 9 a.m. Once …
Read More »Series of fires keep Winnipeg crews busy over the weekend – Winnipeg
Descrease article font size Increase article font size A series of fires kept Winnipeg crews busy over the weekend, according to the city. The first fire happened on Saturday at 4:13 p.m. in a single-family bungalow on Kirkwall Crescent. Crews found smoke in the home and fought the fire from …
Read More »Winnipeg firefighters looking into U.S.-trained dog to help with arson investigations – Winnipeg
Descrease article font size Increase article font size In the battle against arson, Winnipeg firefighters are looking at getting some four-legged help. A specially trained dog — who learned to detect fire accelerators in potential arson cases with the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives — could join …
Read More »Manitoba RCMP respond to semi-truck blaze on Highway near Carberry – Winnipeg
Manitoba RCMP say they responded to a semi-truck that was ablaze near Carberry on Friday. Officers say officials were sent to Highway 1 outside of Carberry around 2 p.m. Investigators say the driver was travelling westbound when he spotted flames coming through the firewall of the truck. 4:41 Dauphin marking …
Read More »Fire on Toronto subway train at Sheppard-Yonge station causes delays, burn injury – Toronto
Toronto police and fire units say a fire broke out on a northbound subway train car at the Sheppard-Yonge station Sunday afternoon. Emergency responders say they responded to reports of an e-bike on fire around 3 p.m. The bike was on the first car of a train heading northbound, police …
Read More »Firefighters rescue man from 10th-floor unit in Toronto highrise fire – Toronto
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Firefighters were called to a fire at a Toronto highrise Friday afternoon and rescued a man from a 10th-floor unit in the the building. Toronto Fire Services said emergency crews were called to 30 Thunder Grove at 1:13 p.m., in the McCowan …
Read More »Woman, pets rescued during blaze inside apartment in downtown Hamilton – Hamilton
Descrease article font size Increase article font size A 70-year-old was rescued from a downtown Hamilton, Ont., apartment blaze late Thursday, according to firefighters. Flames broke out just after 11 p.m. in a unit on the second floor of a building at Park Street South between Duke and Bold streets. …
Read More »Okanagan fire departments hoping for sparkle, not sparks this holiday season – Okanagan
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Be ‘firesmart’ this holiday season. That’s the message local fire departments are urging as they hope Christmas is filled with sparkle and not electrical sparks or fire. According to a federal website, nearly 800 fires between 1999 and 2008 were caused by …
Read More »RCMP investigating church fire in Janvier, Alta.
The RCMP are investigating a fire that destroyed the Janvier Church Friday night. Officers said flames had engulfed the church by the time they arrived at the scene, around 10:30 p.m. The RCMP said people in the area saw a silver sedan drive away from the church shortly before the …
Read More »Ford government facing new calls to fire Metrolinx CEO over Eglinton LRT ‘final insult’
The Ford government is facing renewed calls to fire Metrolinx CEO Phil Verster after the head of the provincial transit agency said he was “not going to guess” when the Eglinton Crosstown would be fully operational. The light-rail transit project, which first began construction in 2011 with a planned in-service …
Read More »