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Fire chief receives prominent recognition

With retirement drawing closer, the Swift Current fire chief has received a highly-ranked professional designation.

Fruit farm loses large storage facility and equipment to fire

A massive fire has destroyed a fruit farm storage facility and equipment worth $3 million near Vienna in Bayham Township.

Are plans keeping up with reality?

Tackling a fire is a team effort.

Dryden 'moving on' from dispute with volunteer firefighters

The insistence by a group of volunteer firefighters in Dryden that the fire chief be removed from his role will likely stand in the way of any immediate resolution to a nearly month-long d

Firefighters union votes no confidence in London’s assistant deputy fire chief

The fallout from a tidal wave of harassment allegations within the City of London continues, with a high-ranking member of the London Fire Department drawing heat from the union.

Ontario making historic investment in mental health and addictions care for every stage of fife

Nearly one third of people in Ontario will experience a mental health or addictions issue at some point in their lifetime.

Vaughan firefighters make birthday dreams come true for boy battling cancer

Vaughan’s newest firefighter may take his gear a size or two smaller than average, but he has a fighting spirit to match any member of the team.

Deadlock in Dryden

The City of Dryden, their volunteer firefighters and city residents are at an impasse, with little direction into what comes next.

Morning house fire in Vaughan sends 2 people to hospital

Two people were rushed to hospital with undisclosed injuries and four others are being treated at the scene of a house fire in Vaughan Monday morning.

John Kobarda retires as London fire chief 'effective immediately'

A week after it hired a third-party investigator to examine workplace harassment at city hall, the City of London announced the retirement of Fire Chief John Kobarda with no warning, no fa