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An electrical power surge is being eyed as the probable cause of a destructive fire that tore through a house in Stittsville Monday afternoon, injuring two firefighters

For the second time this year, Ed Haley, Prince Township’s fire chief, asked council to endorse the use of naloxone kits by the township’s volunteer firefighters to combat the effects of opioid drugs at medical emergency scenes.

Ontario's rural affairs minister says he is sympathetic to the plight of volunteer firefighters who would have to give up their vacation time to qualify for their jobs under proposed new training rules.

It's considered a tool to help curb opioid abuse deaths. The province is making emergency naloxone kits available to all 500 police and fire services in Ontario.

Before recruitment begins for a new batch of fire fighters in Chatham-Kent, Ont. this year, Chief of Fire and Emergency Services, Bob Crawford, is dedicated to getting a message out to the public — he wants diversity on his crew.

After nearly a decade of silence, the fire siren in Mitchell could be reactivated in the not too distant future.

Wainfleet’s interim fire chief Lee Smith, has left his post with the township just a month after he convinced township politicians to approve hiring a deputy chief for the stretched-thin fire department.

Among the sorrow, there has been support. For the families of the Humboldt Broncos, the community and the first responders who were on the front-line and came face-to-face with horrendous tragedy late Friday afternoon.

A fire at a Surrey home that was legally growing medical marijuana has claimed two lives. Firefighters were called to a home at 9488 163rd Street on Monday morning at around 7 a.m.

Council will consider this week a provincial pilot project to introduce firemedics into the city’s emergency response landscape.