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News ArchivesYEAR2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 MONTH Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec HEADLINES Firefighter honoured for rescue Jan. 28, 2009, Moncton, N.B. - Troy Boomer says it was all in a day's work. But for those watching, the image of a firefighter in a dive suit leaping from a helicopter into the freezing Petitcodiac River to save a woman's life dramatic and worthy of the commendation Boomer received Monday night. The Times & Transcript reports. READ MORE No cause yet in seniors' home blaze Jan. 28, 2009, Orillia, Ont. - Fire officials say it will take at least another week before they finish looking for clues into the cause of a retirement home blaze that killed two seniors left eight people hospitalized. The Toronto Sun reports. READ MORE No smoke alarms, no lienency: fire department Jan. 21, 2009, Niagara Falls, Ont. - The Niagara Falls fire department is “shocked” that there are still homes in the city without working smoke alarms. “I do not know how much clearer we can be with our message about smoke alarms,” Assistant Fire Chief Jim Jessop told The Niagara Falls Review. READ MORE Lax sprinklers laws put lives at risk Jan. 21, 2009, Toronto - Safety of seniors is being put behind cost savings when it comes to installing potentially life-saving sprinklers in old retirement homes, says the president of the Ontario Association of Fire Chiefs. As the Toronto Star reports, Richard Boyes says it is "frustrating" that provincial regulations have failed to require sprinkler systems in all retirement homes. READ MORE Fireplace wood sparks blaze Jan. 15, 2009, Omemee, Ont. - Flash ignition of wood near a built-in fireplace is being blamed for causing a $150,000 blaze that razed a log home northeast of Omemee late Tuesday night. The Peterborough Examiner reports. | READ MORE Three dead after Waterloo fire Jan. 15, 2009, Waterloo, Ont. - The bodies of three people were pulled from a burning home Wednesday on a quiet cul-de-sac on the city's northwest side. The Kitchener Waterloo Record reports. | READ MORE Five believed dead in house fire Jan. 14, 2009, Vancouver - A Vancouver Island teacher says five of her family members have been killed in a house fire on a First Nations reserve near the town of Chemainus, B.C., north of Victoria. Union wants to organize volunteer firefighters Jan. 13, 2009, Sudbury, Ont. - The Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union is trying to organize the more than 350 volunteer firefighters in Sudbury, the union announced Monday. The Sudbury Star reports. | READ MORE Fire guts house, woman sent to hospital Dec. 30, 2008, Halifax - An afternoon fire sent one woman to hospital Monday and destroyed a local area home, the Chronicle Herald reports. | READ MORE |
