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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 Fire crews keeping an eye on extinguished blaze Aug. 27, 2012, Agassiz, B.C. - Even as temperatures cooled around the Lower Mainland, other areas of the province were still taking heat from forest fires. Officials from the Ministry of Forests will continue to monitor an area near Agassiz where a fire was burning Saturday night. The Province reports. Suspect charged in Stoney Creek house fire Aug. 27, 2012, Hamilton, Ont. - A 24-year-old man has been charged with break-and-enter and arson in a fire that started in the basement of a Stoney Creek house Saturday night, causing $70,000 damage. The Hamilton Spectator reports. Suspicious fire damages auction house Aug. 27, 2012, Vancouver - A Vancouver auction house is out thousands of dollars after a suspicious fire early Saturday morning. CBC News reports. Fire damages three Windsor homes Aug. 27, 2012, Windsor, Ont. - Three east Windsor homes were evacuated following a suspicious early morning fire Saturday. The Windsor Star reports. Fire razes Maple Ridge mill Aug. 27, 2012, Maple Ridge, B.C. - Employees of a cedar-shake mill near Maple Ridge were in tears Sunday after the operation was gutted by an early morning fire. The Province reports. Fire breaks out at Waterloo restaurant Aug. 24, 2012, Waterloo, Ont. – A fire broke out in Waterloo, Ont., at Ish and Chips (a fish and chip shop), and a vacant convenience store. 570 News reports. Woman charged in Windsor apartment fire Aug. 24, 2012, Windsor, Ont. – A Windsor woman is charged with arson after she was kicked out of an apartment party then allegedly set the door on fire. The Windsor Star reports. Monitored fire alarm system saves home in Campbell River Aug. 24, 2012, Campbell River, B.C. – A smoke detector monitoring system helped save a Campbell River home from extensive fire damage early Thursday morning. Canada.com reports. No injuries reported in Cambridge fire Aug. 24, 2012, Cambridge, Ont. – No one was home when smoke and flames caused $150,000 damage to a single-family home near the Cambridge Centre shopping mall Thursday night. The Record reports. | READ MORE Two cats perish in Halifax house fire Aug. 24, 2012, Halifax – Two cats died, a third was rescued, when a fire broke out in the second floor of a Halifax home Thursday evening. No one else was home at the time. CBC News reports. |
