Fire marshal brought in to investigate fatal house fire in Guelph
Two women are dead and two more are injured after a fire broke out at a home in the area of Edinburgh Road and Wilsonview Avenue.
Fire
Mar 11
2 sent to hospital after overnight blaze at home in central Hamilton
Hamilton firefighters and the Office of the Fire Marshal are investigating an overnight blaze at a three-storey dwelling on King Street East early Monday.
Fire
Apr 8
2 rescued during multiple-alarm house fire in central Hamilton
Hamilton fire say heavy smoke and flames were seen coming from a home just northwest of Barton Street East and Ottawa Street North early Tuesday.
Fire
Mar 19
More than 325K patient files stolen in cyberattack on 5 southwestern Ontario hospitals
Nearly six months after a ransomware attack that impacted five hospital networks in southwestern Ontario, officials are outlining the extent of the impact on patients.
Canada
Apr 3
Fire marshal to probe blaze at vacant rooming house in Peterborough
Around 8:15 p.m., firefighters responded to multiple calls of a structure fire on Water Street and found a vacant rooming house on fire. A fire damaged the same building in 2019.
Fire
Mar 6
Fire that destroyed nursing station forces Ontario First Nation to evacuate patients
Chief Russell Wesley of Cat Lake First Nation says people who need treatment for cancer, diabetes, and addiction support were among those removed from the community.
Fire
Mar 5
Woman killed in Mississauga house fire identified
Officials say two people have died, including an elderly mother and her adult child, and two others were critically injured after a house fire in Mississauga early Tuesday morning.
Fire
Mar 12
‘Threat to life’ leads to tent removal at Belle Park in Kingston
Fire officials have been called to the tent in the Belle Park encampment three times in three weeks, the city of Kingston says
Canada
Feb 27
Man rescued from Port Colborne fire dies in hospital: Niagara police
A man pulled from a burning home in a Port Colborne, Ont., residential neighbourhood Monday has succumbed to his injuries in hospital, police say.
Fire
Feb 21
Peterborough, HKPR District public health units agree to voluntary merger
Ontario's Ministry of Health has offered to provide one-time transition funding and three-year merger support for public health units that combined resources by Jan. 1, 2025.
Health
Feb 28
10th annual Corus Radiothon raises over $175k for Children’s Hospital in London, Ont.
The 2024 radiothon gathered over $175,000 in donations. The annual fundraiser, now in its tenth consecutive year, has collected over $1.6 million for Children’s.
Health
Mar 1
Arson investigation launched following Margaret Avenue house fire in Peterborough
Around 12:15 a.m., Peterborough Fire Services crews responded to a report from a passerby of a possible structure fire on Margaret Avenue. No one was found in the home.
Fire
Jan 27
Mother who threw child from 2nd-floor window during Ajax blaze recovering in ICU, fundraiser says
A fire on the morning of Jan. 19 in a townhouse on Dooley Crescent in Ajax, Ont., trapped a mother, father and their young child inside. A GoFundMe has been set up for family.
Fire
Jan 27
Officer catches child dropped from window as flames rage in Ajax home
An officer caught a child who a woman dropped from the second storey of a burning Ajax home overnight, as flames raged in the townhouse.
Fire
Jan 19
Why lawyers say alleged police wrongdoing in the Glen Assoun case can’t be forgotten
A defence lawyer says the push to restart a criminal investigation into police destruction of evidence in the Glen Assoun wrongful conviction case could set a precedent.
Canada
Jan 19
Basement fire in Vaughan, Ont., kills two, fire crews rescue two others
Two are dead after a fire broke out at a home in the area of Steeles Avenue West and New Westminster Drive around 7:40 p.m. on Saturday. The Ontario Fire Marshal is investigating.
Fire
Jan 7
Police investigating suspected hate-motivated arson, graffiti at business in North York
Toronto police are investigating a suspected hate-motivated arson and graffiti incident that targeted a local business in North York Wednesday morning.
Crime
Jan 3
Fire Marshal investigating Kingston, Ont., motel fire
The Ontario Fire Marshal has been called upon to help Kingston Fire and Rescue determine the cause of a fire at a Kingston Motel on Tuesday night.
Canada
Dec 27, 2023
Person found dead inside storage trailer after early-morning blaze: Toronto fire
One person was found dead following a blaze in the city's west end early Sunday morning, according to Toronto Fire.
Fire
Dec 24, 2023
Human remains found following house fire in Ennismore: Ontario fire marshal
The Office of the Fire Marshal says human remains were found in the debris late Wednesday following a fire which destroyed a home early Tuesday on Deerfield Crescent in Ennismore.
Fire
Dec 21, 2023