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Officers responded to a place of worship at Sherbrooke Street and Wood Avenue shortly after midnight Friday morning following an attempted arson. One man has been arrested.

Montreal police's arson unit is investigating after several vehicles at a used car dealership were damaged when a fire was set by one or more suspects.

A man has been charged with arson and other crimes after several under-construction infill homes went up in flames in the Belgravia and Strathcona neighbourhoods last fall.

Despite attempts to resuscitate, a 73-year-old man has died following a fire at a Montreal apartment early Tuesday morning.

A 15-year-old girl is being charged with arson and possession of incendiary, or fire-starting, materials, Winnipeg police said.

Vancouver police say officers received calls of a boat on fire parked on a trailer in the parking lot outside the Gallery Show Lounge on Sunday around 12:30 a.m. 

A Saskatoon business owner says repeated acts of vandalism is costing him tens of thousands of dollars. From smashed windows to a suspected arson, the incidents are piling up.

One man remains wanted on a Canada-wide warrant following last summer's series of extortion and arson-related crimes in Winnipeg and another was arrested in Toronto, police said.

A spokesperson for Toronto police confirmed to Global News they were treating a three-alarm fire early Wednesday morning at the Toronto Humber Yacht Club as arson.

A spokesperson with Peel Regional Police told Global News the fires unfolded across three locations within the span of a half hour. Three trucks were damaged.

Ontario Provincial Police recently put up a billboard near Orangeville, Ont., as part of its ongoing effort to crack the investigation.

Calgary police have released photos of a suspect wanted by arson investigators in relation to a fire in the southwest community of Bridlewood earlier this month.

As of April 20, Surrey police say there have been 87 reported extortion cases this year, 15 related shots fired cases, two arson cases and 46 victims, 25 of whom are repeat victims

Durham Regional Police Service is asking anyone with cellphone, dashcam, surveillance footage or information about the incident to contact investigators.

Victor Leslie Atkinson, 50, was charged with arson and theft under $5,000 in connection with the fire inside Nesters Market on March 30.

Vancouver police said that at approximately 5:30 p.m. on Monday, a man walked into Nesters at 333 Abbott Street in the Downtown Eastside and lit a fire.

According to police, the name of the accused will not be released to protect the identity of the victim due to the domestic nature of the incident. 

Two British men, ages 20 and 19, and a 17-year-old male were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit arson with intent to endanger life.

Commander Helen Flanagan, head of Counter Terrorism Policing London, said the arrests marked 'an important breakthrough in the investigation.'

The ambulances belonged to Hatzolah, a volunteer organization that responds to medical emergencies and works alongside the U.K.'s National Health Service.