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RCMP said someone set fire to an item outside the Penticton detachment shortly before 5:30 p.m. on Christmas Day.

The RCMP major crimes unit is leading the investigation and police said a suspect was seen running from the home with portions of their clothes on fire.

An alleged arson targeting a synagogue in Montreal's West Island is under investigation by police and being widely condemned by political leaders and the Jewish community.

The Moose Jaw Fire Department says arson was the cause of a Friday night fire at Capone's Hideaway motel on Main street that hospitalized one person.

Investigators believe the accused is also responsible for one of the 24 arsons that occurred in Allendale, Belgravia, Ritchie, King Edward Park, Holyrood and Strathearn this year.

Calgary Police have arrested a 21-year-old suspect in an arson case in which extortion letters asking for a Bitcoin payment were left on the steps of neighbourhood houses.

Local firefighters have their hands full tackling an uptick in arsons, the Wnnipeg Fire Paramedic Service (WFPS) says, and they're coming up with innovative ways to fight back.

Security video shows two people walking up to the building's lobby and pouring out a substance before there is a bright flash and the pair run away. 

About 100 people were left homeless by the fire in the apartment building at Jersey Avenue and Kingsway, and two people were taken to hospital for smoke inhalation.

Police are investigating if a suspected case of arson in Calgary is related to Bitcoin extortion notes left on the steps of neighbouring homes.

A 12-year-old girl is among four teens facing charges in a Durham arson investigation that saw more than $2 million in damage caused.

Police say the woman and the baby girl were pulled from a house fire in the city's northwest.

A vehicle was set on fire this morning at the residence of a lawyer who owns two Old Montreal buildings that have burned down in the past two years and left nine people dead.

A vehicle fire in Holyrood and a home arson in Cloverdale are both being investigated as extortion after notes demanding a Bitcoin money transfer were left near both scenes.

Police have charged three people with first-degree murder in connection with the death of Christina Webber, whose body was found at a motel in Lethbridge on Dec. 28, 2024.

The top charge against the suspect carries a maximum sentence of life in prison without parole. The indictment will be unsealed on Jan. 7.

This year Saskatoon made headlines after a 14-year-old girl was accused of throwing flammable liquid on a 15-year-old girl and setting her on fire at Evan Hardy Collegiate School.

In the deaths of the boys, the jury found Al Ballouz guilty of first-degree murder, which carries an automatic life sentence without possibility of parole for 25 years.

The fire was the second deadly blaze in Old Montreal in less than two years, after seven people were killed in a March 2023 fire in a building that housed short-term rentals.

A list compiled by Global News includes arsons and extortions in Alberta, drive-by shootings in B.C. and Ontario and a Winnipeg murder.