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RCMP are investigating after logging equipment near Lake Cowichan was destroyed by fire last week. The pieces of heavy machinery are located just down the road from ongoing anti-old growth logging protests. Kylie Stanton has more.

An outside source will help peterborough police investigate the discharging of an officer’s personal firearm inside a west-end home last week.

Some residents in the Tri-Cities and even Burnaby woke up to the smell of acrid smoke Sunday. Turns out a building in Coquitlam had caught fire early that morning. As Angela Jung reports, authorities are treating it as suspicious.

After months of anticipation and occasional releases of smaller batches of files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, the U.S. Department of Justice made public a massive trove of documents known as the Epstein files. The DOJ admitted hundreds of thousands more files would take time to be released, raising questions about what happens...

On Saturday, a deadly fire tore through a nightclub in Goa – a resort region massively popular with tourists. The blaze killed dozens of people, and authorities are still investigating the cause. Jillian Piper reports.

Toronto police are now investigating a deadly fire in the Annex over the weekend as a homicide. It claimed the life of a woman in her 80s. Nicole Di Donato has more on what we’re learning about the victim and the circumstances around the blaze.

A rash of fires targeting infill houses are raising alarm bells for community members and investigators. Now police, firefighters and the city are standing together, vowing to stop these fires. Sarah Komadina explains.

There is growing concern in West Kelowna today over a string of suspicious fires. While so far they’ve been limited to grassy areas, the city’s fire chief says they have the potential to be extremely dangerous. Klaudia Van Emmerik has more on the steps being taken to prevent another one.

A former employee at the City of Richmond who is under criminal investigation in an alleged gift card scandal recently began a new job at the City of New Westminster. But as Catherine Urquhart reports, when Global News started asking questions, her employment was abruptly terminated.

Police are investigating an early morning fire at a tow truck company in Brampton on Monday as arson. Peel police tell Global News multiple four or five suspects set a number of tow trucks on fire at Reliable Towing on Rutherford Rd. S around 3:30 a.m. Jaden Lee-Lincoln has the details.

WATCH: Investigation is still ongoing for the Salvation Army fire that broke out on Christmas Day, with teams finding multiple ignition sites leading the Fire Department to believe the fire was human made.

In Switzerland, investigators say that sparklers held too close to the ceiling could have started the bar fire that killed 40 people early on New Year’s Day and that the managers of the bar are among those who have been interviewed.

Hundreds of residents, firefighters and rescue workers marched silently through the Swiss ski resort of Crans-Montana to honour victims of a deadly New Year’s Day bar fire. The procession followed a packed church service and ended at a memorial outside the Le Constellation bar, where at least 40 people were killed and more than 100...

More than half a dozen people were taken to hospital early Friday morning, when a motel in Nanaimo suddenly caught fire. As Taya Fast reports, the RCMP are now investigating the cause of the blaze.

Twenty-five people are confirmed dead after a fire was reported at a nightclub in India’s Goa state early Sunday morning. Indian authorities have ordered an investigation into whether or not fire safety norms and building construction norms were followed.

There has been an uptick in extortion-related shootings this year. So far, Surrey is dealing with five and Delta is investigating a dozen reports of extortion. We are also following up on the London Drugs closure announcement in the Downtown Eastside and a Nanaimo grocery store now has locks on their meat section due to...

New Year’s Eve celebrations turned deadly at an upscale ski resort east of Geneva, Switzerland. A massive fire broke out in a crowded bar, killing at least 40 people and injuring at least 115, many with serious burns. Police in Barrie, Ont. are investigating the death of a 10-year-old boy. Officers went to a home...

Witnesses said the fight took place at Kal Tire Place in Vernon on Sunday. An investigation has been launched.

Residents of a three-story apartment complex have been displaced after a fire broke out in one of the units Thursday morning. As Jaden Lee-Lincoln reports, it may take days before some residents are able to return home as crews investigate what caused the blaze.

Two people were killed and at least 20 others injured after a pair of explosions and a fire tore through the Silver Lake Nursing Home in Bristol Township, northeast of Philadelphia. Officials believe a gas leak sparked the blasts, which caused a partial collapse and shattered windows throughout the facility, prompting an urgent rescue operation....