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CBRM considers crackdown on firefighters filling private swimming pools
Councillors for the Cape Breton Regional Municipality are divided along rural and urban lines, raising concerns about water conservation, legal liability and fairness for those who contribute to the cost of the water utility.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/cbrm-considers-crackdown-firefighters-filling-pools-9.7197730?cmp=rss

Truone 1d ago

In the #netherlands , large groups of people are now using blunt #violence to attack housing of #asylumseekers. #Arson, #intimidation, attacks against #police, #firefighters, #medicalpersonnel. Ordinary #citizens and #Neighborhoods afraid of #escalation.
This is the price #society pays, once #YOU start voting for #rightwing parties. Stop this spiral, seek the #middleground.

https://nos.nl/artikel/2614145-schandalig-en-totaal-onacceptabel-bestuurders-kwaad-over-geweld-loosdrecht

#tuig, #Gesindel, #schorem, #RiffRaff, #insurgents #racism, #xenophobia

Schandalig en totaal onacceptabel: bestuurders kwaad over geweld Loosdrecht

Premier Jetten noemt het geweld bij een noodopvanglocatie "ronduit schandalig". Ook andere politici spreken van "onacceptabel" geweld.

Global News Winnipeg 1d ago

Winnipeg man in critical condition after firefighters battle string of blazes
Of the seven fires that occurred Monday night into Tuesday morning, just one happened at an occupied home.
#News #Winnipegfirefighters
https://globalnews.ca/news/11845602/winnipeg-man-critical-condition-firefighters-string-blazes/

Global News 1d ago

CBC Manitoba 2d ago

10 Manitoba firefighters land in Minnesota to help state's wildfire fight
Manitoba is returning the favour to a southern neighbour that sent firefighters to the province during last year's devastating wildfire season that killed two people and displaced 33,000 others.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/manitoba-firefighters-deployed-minnesota-wildfire-9.7195945?cmp=rss

CBC London 2d ago

Car crashes into south London salon, causing structural damage
A black Toyota Camry crashed into a salon on Wharncliffe Road South Monday morning, sending one person to hospital and causing significant structural damage to the building. London firefighters stabilized the structure while utility crews shut off gas and hydro services.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/car-crashes-into-south-london-salon-causing-structural-damage-9.7195440?cmp=rss

World news | The Guardian 3d ago

UK firefighters called to one lithium-ion battery fire every five hours https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/may/11/uk-firefighters-lithium-ion-battery-fires-ebikes #Firefighters #LithiumionBatteries #Ebikes #UkNews #Technology

UK firefighters called to one lithium-ion battery fire every five hours

FoI responses collected by insurer show brigades tackled 1,760 battery-linked fires in 2025, up 147% in three years

The Guardian

Climate crisis | The Guardian 5d ago

‘It could have been a second Great Fire’: how east London blaze showed scale of UK wildfire threat https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/may/09/second-great-fire-wennington-london-wildfires-threat #Firefighters #EmergencyServices #London #Wildfires #ClimateCrisis #England #UkNews #Environment #ExtremeWeather #ExtremeHeat

‘It could have been a second Great Fire’: how east London blaze showed scale of UK wildfire threat

In record 40C heat on 19 July 2022, 18 homes were lost in village of Wennington – a signal for firefighters to adapt, but UK response remains fragmented

The Guardian

Kyiv Independent Daily Headlines 5d ago

Friday, May 8, 2026

Fact-check: No, a Ukrainian drone didn't hit a passenger train in Latvia -- Ukraine's military strikes Russian oil refinery, defense technology center -- Ukraine hits Russian warship capable of launching Kalibr missiles -- Emergency situation: Ukrainian firefighters unable to extinguish massive forest fire due to Russian FPV drone threat ... and more

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/05/friday-may-8-2026/