BlackburnNews.com file photo.It's Fire Prevention Week and this year's theme is "Hear the Beep Where You Sleep."
Sarnia fire service Life Safety Educator Mike Otis encourages us to install a smoke alarm in every bedroom.
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In a third of all fatal fires in Ontario over the last five years, there was no warning because of either defective or missing smoke alarms.
Fire Prevention Week runs until October 10.
In hopes of raising awareness of the help available to sexual violence survivors, a local crisis centre has handed out stickers to over 200 businesses.
Three people are facing charges after separate incidents took place over the long weekend.
Conor Allin is officially running again, this time in Ward 8, which covers people in the southern part of Chatham.
The Toronto Blue Jays snapped the Astros' six-game winning streak with a 3-1 win in Houston Monday night.
The Toronto Blue Jays lost 5-1 to the St. Louis Cardinals in MLB action on Sunday.
A multi-million dollar Chatham fraud trial begins this week.
