Mark Bettens News Today

Cape Breton Regional Municipality's fire and emergency services committee is considering getting rid of lie-detector tests for firefighter job candidates. They say polygraphs may no longer be relevant and they're hurting recruitment efforts.

Cape Breton Regional Municipality's fire chief says the hazardous materials unit is no longer volunteer-run because members were taking up to an hour to assemble before they could respond to calls.

A family of five are among the survivors after a remarkable rescue from an apartment building that caught fire in Cape Breton during last weekends paralyzing snowstorm.

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Firefighters, each carrying about 50 kilograms of gear, arrived at the scene and waded through about 150 metres of "close to waist-height snow."