READY FOR FALL? SQUASH CRUMBLE IS IN SEASON {page 16}
BRANDON MORROW, BLUE JAYS SHUT OUT RIVAL YANKEES SPORTS {page 20}
OTTAWA
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Monday, September 19, 2011 www.metronews.ca News worth sharing.
Blaze cancels classes
Firefighters get 9-1-1 call just after noon as thick black smoke billows from grade school JOE LOFARO/METRO
JOE LOFARO
@METRONEWS.CA
A suspicious fire at Broadview Public School yesterday caused $60,000 in damages to the school and cancelled today’s classes. The exterior of the rear of the school was damaged when a fire started on a couch that someone put on the roof of a one storey mechanical room. There was smoke damage in two or three classrooms as well as light smoke throughout the school, Ottawa Fire Services spokesperson Marc Messier said. Pam Peers, whose kids go to Broadview Public School, was aware of the couch that was on the roof. “I think teenagers have been putting a couch up there and it’s been taken down, and put up again,” she said. “There are a lot of kids in the neighbourhood so maybe they were fooling around. It’s hard to know.” There were no reported injuries and no one was inside the building when firefighters arrived. A message on the school’s website said the school will reopen tomorrow.
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Parliament in session Flames ran up the side of Broadview Public School, damaging windows of classrooms on the second and third floors. Firefighters conducted a search inside to ensure the fire had not spread.
Tories set to introduce new bill showcasing their tough on crime platform {page 4}