Doug and Brenda Lapchuk, along with their sons Michael, Mitchell (missing) and Mackenzie all volunteer at the Balgonie fire department. With both their parents serving in the department, the three sons were raised around the hustle and bustle of a busy firehall.

Occasionally we hear the phrase “this workplace is a family” but, at the Balgonie Volunteer Fire Department, they take it a little more literally.  In the 1980s, when the White City Fire Department was founded, Donald Lapchuk joined as a volunteer. Not long after, his son, Doug, also signed up. While his father left the […]

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