Bonds of camaderie between Canadian and Jalisco firefighters have grown stronger than ever through a five-day training program taking place this week under the auspices of Firefighters Without Borders Canada (FWB) and Chapala’s Bomberos company (PCyB). 

As the home of the beautiful colonial city Morelia, the island village of Janitzio, quaint Patzcuaro and the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve, Michoacan is one of Mexico’s most beautiful and naturally diverse states.

Firefighters in Zapopan have a new helicopter to battle fires during the dry season.

Nighttime strollers in Puerto Vallarta last weekend may have been mystified by a stage with an ocean backdrop from which an impressive lineup of Mexicans, Canadians, French and Americans read poetry to gathered listeners.

As teachers took to protest in the streets of Guadalajara, Jalisco Education Secretary Francisco Ayon Lopez has reiterated his position that there will be no second chances for the 183 teachers he fired.

The personal spending habits of Jalisco Governor Aristoteles Sandoval came under the spotlight after he forked out 1.5 million pesos (US$85,000) for his daughter’s fifteenth birthday party, an event he unsuccessfully tried to keep secret.