The Calgary city council has put some heft behind its mask bylaw, a day after Alberta’s deadliest day of the pandemic. Calgary’s mask bylaw will continue until the end of 2021 unless the pandemic circumstances like mass vaccination change, and lead the administration or council to decide to amend or repeal the bylaw. Repealing the […]
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A West Island teen is lucky to be alive today with the help of a few CPR-trained bystanders. At the Macdonald arena in Ste-Anne de Bellevue, 15-year-old Jacob Dawes collapsed while playing hockey. Lt. Joel Leger from fire station 51 in St-Anne took the call. He and a colleague raced to the arena, treated Jacob
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The civilian-led body investigates after a Salt Spring RCMP officer performed CPR. The officer performed CPR on an unresponsive man and he was later declared dead. The Independent Investigations Office is investigating after Abbotsford police officers performed CPR on an unconscious man who did not survive. Unforeseen demise The Abbotsford Police Department responded to a
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According to RCMP, a 30-year old woman and an 11-year old girl, both from Miami were part of a guided tour in the North Bench Trail area near Golden. The RCMP confirmed that the two were traveling on the same machine. The snowmobile was one of a group of 10 on a guided tour by
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Two flight crew members were credited for saving the life of a man at the Edmonton International Airport (EIA). The crew members utilized an automated external defibrillator (AED) when the man collapsed while getting off his flight from Phoenix to Edmonton around 4 PM on Wednesday. Airport ordeal According to Heather Hamilton, director of communications
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Shannon Willner and her sisters took their mother shopping in Leduc for her Mother’s Days present when the outing turned into a disaster. Shopping ordeal Their mother became short of breath. When her lips turned blue, one of the daughters called for emergency assistance. While one sister was on the line with a dispatcher, Willner
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Islanders who would like to donate reusable, non-medical masks can now drop off donations at all eight Access PEI locations across the province. For Islanders who might need a reusable mask and cannot afford one, free masks will now be available at 14 food banks and pantries around P.E.I. The Minister of Social Development and
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A masked armed robbery this month has a business owner asking customers to briefly remove the mask. A quick and chaotic armed robbery during which business owner Jeffrey Lundstrom had a gun pointed in his face has him asking his patrons to take off their mask as they enter his shop. He does not want
According to Chief Danny Smyth, the conduct was inappropriate after the traffic stop that ended with a $298 ticket. The chief of Winnipeg police states that an officer’s behavior during a traffic stop this week was inappropriate and will be reviewed after the officer ticketed a driver when he was questioned about why he was
The B.C. Teachers’ Federation is calling for smaller class sizes and stricter face mask regulations when schools start up again next month. In a release, the union stated that many people are worried that the government has not done enough to ensure the safety of teachers, students, and families, especially in light of the sharp
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The Calgary police are investigating after a man was fatally shot in broad daylight on a quiet residential street in Arbour Lake. The neighbors reported several shots around 5:40 PM in the northwest community. Shooting incident According to Sue Washington, who was out on her deck with her husband, she thought it was firecrackers or
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Rule breakers could be fined $1,000 per ticketed offense and up to $100,000 through courts. Albertans who ignore the public health recommendations and the law by wandering around indoor spaces like grocery stores with noses hanging out above their masks can potentially spread COVID-19. Some are blatant scofflaws who refuse to follow health laws set
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Police in Saskatoon has issued a $2,800 ticket to an organizer of an anti-mask rally that was held in downtown Saskatoon on December 5. Saskatoon police stated that the ticket was given after consulting with prosecutors and public health officials. The event drew hundreds of people to downtown Saskatoon. At the time, health officials were
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Steve Sawatzky was given CPR when he went into cardiac arrest. Around 2 dozen Winnipeg firefighter-paramedics took turns in delivering CPR on one of their own for almost an hour after he collapsed at a work barbeque at Tinkertown. After facing issues with the on-site automated external defibrillator (AED), his co-workers took turns in performing
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B.C. has no provincewide mandate for mask-wearing, but many businesses and organizations have policies of their own. Here is a list of prominent locations and organizations that have made masks mandatory. As the coronavirus pandemic develops and changes in British Columbia, it led to changes to the policies on face coverings. As a result, this
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A man who executed CPR on a victim of a deadly shooting ordeal says he and neighbors tried to lessen the man’s pain before the arrival of the emergency team. Police were called to a housing complex in the Rundle Heights neighborhood around 1:50 AM after residents reported a fight. They discovered a man experiencing
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With public health measures escalating to a lockdown for the second time inside a year in Windsor-Essex to limit the spread of the novel coronavirus, businesses are again nervous but more prepared for what’s to come. Businesses like Café Amor and Art on Ottawa Street in Windsor are ready to revert to takeout and curbside
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Matsqui Institution inmate died despite CPR after found unresponsive in a cell. The 60-year old was serving a life sentence for killing his wife. The man was found unresponsive in his cell. Unforeseen ordeal Thomas Robert Elton was discovered to be unconscious according to Gordon Tanner, the assistant warden. The prison personnel performed CPR and
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There are 34 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in connection to an outbreak at a Guelph meat packaging plant. UFCW Local, the union representing workers at Cargill stated that two employees first tested positive for the virus last week. The union stated that they are working with the company and public health to help control and
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A man has been arrested and fined after allegedly refusing to wear a mask and being verbally abusive to staff at a Langford gas station. Police were called to the Peninsula Co-op at 3:30 PM for a man causing a disturbance. The complaint was for a man who was not wearing a mask and was
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