A 57-year old woman drowned in a lake in Nova Scotia’s Guysborough County and it might have been a pet involved. The RCMP were called to Indian Harbour Lake around 6:40 PM for a report on a woman in the water. Is it a possible pet rescue? According to Cpl. Dal Hutchinson, there were two […]
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A 1-year old boy was saved after near-drowning in the family’s swimming pool in Longueuil. Watery rescue According to the police, the baby fell into the water and knocked his head. One of the relatives found the child unconscious in the pool. According to the Longueuil police spokesperson, Stephanie Jalbert, they got a call around
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A man performed CPR on a victim of a deadly shooting incident. Along with neighbors, he attempted to ease the pain of the main before the arrival of the emergency crews. Shooting ordeal The police received a call to a housing complex in the Rundle Heights neighborhood after residents reported hearing a fight. They found
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The emergency services were called to Manson Street in Mission for a shooting. One man is dead while another sustained an injury after a shooting on Manson Street in Hatzic. According to Mission RCMP, upon arrival at the home between Dann Avenue and Catchpole Avenue, they found one man, a 41-year old Mission resident within
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The IHIT believes that the victim was involved in the Lower Mainland gang conflict. The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team identified the victim in the shooting in Surrey as 30-year old Sumeet Randhawa. According to IHIT media relations officer Detective Lara Jansen, Randhawa, a Surrey resident died at the scene of the shooting. He was known
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A jogger whose heart ceased to beat in Barrhaven was saved with quick delivery of CPR. The Ottawa paramedics are crediting a City of Ottawa worker together with a bystander for assisting in saving the life of the jogger. Timely intervention The incident occurred near the intersection of Holitman and Foxfield drives, at Neill Nesbitt
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A 65-year old employee at a Saskatoon car dealership is alive today due to the rapid-thinking co-workers and easy access to an automated external defibrillator (AED). The employees obtained the company’s AED and applied it to their co-workers. According to Myron Knihnitski, one of the employees who acted quickly, she had no experience in using
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An Edmonton man who drowned in Okanagan Lake was given CPR. The bystanders pulled a swimmer from the lake after he went under but CPR failed to revive him. Concerns on the water According to police, a 25-year old Edmonton man drowned while swimming in Okanagan Lake in British Columbia. The West Kelowna RCMP were
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The bystanders revived a 15-year old who collapsed with an AED. The incident occurred while the boy was playing futsal at Sir Robert Borden High School. According to the paramedics, without the actions of the bystanders, the outcome would be a poor one. Importance of AEDs An automated external defibrillator (AED) that was stationed at
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A 68-year old was saved with CPR at the Ottawa airport. The border agents, passengers, and American Airlines staff were among those who helped the man. The man went into cardiac arrest after getting off his flight at the Ottawa International Airport. Timely actions to save a life According to the paramedics, the witnesses quickly
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A motorcyclist died after striking head-on with a car in Etobicoke on Friday night. According to the Toronto police, they received a call for a collision involving a motorcycle and car at Scarlett and Hill Garden Rds. before 7 PM. Based on the initial reports from the site, the motorcyclist was lying on the road
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An 18-year old student from the University of Toronto died during a trip to an engineering camp. He was found beneath a floating dock not long after jumping into a lake on a warm afternoon. The second-year civil engineering student, Anand Baiju who does not know how to swim according to his family died in
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A man suffering from severe smoke inhalation was given CPR by the emergency crews. A man who was believed to be in his 40s was severely injured after he was pulled from a burning house in north Toronto. Dangers of fire Heavy smoke was seen pouring out of the house in the area of Eglinton
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An elderly woman died when a house fire occurred despite the immediate delivery of CPR. The Calgary Fire Department stated that a woman who was found inside the front door was transported to a healthcare facility but she died of her injuries. House fire The incident involved a fire at a single-family house in northwest
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The paramedics called to attend to an individual not breathing at Vancouver jail arrived to see the woman lying on her back on the pavement surrounded by several jail and medical staff but not treating her. Right intervention During the inquest, Rodrick MacKenzie, the lawyer for the Coroner’s Service of B.C., asked paramedic Mike Burgwin
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An elected member of Parliament saved the life of a man who collapsed on a late-night flight. Todd Doherty was given recognition for his rapid action. Timely action rewarded The Conservative MP was flying from Vancouver to Prince George, B.C when he heard a loud thud shortly after takeoff. Doherty ran to the front of
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A Shelburne County lobster boat captain died after he was pulled overboard about 16 nautical miles south of Clarks Harbor. Unforeseen tragedy on the water According to Barrington RCMP, the man, Larry Wayne Sears, 64-years old of Shag Harbour was hauling lobster pots along with 2 crew members when the trawl line became ensnarled in
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A Sydney man serving time for first-degree murder was found dead in his cell at Dorchester Penitentiary in New Brunswick. Unfortunate demise At the time of his death, Zane Weatherbee, 49-years old was serving an indeterminate sentence since November 2, 1982. Based on a release by the Correctional Service Canada, the staff members quickly delivered
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A Mission emergency personnel responded to a single-vehicular rollover. A 56-year old Osoyoos woman was airlifted to Royal Columbian Hospital after her vehicle flipped into a ditch that was filled with water. Timely rescue The local emergency personnel was requested to respond to the east of Lougheed Highway and Nelson Street after the motorists witnessed
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A 3-vehicle accident occurred in front of the Nanaimo Aquatic Centre. The accident occurred before 8 PM at the intersection of Wakesiah Avenue and Third Street. According to firefighters at the scene, a passenger in a Chevrolet Trailblazer was transported to Nanaimo Regional General Hospital with unidentified injuries. The driver of the Civic was examined
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