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Amid the ongoing spike in coronavirus cases, Ontario has announced a provincewide mask policy and new restrictions targeting ‘hotspot areas’. Face masks will now be mandatory throughout the province in all indoor public areas, on transit, and in workplaces where physical distancing is not possible. There are also restrictions targeting ‘hotspot areas’ – Toronto, Ottawa,
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A 23-year old man sustained a gunshot wound on his leg on a shooting incident. The police are investigating the second drive-by shooting on Sandpiper Drive in Abbotsford. According to Const. Ian MacDonald, the police received a call around 8:30 PM when residents reported gunshots fired in the 30700 block of Sandpiper Drive. The patrol
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By now, the world has grown accustomed to having a face mask on hand when leaving the house to go to work or the grocery store. Italy took it a step further by making it mandatory to wear face masks or face coverings outdoors nationwide. It is the country’s latest effort to curb the spread
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A man with gunshot wounds in Vancouver died despite the delivery of CPR. The police were able to identify the man who was shot at a hotel in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. Shooting ordeal The officers were called to the Savoy Hotel and arrived to find that someone utilized bear spray which made it hard for
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An Ottawa woman helped save the life of a jogger with CPR along with city workers. The incident occurred in Neil Nesbitt Park. Adele Gawley was driving home from Starbucks and while passing Neill Nesbitt Park, she saw a group of workers in orange safety vests huddled over the body of a man on the
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A 69-year old Deer Lake woman died despite CPR after pulled from Humber River. According to the RCMP, Geraldine Wiseman was down by a popular boat launch in the town to cool off from the heat. Dangers in the water Upon the arrival of the police, people were performing CPR on Wiseman. The woman was
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A 47-year old man was arrested by Montreal Police (SPVM) for mischief during an anti-mask protest in Montreal’s Plateau-Mont-Royal borough. Hundreds of people who oppose the wearing of face masks gathered at Lafontaine Park to protest the government’s public health measures. The organizers called the protest shortly after Montreal mayor Valerie Plante’s comments when she
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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 59-year old man died despite CPR after a suspected drowning. The incident occurred at Port Hood Beach in Cape Breton. Drowning incident According to Inverness County RCMP, they received a call to the beach. A man was swimming with his wife when 2 lifeguards observed that they were having difficulty. According to Paul D’Eon,
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Many restaurants were hard hit by the pandemic, especially buffets which can no longer offer self-serve. At the Mandarin restaurant, a popular all-you-can-eat eatery, their pivot could be a new success. At the Mandarin restaurant on Hunt Club Road, safety comes first. There are floor markers, the seating capacity has been reduced to one-third, face
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Police officers attempted to save a man with naloxone and CPR did not wrong. This was discovered by Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU). Overdose concerns The SIU checks all deaths involving police in the province. In such cases, the officers were called to a Brampton house where they found a 36-year old man who is
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A Surrey, B.C. woman urges trampoline parks to be regulated after a frightening experience involving her 3-year old son. Better safety measures The toddler fell through the springs and onto the floor below at a park in Richmond where a father died earlier this year. Ravi Gill-Douglas’s son was at a birthday party at Extreme
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The Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries (MBLL) stated that customers need to wear face masks while inside its Liquor Mart locations, Casinos of Winnipeg, or the Shark Club Gaming Centre. This comes only a month after the Crown corporation announced Liquor Mart employees would start wearing face masks while on the job, and a week after
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A 6-year old child who was found in a creek was given CPR. The search for a missing 6-year old child on the North Shore has ended in tragedy. Unforeseen ordeal The child was discovered facing down in Taylor Creek, not far from his family home, and died shortly after in BC Children’s Hospital. RCMP
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Alberta woman testifies daughter was cold to the touch, CPR did not revive her. The mother of a woman found dead at a house in southern Alberta says she tried to revive her with CPR but was already dead. Dorothy Medicine Crane sobbed while testifying at the manslaughter trial of her son-in-law Allen Day Rider.
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Officials with the region’s health unit, Southwestern Public Health (SWPH), announced that all businesses in its jurisdiction were instructed to mandate face masks or coverings in enclosed public spaces. The instruction which was issued under the Reopening Ontario Act will take effect on Thursday, but businesses have until midnight of August 6 to have face
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The Real Canadian Superstore will require most customers to wear a face mask while shopping starting on August 29. The move is designed to help stop the spread of COVID-19. The supermarket chain, which is owned by Loblaws Inc., operates dozens of grocery stores from B.C. to Ontario. The company stated that face masks would
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