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‘They would have died’, a Saskatoon man says after a Naloxone kit helped him save 2 lives After receiving a call on Monday morning, Spring Gagne moved into action. A friend who he calls a brother was in a Riverside home with a second man who overdosed on drugs. Desperate call His friend knew that […]
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A 13-year-old girl was stabbed to death by a man named Gabriel Klein. The police identified the victim as Letisha Reimer. According to witnesses, the suspect did show any emotions when he was restrained in the rotunda of Abbotsford Senior Secondary School. Prompt intervention The principal of the school named Robert Comeau testified that he
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The victim of a snowmobile crash was given CPR. The incident involving Jeffrey Lindsay was a sergeant with the 1st Canadian Ranger Patrol Group in Yellowknife. Lindsay, 46-years old was from Brantford, Ontario and father of twin 12-year-old boys. According to Lt. Col. Tim Halfkenny, commanding officer of the 1st Canadian Ranger Patrol Group, he
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There is an increase in the availability of an automatic external defibrillator (AED) in the public. These devices are readily accessible in public buildings but it is also important that the public is aware that it is easy to use. Safe device to use According to Chris Landry of Island First Aid Services, the device
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A 45-year old Sydney woman died after helping rescue a group of swimmers stranded by a riptide. Watery rescue turned awry According to RCMP Const. Tammy Lobb, the RCMP, local firefighters, Emergency Health Services paramedics, and the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre responded to a report regarding a group of distressed swimmers at a beach in
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A cyclist was hit and killed by a truck despite CPR attempts at the corner of Bourquin Crescent and Mill Lake Road. Road accident The identity of the 72-year old male cyclist has not been released. Upon the arrival of the police at the site, CPR was delivered on the victim but he was later
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The incident involving a head collision occurred at around 7:35 AM. An 87-year old Upper Fraser Valley man just died due to a head-on collision in Lake Country. Both the RCMP and the BC Coroners Service are working closely to figure out the root cause of the head-on collision. The incident severely injured the man
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A man named Colin Dowler was traveling the backcountry trails when attacked by a grizzly. A day before his birthday, Dowler did not think he would be able to celebrate it. On a Tuesday morning, the devoted outdoor man was scouting backcountry trails located outside of Powell River, British Columbia, riding on his mountain bike.
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An infant died while inside a tent sleeping. According to a witness a vehicle backed over the tent at a drive-in theater on South Shore. The incident happened at around 11:30 in the evening as people started leaving the area in their cars. Vehicular accident According to a witness named Jean-Simon Lavoie, she was in
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A 65-year old motorcyclist involved in crash was given CPR. Sadly, the North Saanich man was killed when the motorcycle he was driving was involved in a collision with a car on Mills Road. Disastrous crash The police are not looking for a witness who provided some details about the incident but left the area.
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