Kevin Yakes saved the life of a man who overdosed with naloxone. The man overdosed on fentanyl-laced heroin. At the time of the incident, he saw a man in his early 20s slumped over a table at an overdose prevention site at the office of the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users. Dangers of overdose […]
A Surrey, B.C. woman urges trampoline parks to be regulated after 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 Air […]
Two victims from a burning building in West Kelowna received first aid. Two people were trapped in the bedroom of a burning house in West Kelowna and had to be carried out by the firefighters. Immediate care The crews were called to the house on Guidi Road shortly before 8:30 AM. When the firefighters arrived, […]
A baby girl who stopped breathing was given first aid. The American border officers were able to revive a baby girl who ceased to breathe while she and her mother were in line to cross into the United States. Timely intervention to save a life The U.S. Customs and Border Protection office stated that the […]
First aid was given to a pedestrian who was fatally struck in Vancouver. The man died of his injuries after being struck by a vehicle in Vancouver. Dangers in the road According to the police, the man was crossing Southeast Marine Drive when he was hit by a sedan mid-block near Ross Street. Several witnesses […]
A student who was involved in train incident was given first aid. Mourners brought flowers to a memorial near Crescent Beach as friends and family gathered to remember a teen who was killed by a train. Deadly train incident Jack Stroud just graduated Grade 9 at Surrey’s Elgin Park Secondary School where he played on […]
A 30-year old man was given CPR after snowboarding outside of the skin area in Whistler. Sadly, the man was killed. Dangers in the backcountry The Whistler resident was found facing down and buried in snow in the heavily forested area which was known to locals as the “Khyber Pass”. He was found by a […]
A man in his 20s received CPR after a failed attempt to save a dog. The man died after drowning in the Fraser River near Gladstone Park. Unsuccessful rescue attempt At around 10 PM, a man was heard screaming a few meters from the shore near a trail just off Marine Drive in southeast Vancouver. […]
A man involved in a Burnaby fire was given first aid care. The man was found unconscious in a burning home in Burnaby. Sadly, he died in a healthcare facility despite the efforts of the firefighters, paramedics and one brave neighbor. Burnaby fire claims a life The fire broke out at a duplex on 16th […]
A hiker received first aid care by firefighters and Good Samaritans. The hiker had to be rescued after injuring her ankle on a North Shore trail. She is thankful for her rescuers and the strangers who helped her before they arrived. Immediate action in the wilderness Connie Baxter stated that she was given top-notch first […]