After an emergency meeting, the Medicine Hat City Council passed a mandatory mask bylaw. The meeting was held after a huge spike in cases in recent weeks. The council received a letter signed by hundreds of residents asking for the restrictions. According to the letter, Medicine Hat was the only city of its size in […]
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A Vancouver Island man has been fined twice by police for refusing to wear a face mask at two separate businesses in the Victoria area. West Shore RCMP states that they received a call of a man causing a disturbance in the Peninsula Co-op gas station around 3:30 in the afternoon. Staff shared that the
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A 32-year-old woman passed away despite CPR after struck by a semi-truck on a Manitoba highway. It was around 7:30 PM when officers with the Manitoba First Nations Police Service’s Waywayseecappo detachment were called to a crash between a pedestrian and semi-truck on Highway 45. Upon arrival at the scene, police found the woman unresponsive
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The social lockdown has been extended to December 7 and high-risk fitness activities were suspended across the province. Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry has announced wide-ranging new rules for controlling the spread of COVID-19, including mandatory face masks in indoor public and retail spaces and restricting social gatherings to household members only for everyone
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A Bathurst police officer revived a newborn with CPR. Sgt. Karl Hachey was the first to respond when an infant ceased to breathe at his Bathurst home. When the newborn son of Camie Basque, Mickael stopped breathing, she thought his life was over. Basque had just finished feeding Mickael when she noticed that his lips
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The players in the National Football League (NFL) must wear face masks on the sidelines unless they have their helmets on and are preparing to enter the game. The league unveiled an enhanced set of COVID-19 protocols. The NFL also outlined increased safety regulations for play-callers and post-game interactions between players and staff would be
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Brantford has extended its mandatory face mask bylaw mid the COVID-19 pandemic for at least for the next two months. During a virtual council meeting, the city approved extending the current bylaw, which went into effect on July 17, until another review in November. The legislation requires a face mask or covering in enclosed public
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A man who was stabbed after a random dispute on a transit bus passed away. The 42-year old was stabbed during an incident on a Coast Mountain bus near No. 3 and Cambie roads. Stabbing incident The man was not identified publicly. He was rushed to a healthcare facility but succumbed to his injuries. The
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A collision incident involved a pedestrian who died despite an attempt on delivering CPR. The incident occurred near Marlee Avenue and Lawrence Avenue. A male pedestrian died of injuries in a healthcare facility after hit by a large truck in Toronto’s northwest. Vehicular accident The emergency crews were called to the scene. The intersection is
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A female inmate at the Correctional Centre for Women in Clarenville died. The purported cause of death was choking on food. Choking incident According to RCMP Staff Sgt. Larry Turner, the 27-year old was eating lunch inside her cell when a piece of sandwich end up lodged in her windpipe. He also added that a
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A man who drowns after a weekend swimming incident was given CPR. The incident occurred at the Muskoka River. Unforeseen watery ordeal The Bracebridge OPP and the emergency crews were called to help when a man was unable to surface while swimming in the Muskoka River. A man was swimming in the river with a
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Shopping centers are anticipating an influx of shoppers before Monday’s lockdown. Several malls in the Greater Toronto Area are extending their hours Saturday and Sunday in anticipation of a rush of visitors ahead of Monday’s lockdown that will see shopping centers close. Yorkdale Shopping Centre and Scarborough Town Centre will now be open from 11
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A hiker who was rescued after being lost overnight in a whiteout in Mount Rainier National Park has been brought back to life after an amazing recovery. The hiker has a pulse when he arrived at the hospital but soon his heart stopped. He died while he was in the ER, which provided the medical
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Jeff Crew acted when an 18-year old Ajethan Ramachandranathan collapsed in the middle of class. A west-end gym teacher and his assistant were given recognition for saving the life of a grade 12 student after using a defibrillator to revive the teenager who ceased to breathe. Quick action saves a life According to Jeff Crewe,
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In a movie theater in Halifax, it was a life-or-death situation when an audience went into cardiac arrest. Earl Kiely is alive thanks to the quick thinking of the audience members who knew what to do. Kiely nearly died, but now he is taking time to appreciate the simple things. He was dragged down to
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As the cold winter weather forces most of us indoors during the COVID-19 pandemic, Canada’s health leaders state that it is time to upgrade the cloth face masks. The country’s chief public health officer stated in a news conference that masks with three layers – two cloth plus a filter – are now recommended over
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The president of the Ontario Medical Association stated that it was a “fairly courageous and brave” decision by the Ontario Government to lower the thresholds for COVID-19 restrictions under the color-coded system. Dr. Samantha Hill would like to see Ontario introduce tighter restrictions on indoor restaurants, bars, and recreational settings to help limit the spread
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When Pierre Lachapelle went into cardiac arrest, he was successfully revived with CPR at a south shore CLSC. Successful revival It took up to 8 shocks from an automated external defibrillator (AED) followed by a shot of adrenalin before Lachapelle was revived. He went back to thank the people who brought him back. Lachapelle had
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A 23-year old Prince Rupert woman died on Texada Island on Saturday. It was around 6:20 PM when the RCMP were called for a possible drowning incident at Shingle Beach where the Diversity Festival was performing. According to the police, the woman was seen climbing a rocky bluff and it is believed that she fell
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