The COVID-19 pandemic has been detrimental to many businesses. Several businesses are forced to close down. Sadly, the Vancouver Aquarium is one of those establishments on the verge of closing down. It is a not-for-profit operation that closed its doors in March 17 due to the pandemic. The Vancouver Whitecaps were able to sell more […]
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A 16-year old boy drowned in a well-known swimming hole in Flatrock. According to the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary, they confirmed the death for the Telegram late Tuesday. The incident occurred around 3:30 PM when the boy was swimming at the popular place when he ran into trouble in the water which was known as Jim
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The last thing Jimmy Tarrant and Will Mavin expected to do were to save a life. An incident occurred when they took a trip to Little Lawn Beach to collect capelin. They watched 56-year old David Edwards walk into the water with his dip net. Life-saving act When they looked again, the man was floating
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A 15-year old died despite delivery of CPR after found unconscious in the Montreal pool. Mohamed Ndimurwanko was spending time with friends when at some point, he was at the bottom of the pool in Ahuntsic-Cartierville. The 15-year old boy’s father stated that he was trying to figure out how it could have happened. His
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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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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 motorcyclist died despite CPR after losing control and flipped his bike in Etobicoke. The man who was in his 50s was declared dead in a healthcare facility. Road dangers The incident occurred at Norseman Street and Islington Avenue near Kipling Avenue. The man who was believed to be in his 50s did not have
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Chris Parsons encourages everyone that knowing how to perform CPR is a useful skill. Parsons is a street performer with the stage name Chris Without the Hat. While in Saskatoon to perform at the Fringe Festival, he had to perform CPR to help a man breathe again. Importance of CPR training According to Parsons, he
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A backcountry skier’s fall into a hidden tree well was a successful rescue but it serves as a warning to others. Based on a statement by Terrace Search and Rescue, the crews were called at around 3:20 PM to the backcountry of Shames Mountain, west of Terrace. Two local men, in their early 40s, were
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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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A 30-year old woman from Vancouver succumbed to her injuries after the incident. The woman was declared dead after a kayaking incident on the Vedder River in Chilliwack. Unforeseen ordeal in the water Based on the report by Chilliwack RCMP spokesperson, Cpl. Mike Rail, the police were present at the scene in Yarrow after they
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A man in his mid-60s died despite CPR after an ATV accident. The incident occurred in Abbotsford on Thanksgiving Day. ATV dangers The Abbotsford police were called to the 29500-block Taylor Road to help the paramedics responding to an ATV crash in the rural residential neighborhood. Based on the reports, an ATV plunged around 30
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A crash that occurred in the Royal City resulted in the closure of a major intersection. The officers sealed a section of Wollwich Street between Speedvale Avenue and Marilyn Drive for a collision investigation. Crash incident According to witnesses, they saw paramedics performing CPR on someone. It remains unclear if this person was a pedestrian
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A woman who was declared dead after a high-rise fire was given CPR. It was later discovered that she had evident signs of trauma. High-rise fire The fire crews were called to the Scarborough apartment building. The flames were visible from the exterior of the tower on the 18th floor when they arrived. One unit
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CPR was performed on the female driver. She is in a critical condition after crashing her vehicle into a bus shelter in Etobicoke. Collision at a bus stop The incident occurred in the area of Albion Road and Carrier Drive at around 10 AM. The Toronto paramedics found an adult female at the scene suffering
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A woman who reportedly drowned near Peggy’s Cove was given CPR. The police in Nova Scotia confirmed that a woman drowned near Peggy’s Cove. Watery ordeal The emergency workers responded to reports of a woman who was struggling in the water. The Halifax Fire and Emergency stated that local fishermen brought the woman to the
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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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A hockey player was saved with an AED by the Abbotsford firefighters. The only thing that Lindsay Hickmott was sitting on a bench and getting ready to take his next shift. Life saved with an AED The only memory he recalls is waking up in an ambulance, struggling to breathe and wondering what happened. In
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Several sudden deaths are under investigation after two men in their 30s were found in medical distress in the snow. Ordeal on the ice In the first case, a snowboarder was found unresponsive before 12:30 PM near a Nelson, B.C. ski resort. The man was in a tree well when he was found and a
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The B.C. Coroner’s Service is investigating after a skier and snowboarder died after ending up trapped in tree wells in separate events in southeast B.C. Icy ordeal The first incident occurred at around 12:30 PM which involved a snowboarder at Whitewater Ski Resort near Nelson, B.C. A passerby discovered the snowboarder and quickly started CPR
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