The death of a man in Kelowna RCMP’s lockup is under investigation by the BC police watchdog. Based on a release from the BC RCMP, a 40-year old man was transported to a healthcare facility after a vehicle struck a tree in Kelowna. Undergoing scrutiny The man was cleared by the hospital staff and brought […]
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When a man was involved in a diving incident, CPR was performed. A 28-year old man sustained a serious spinal cord injury after a diving accident. Beau Hayward was staying at a friend’s cottage in Sudbury. Unforeseen tragedy Hayward hit his head on the sandy bottom of the lake after diving into the water. His
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An Ottawa police officer who attempted to save a young man who drowned stresses the importance of CPR. Everybody who witnesses emergencies should try to help after he witnessed some people stand by and do nothing. Prompt intervention Det.-Const Hussein Assaad was off-duty at Lac Leamy with family and friends when they heard people shouting
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When someone was calling out if anyone knows CPR, Dylan Duncan made a move. The man, Lane Burman needed help after a heart attack. Prompt intervention Luckily, Duncan just recently learned CPR and growing up, he was taught to always help people who are in trouble. He ran as fast as he could and called
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An Abbotsford teen died despite CPR in a fatal hit-and-run incident. The driver involved in the hit-and-run case involving star athlete Desmond Bassi, 17-years old, turns himself in. Dangers on the road The driver is also 17-years old faces criminal charges. In less than an hour before the driver turned himself in, another 17-year old
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A woman in her early 50s who died after falling into the rapid was given CPR. The drowning incident occurred on a dangerous stretch of the Cowichan River. Watery ordeal down Cowichan River The woman was tubing along with friends when she passed the “pullout” zone and entered the rough water near Horseshoe Bend and
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A woman died despite the immediate delivery of CPR after apparent drowning. The RCMP is investigating a suspected drowning that occurred in an isolated lake on Nova Scotia’s eastern shore. Watery ordeal Based on the police report, two men found a 57-year old woman in a lake on West Side Indian Harbour Lake Rd. in
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The B.C. Coroners Service confirmed that 16-year old Comox Valley girl died. The cause is toxic shock syndrome during an overnight stay at Hornby Island last year. Sara Marie Manitoski went on a student trip to the Outdoor Education Centre in Tribune Bay Provincial Park. The grade 11 student complained to friends of experiencing menstrual
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A man died after a shooting in Cloverdale in the 18200-block of 67A Avenue. It was around 4 PM when the Surrey RCMP received several calls about shots being fired in the Clayton area. Upon arrival at the scene, the officers found a man who sustained gunshot wounds. He was transported to a healthcare facility
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A man in his 20s is in severe condition in a healthcare facility after a shooting in Abbotsford. According to Sgt. Judy Bird, the Abbotsford Police Department got a 911 hang-up call at around 6:15 PM which alerted them to a possible shooting at a residence in the 2500 block of Birch Street in east
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A man was transported to RCH after sustaining a gunshot wound. The Mission police, fire and ambulance personnel responded to a call at Philbert Street for reports on a male suffering from a gunshot wound shortly after 3 PM. Shooting incident The victim was transported via air ambulance which landed in Mission Secondary School’s playing
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The death of Alex Joseph while being transported by B.C. Correction from Prince George to Maple Ridge has several unanswered questions. For more than an hour as they drove through Highway 97 in the back of B.C. Corrections van, the inmates pounded on the walls, shouting for help. They were worried that Alex Joseph was
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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 man performed CPR on a victim of a deadly shooting incident. The man along with his neighbors attempted to ease the man’s pain before the arrival of the emergency crews. Shooting incident The police received a call from a housing complex in the Rundle Heights neighborhood after residents reported a fight. They found a
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A 3-year old boy was given CPR after a near-drowning incident. The child is in a healthcare facility with life-threatening injuries after a near-drowning incident in Lucan-Biddulph. Watery ordeal The Middlesex Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Middlesex-London Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and the Lucan-Biddulph Fire Department responded to the incident. The child was found in the
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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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Shannon Willner and her sisters took their mother shopping in Leduc for her Mother’s Days present when the outing turned into a disaster. Shopping ordeal Their mother became short of breath. When her lips turned blue, one of the daughters called for emergency assistance. While one sister was on the line with a dispatcher, Willner
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A 66-year old man died in an early morning fire on Appleton Avenue in Cote-des-Neiges. Around 70 firefighters responded to the call around 6:40 AM. Terrifying blaze The man who was the owner of the 2-story building was found unconscious in his 2nd-floor apartment. The firefighters performed CPR, but the man remained unconscious while on
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Toddlers were given CPR during an incident in a Laval pool. The police urge parents to take the necessary precautions around swimming pools after 2 Laval toddlers nearly drowned in a backyard pool. According to the Laval police, it remains uncertain how the 2-year old boys ended up in the swimming pool but both were
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Kenzie Lahey grabbed his chest, dropped to his knees and collapsed on the ice. Lahey, 14-years old was playing hockey when he was hit by a puck that resulted in heart failure. Life on the line The referee quickly called for help. The mother of Lahey ran out to the ice. She was joined by
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