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		<title>Alberta &#124; One person killed, one injured in RTC in Edmonton</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 02:51:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alberta]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[23 Avenue]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[98 Street]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Edmonton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fatality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[injury]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RTC]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[23 Avenue, 98 Street, Edmonton &#124; 2 Feb 2012 Just after 9 a.m. on Feb. 2, 2012, the EPS received a report of a collision at 23 Avenue and 98 Street. Preliminary investigations indicate that a half-ton truck travelling eastbound on 23 Avenue struck a Ford sedan that was travelling westbound on 23 Avenue, attempting to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alberta &#124; Plain language Household Emergency Action plan released in recognition of Family Literacy Day</title>
		<link>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2012/01/alberta-plain-language-household-emergency-action-plan-released-in-recognition-of-family-literacy-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:05:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alberta]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Calgary Emergency Management Agency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[emergency preparedness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family Literacy Day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Literacy Alberta]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Plain Language Household Emergency Action Plan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Calgary &#124; 27 Jan 2012 Do you how to prepare for an emergency? What if you had the information, but couldn’t read it? Today, on Family Literacy Day, the Calgary Emergency Management Agency is releasing its new Plain Language version of its popular Household Emergency Action Plan. The brochure provides information on what individuals can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alberta &#124; New NICU space will provide more beds and increase access</title>
		<link>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2012/01/alberta-new-nicu-space-will-provide-more-beds-and-increase-access/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:55:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alberta]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alberta Children's Hospital]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Calgary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[neonatal intensive care unit beds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NICU]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Calgary &#124; 26 Jan 2012 Up to 14 new neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) beds will be added at the Alberta Children’s Hospital to help meet the growing needs for these services in Calgary and southern Alberta. “While these new beds will improve care, reduce transfers and provide better access to specialists, the most important [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alberta &#124; City of Edmonton helping evacuees of apartment fire on South side</title>
		<link>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2012/01/alberta-city-of-edmonton-helping-evacuees-of-apartment-fire-on-south-side/</link>
		<comments>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2012/01/alberta-city-of-edmonton-helping-evacuees-of-apartment-fire-on-south-side/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 22:20:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alberta]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[18 Avenue and 111A Street]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[apartment fire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Edmonton Fire Rescue Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[evacuees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Heatheridge Estates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social services]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Edmonton &#124; 19 Jan 2012 The City of Edmonton is providing assistance to evacuees of an apartment fire on Edmonton’s south side. The evacuees were displaced as a result of a fire at Heatheridge Estates, 18 Avenue and 111A Street. Edmonton Fire Rescue Services received a 911 call to respond to the site at approximately [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alberta &#124; One person injured in mobile home fire</title>
		<link>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2012/01/alberta-one-person-injured-in-mobile-home-fire/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:40:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alberta]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[83rd Street NW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Calgary EMS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Calgary Fire Department]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mobile home fire]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[3000 block of 83rd Street NW, Calgary &#124; 18 Jan 2012 At approximately 10:00 p.m. tonight, Calgary Fire Department crews responded to the 3000 block of 83rd Street NW for reports of a house fire. Upon arrival crews found a mobile home fully involved with flames. The fire was contained to a single unit and is now [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alberta &#124; Single vehicle fatality on 142 Street</title>
		<link>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2012/01/alberta-single-vehicle-fatality-on-142-street/</link>
		<comments>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2012/01/alberta-single-vehicle-fatality-on-142-street/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 20:24:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alberta]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Edmonton EMS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Edmonton Police Service]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fatality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[high-impact RTC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[single vehicle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[utility pole]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Edmonton &#124; 17 Jan 2012 A 28-year-old male died after his car hit a street light in west Edmonton on Sunday morning. The Edmonton Police Service responded to a single vehicle collision that took place just after 7 a.m. on Sunday, Jan. 15, 2012. It was reported by witnesses that a 2001 Pontiac Grand Am [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alberta &#124; A toddler is rescued from the cold thanks to a concerned citizen</title>
		<link>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2012/01/alberta-a-toddler-is-rescued-from-the-cold-thanks-to-a-concerned-citizen/</link>
		<comments>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2012/01/alberta-a-toddler-is-rescued-from-the-cold-thanks-to-a-concerned-citizen/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 20:23:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alberta]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Child at Risk Response Team]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Edmonton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[good samaritan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hypothermia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[toddler]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/?p=8917</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Edmonton &#124; 17 Jan 2012 Police are commending a citizen for assisting a three year old boy who was in distress outside a west end apartment complex. A call came into 9-1-1 Sunday, Jan. 15, 2012 at approximately 10:36 p.m. to check on the welfare of a child. The citizen reported finding a toddler crying [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alberta &#124; Edmonton in #2 spot in Week 2 of Sirens challenge</title>
		<link>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2012/01/alberta-edmonton-in-2-spot-in-week-2-of-sirens-challenge/</link>
		<comments>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2012/01/alberta-edmonton-in-2-spot-in-week-2-of-sirens-challenge/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 20:21:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alberta]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blood donations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Calgary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Edmonton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EMS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[police]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sirens for Life]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Edmonton, Calgary &#124; 17 Jan 2012 It’s a tight race so far in the 10th annual Sirens for Life blood donor challenge between Calgary and Edmonton, but Calgary remains on top after the first two weeks of competition. The challenge, which runs until Feb. 4, pits Edmonton’s Fire, Police and EMS teams against their Calgary [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alberta &#124; New Cree video to help explain triage in Wetaskiwin ED</title>
		<link>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2012/01/alberta-new-cree-video-to-help-explain-triage-in-wetaskiwin-ed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 20:18:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alberta]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alberta Health Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cree language]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[educational video]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[emergency department]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[First Nations patients]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[triage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[video]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wetaskiwin Hospital and Care Centre]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Wetaskiwin &#124; 17 Jan 2012 Alberta Health Services (AHS) is rolling out an educational video designed to help many First Nations’ patients better understand the concept of triage and how it improves the flow of health care services in the emergency department (ED). The 15-minute video will play on TV screens in the ED of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alberta &#124; One person injured in house fire in Calgary</title>
		<link>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2012/01/alberta-one-person-injured-in-house-fire-in-calgary/</link>
		<comments>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2012/01/alberta-one-person-injured-in-house-fire-in-calgary/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 20:42:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alberta]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[15 Ave SW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beltline]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Calgary Fire Department]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[house fire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[smoke inhalation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[600 block of 15 Ave SW &#124; 16 Jan 2012 At approximately 5:00 hrs this morning, the Calgary Fire Department responded to a house Fire in the 600 block of 15 Ave SW with reports of people still in the building. On arrival, fire crews could account for four of the five occupants and immediately [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alberta &#124; Drugs + Teens = A ‘Dead End Street&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2012/01/alberta-drugs-teens-a-%e2%80%98dead-end-street/</link>
		<comments>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2012/01/alberta-drugs-teens-a-%e2%80%98dead-end-street/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 19:17:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alberta]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Calgary Police Interpretive Centre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dead End Street]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drugs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[youth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[YouthLink Calgary]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/?p=8746</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Calgary &#124; 13 Jan 2012 While the recent attention around ecstasy and other street drugs use among young people is incredibly troubling, it doesn’t come as a surprise to Janet Pieschel, executive director of YouthLink Calgary – The Calgary Police Interpretive Centre. “A recent report by the Canadian Centre for Substance Abuse has 6.7 per [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alberta &#124; Man seriously injured in heavy machinery entrapment at worksite</title>
		<link>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2012/01/alberta-man-seriously-injured-in-heavy-machinery-entrapment-at-worksite/</link>
		<comments>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2012/01/alberta-man-seriously-injured-in-heavy-machinery-entrapment-at-worksite/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 19:15:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alberta]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Calgary Fire Department]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[entrapment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[heavy rescue team]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[machinery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[serious injury]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Calgary &#124; 12 Jan 2012 Just before 2:00 p.m. today, the Calgary Fire Department responded to a call of a man trapped in heavy macherinery at a worksite near 52nd Street and Highway 22X. After a difficult extrication involving specialty tools and techniques, CFD&#8217;s Heavy Rescue Team removed the seriously injured male in his 20s from the machinery and transfered [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alberta &#124; Firefighters begin annual Christmas tree pick-up</title>
		<link>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2012/01/alberta-firefighters-begin-annual-christmas-tree-pick-up/</link>
		<comments>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2012/01/alberta-firefighters-begin-annual-christmas-tree-pick-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 21:40:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alberta]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[christmas trees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Red Deer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Red Deer Firefighters Children's Charity]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Red Deer &#124; Members of the Red Deer Firefighters Children’s Charity will once again provide the voluntary Christmas tree pick-up service to Red Deer homes. Residents can place Christmas trees on their front lawn for pick up beginning Tuesday, January 10 until mid-January. “Christmas tree pick-up is not a City funded service and we really [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alberta &#124; Wind event underway in Calgary</title>
		<link>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2012/01/alberta-wind-event-underway-in-calgary/</link>
		<comments>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2012/01/alberta-wind-event-underway-in-calgary/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 02:20:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alberta]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Calgary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[severe weather]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wind event]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Calgary &#124;Strong winds are currently blowing in Calgary with gusts of up to 100 km/hour at higher elevations. Conditions may change rapidly and Calgarians are reminded to be prepared for potential hazards caused by strong winds throughout the afternoon and evening. Strong winds can cause numerous hazards. Pedestrians and drivers should be cautious when walking outside [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alberta &#124; Claresholm local ambulance services transition to AHS in February</title>
		<link>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2012/01/alberta-claresholm-local-ambulance-services-transition-to-ahs-in-february/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 15:18:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alberta]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alberta Health Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ambulance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chinook Emergency Services Ltd.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chris Moore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Claresholm]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[emergency medical services]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Claresholm, Granum, Stavely &#124; Area residents will continue to receive the same high level of ambulance service when Alberta Health Services (AHS) assumes direct delivery of provision of emergency medical services (EMS) for Claresholm, Granum, Stavely and the MD of Willow Creek, effective Feb. 1. Current provider Chinook Emergency Services Ltd. had been contracted by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alberta &#124; EMS lauds seven-year-old boy for quick action after mom collapses</title>
		<link>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2012/01/alberta-ems-lauds-seven-year-old-boy-for-quick-action-after-mom-collapses/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 15:16:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alberta]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[9/11]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birk Ouellette]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[emergency medical services]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Edmonton &#124; Emergency Medical Services (EMS) officials are commending a seven-year-old boy for knowing what to do when his mother collapsed in their rural home north of Edmonton earlier this month. Birk Ouellette called 911 and provided emergency responders with the information they needed – including directions to their acreage – after his mother, Maria, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alberta &#124; Two injured in RTC &#8211; Calgary fire crews provide TLC for rest of the family</title>
		<link>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2011/12/alberta-two-injured-in-rtc-calgary-fire-crews-provide-tlc-for-rest-of-family/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Dec 2011 01:51:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alberta]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Calgary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christmas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Deerfoot Trail]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Calgary &#124; Earlier yesterday evening, Calgary Fire Crews responded to a multiple vehicle accident on Deerfoot Trail at Glenmore, one of the cars contained a family of four (2 adults 2 children and the family dog) and were travelling down to Montana for Christmas when they were rear ended.   Two of the occupants received [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alberta &#124; Norovirus circulating; Edmontonians reminded to take precautions</title>
		<link>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2011/12/alberta-norovirus-circulating-edmontonians-reminded-to-take-precautions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Dec 2011 01:48:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alberta]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Edmonton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[holiday season]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[norovirus]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Edmonton &#124; The holiday season is here and unfortunately so is Norovirus, prompting Alberta Health Services (AHS) to remind Edmonton area residents of important precautions to reduce the spread of illness. Norovirus has been circulating in Edmonton and area since the beginning of November, and AHS is advising people to take precautions to prevent the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alberta &#124; Help is available during the holidays for victims of family violence</title>
		<link>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2011/12/alberta-help-is-available-during-the-holidays-for-victims-of-family-violence/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 21:59:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alberta]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[family violence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[holidays]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Edmonton &#124; During the holiday season, many families and individuals experience increased stress, which, unfortunately, can lead to a rise in family violence. “Family violence has devastating consequences for children, men and women across the province. If an Albertan is experiencing abuse, or knows someone who they think may be in a family violence situation, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alberta &#124; Big save on soccer pitch &#8211; EMT provides lifesaving treatment for fallen player</title>
		<link>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2011/12/alberta-big-save-on-soccer-pitch-emt-provides-lifesaving-treatment-to-fallen-player/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 20:20:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alberta]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AED]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Allan Robertson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CPR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Edmonton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[good samaritan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matt Austin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[resuscitation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[soccer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sudden cardiac arrest]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Edmonton &#124; It started out as just another soccer game for Allan Robertson. But if it weren’t for the quick response of fellow player Matt Austin, it might have been his last. When Robertson collapsed during a recreational soccer game last month at the Edmonton Soccer Centre, Austin – an emergency medical technician with Alberta [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alberta &#124; Recent Red Deer fire demonstrates importance of fire safety during Christmas season</title>
		<link>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2011/12/alberta-recent-red-deer-fire-demonstrates-importance-of-fire-safety-during-christmas-season/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 22:09:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alberta]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christmas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dwelling fire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fire prevention]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fire safety]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Red Deer &#124; Red Deer Emergency Services was recently called to a residential home fire that started in a basement bedroom. Upon entering the structure fire crews experienced extreme heat and had difficulty reaching the seat of the fire. As conditions worsened an explosion occurred that briefly trapped five firefighters inside the building. Fortunately they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alberta &#124; FireSmart funding protects communities from wildfire</title>
		<link>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2011/12/alberta-firesmart-funding-protects-communities-from-wildfire/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 22:07:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alberta]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[community resilience]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[emergency preparedness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FireSmart]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[forest fire]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Edmonton &#124; Twenty-two forested communities are sharing nearly $1.2 million in provincial funding to help protect people and property from potential impacts of wildfire. Included in the allocations is a one-time grant of $442,460 to the County of Grande Prairie to reduce local fire risk by removing pine beetle-killed trees from nearby forests. Each of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alberta &#124; Alberta government investigates death of a vulnerable Albertan</title>
		<link>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2011/12/alberta-alberta-government-investigates-death-of-a-vulnerable-albertan/</link>
		<comments>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2011/12/alberta-alberta-government-investigates-death-of-a-vulnerable-albertan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:33:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alberta]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bath water]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Calgary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Persons with Developmental Disabilities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[scalding injuries]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Calgary AB &#124; The Alberta government is investigating the case of an individual receiving supports from a contracted agency funded by the Persons with Developmental Disabilities (PDD) program in the Calgary region who died in hospital after sustaining scalding injuries from bath water. “This is a tragic incident and my heartfelt sympathy goes out to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alberta &#124; Calgary Fire emergency log Dec 6-11</title>
		<link>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2011/12/alberta-calgary-fire-emergency-log-dec-6-112/</link>
		<comments>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2011/12/alberta-calgary-fire-emergency-log-dec-6-112/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:29:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alberta]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Calgary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CFD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[emergency incidents]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[firefighters]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Calgary &#124; December 6 Man extricated from beneath C-train This afternoon at approximately 5:15 p.m. the Calgary Fire Department responded to 7 Avenue and 9 Street S.W. for reports of a pedestrian versus city train accident. Upon arrival crews discovered a man trapped under an outbound C-Train. Crews extricated a man in his twenties with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alberta &#124; Help Camrose EMS &#8216;stuff an ambulance&#8217; with food</title>
		<link>http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2011/12/alberta-help-camrose-ems-stuff-an-ambulance-with-food/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 20:28:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hal Newman</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Canada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Camrose]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[emergency medical services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[food bank]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Camrose AB &#124; Join Alberta Health Services EMS-Camrose as they attempt to “Stuff an Ambulance” for their fifth annual Camrose food bank drive on Saturday, December 10, 2011. Enjoy hot chocolate compliments of Tim Hortons while visiting the Camrose Safeway and bring or purchase non-perishable food items to fill a local ambulance in their efforts [...]]]></description>
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