Friday, September 5, 2008
Quebec -
The snow-covered roof of a food warehouse in Canada caved in on Wednesday, killing three women who were crushed below the weight of debris. The women were located by rescuers hours after the...
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Six Injured After Balcony Collapses In Canada
Ontario - (Ottawa) - Six people were injured, two of them critically, when a balcony collapsed from an apartment building in Canada's capital O... June 16, 2008 | Topix - Rescue | Written By Xinhua News Agency - CEIS |
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Icy Water Rescue Imperils Firefighters
Ontario - A volunteer fire department north of Toronto lost a $135,000 airboat and almost four of its members who were trying to rescue an 18-y... May 5, 2008 | Topix - Rescue | Written By United Press International |
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Rescuers Vexed By Flipped Armored Truck
Ontario - Toronto firefighters faced an unprecedented rescue when they took an hour to extricate three men from an overturned armored truck, a... March 31, 2008 | Topix - Rescue | Written By United Press International |
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Paramedics In Subway Stations Considered
Ontario - The Toronto Transit Commission is planning a pilot project to have paramedics stationed at subway stations for safety and to decrease... February 27, 2008 | Topix - Rescue | Written By United Press International |
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Man Dies In Sewer Trying To Reach Wallet
Ontario - An autopsy was scheduled Wednesday for a man who died upside down in a Welland, Ontario, sewer trying to recover his dropped wallet,... February 27, 2008 | Topix - Rescue | Written By United Press International |
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Girl, 8, Rescued After Falling Into Well
Ontario - An 8-year-old Canadian girl from the Niagara peninsula was recovering Tuesday after falling 60 feet into an icy well, Toronto media r... February 19, 2008 | Topix - Rescue | Written By United Press International |
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Shortage Of Paramedics At Olympics Worries Union
Quebec - Public safety will be put at risk at the 2010 Olympics because of staffing and equipment shortages, B.C. paramedics say. The ambulanc... February 17, 2008 | Topix - Rescue | Written By The Gazette |
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Air Ambulance Crash Complicates Rescue
Ontario - What began as a routine air ambulance flight turned into a major rescue mission, when a helicopter carrying two pilots and two parame... February 11, 2008 | Topix - Rescue | Written By Elizabeth Church |
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Firefighter Pulls Woman From Wreckage
Manitoba - An off-duty firefighter rescued a woman whose car fell onto a partially frozen river from a bridge in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Dale Kasper... February 6, 2008 | Topix - Rescue | Written By United Press International |
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Mississauga Firefighters Practice Ice Rescue Techniques
Ontario - City of Mississauga Fire and Emergency Services personnel spent Sunday practicing techniques for rescuing victims who have falling th... January 30, 2008 | Topix - Rescue | Written By Kevin White |
