AED

• B.C. to require all schools to be equipped with AEDs, naloxone

  The mandate requires the tools to be in all high schools by the end of this year, while elementary schools must carry the equipment by September 2026.

  Education

  Aug 7, 2025
  
• Education minister backs AED deployment in B.C. schools

  The comments come as a group of students from Vancouver's Point Grey Secondary fights to have one of the devices installed across their school district. 

  Education

  Jan 3, 2025
  
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• B.C. student who saw friend die says its ‘ridiculous’ school won’t accept AED

  Tobias Zhang's friend died at school of a cardiac arrest. He says the district won't allow him to donate a piece of equipment that could have saved the teen.

  Education

  Nov 29, 2024
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• Order of Excellence for Alberta woman who turned tragedy into life-saving advocacy

  Kim Ruether is to be recognized during a ceremony in Edmonton in October, when she is to receive the Alberta Order of Excellence from Lt.-Gov Salma Lakhani.

  Canada

  Sep 29, 2024
• Trent University adds 37 defibrillators at Peterborough, Durham campuses

  Trent University says an AED has been successfully used twice in the last 10 years in Peterborough. Among the 37 AEDs added include four in outdoor climate-controlled cabinets.

  Health

  Jun 10, 2024
• B.C. residents learn life-saving first aid in honour of 11-year-old Caleb Kroffat

  The annual training event is held in honour of 11-year-old Caleb Kroffat, who died suddenly outside of the Island Savings Centre in the Vancouver Island city.

  Health

  Feb 19, 2024
• A Canadian is in cardiac arrest every 9 minutes, says report. Do you know how to help?

  A report said only four per cent of Canadians can identify when someone is experiencing cardiac arrest. This leaves people experiencing it much more vulnerable to death.

  Health

  Feb 1, 2024
• Cardiac arrest can affect you at ‘any age.’ What to know about risks

  Every nine minutes a Canadian suffers a cardiac arrest outside the hospital and only one in 10 people will survive, according to a report by the Heart and Stroke Foundation.

  Health

  Feb 1, 2024
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• Ontario man grateful to hardware store ‘guardian angels’ for saving his life

  An emotional John McKiernan returned to the Peterborough-area Home Hardware store this week to thank his 'guardian angels' who saved him after he had suffered a cardiac arrest.

  Canada

  Oct 3, 2023
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• Kamloops RCMP seize stolen firefighting gear, make 1 arrest

  'The items stolen were directly related to local wildfire response,' RCMP said, adding that they had been called to multiple similar thefts this week.

  Crime

  Aug 23, 2023