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Winnipeg police say they rescued a previously missing 6-year-old boy from drowning on a city riverbank. Police say they received information about the missing boy on Tuesday in the 600 block of Oakenwald Avenue. Officers were told the child had run off and gone missing. 0:51 Swimming safety advocate calls …
Read More »Leftover, rescued produce helping food banks reduce waste
Half-price strawberries in stacked pallets and freshly gleaned spinach from a farm sit in a food bank’s walk-in fridge waiting to be redistributed. “There might be a few blemishes but you can just cut that off. It’s still good,” says Sieg Bressmer, holding a pack of deep red strawberries at …
Read More »3 Edmonton suspects charged with human trafficking; 2 teens rescued
A friend of a 17-year-old girl from Saskatchewan who ALERT believes was lured to Edmonton to be a sex worker alerted police and helped rescue her, along with a second teen. Three Edmonton suspects are now facing “various human trafficking charges,” according to the Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team. ALERT’s …
Read More »BASE jumper rescued from the Stawamus Chief after his parachute gets snagged
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Rescue crews say a thrill-seeker in Squamish got a bigger rush than he expected Tuesday evening. The man was BASE Jumping off the Stawamus Chief, according to Mike Teske with Squamish Search and Rescue. “His parachute got entangled in a tree,” Teske …
Read More »2 tourists rescued after lost overnight in snow storm in North Vancouver, B.C. – BC
Two tourists from Mexico and Columbia are extremely lucky after spending an entire night outdoors near Norvan Falls in North Vancouver, North Shore Rescue says. “They took a bus here. They started their hike at 1 p.m. Saturday,” said Don Jardine, a North Shore Rescue team member. “I don’t know …
Read More »‘Rescued’ Mexican citizens could be worse off after Ontario police raids last month, advocate warns
Migrant workers who get “rescued” in anti-human trafficking raids in Canada may find themselves worse off, and can even end up getting kicked out of the country or put behind bars, an advocate says. Syed Hussan, the executive director of the Migrant Workers Alliance for Change, made the comments to CBC News this …
Read More »Temporary foreign workers rescued from abusive situation on P.E.I. farm
CBC News has learned details of why nine temporary foreign workers were released from their obligations to a P.E.I. farm business, and has spoken directly with two of those workers. The federal government granted the employees open work permits to enable them to escape an abusive situation, a program that …
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