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To help communities across Canada prepare for and respond to the mental health and psychosocial impacts of emergencies, we are offering FREE online Psychological First Aid courses, an initiative funded by the Public Health Agency of Canada.

🖥 2 courses: self-care and caring for others
⏱️ Self-paced online courses (45–90 minutes)
📄 Certificate provided upon completion
🗣 Available in English and French

*Free access is available on a first-come, first-served basis for the first 1,000 people who register before October 31, 2026.

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Be safe when out on the water! 💦 🚤 🛶 🛟 🧸

If you're heading onto the lake without a lifejacket, without checking conditions, or while impaired, you're putting yourself and others at risk. Every year, emergency crews respond to incidents on the lake involving folks with stand-up paddleboards (SUPs) who underestimate the water or weather, overestimate their abilities, or ignore basic safety precautions. Drowning can happen faster and quieter than most people realize, so before heading out on your SUP, the want to remind paddlers:

🛟 it is MANDATORY to either wear a personal flotation device (PFD) with a whistle OR carry a PFD, whistle, and floating throw rope on board (Transport Canada supports leash use but NOT as a replacement for lifejackets and PFD's)
🛟 inflatable PFD's are prohibited for people who are under 16 years of age (those under 16 still must wear an alternative type of PFD)
🛟 try to paddle with a partner and always let someone know where you're going
🛟 pay attention to marked swim lines and floating barriers that indicate deep water
🛟 beware of other lake traffic including boats and Sea-Doos
🛟 monitor for weather changes - winds can change rapidly and can easily blow a SUP off course
🛟 stay close to shore, especially if you are inexperienced or there's windy conditions

Remember, a paddleboard is NOT just a pool floatie - it's a personal watercraft and should be treated with the same level of responsibility as any other vessel. Paddleboarding is meant to be fun, but the risks are real, so please make smart choices to keep yourself and everyone around you safe and sound.

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Credit to Rhonda F of Leduc. Thank you for sharing this information with our community. We should all be outraged.

Original Post - May 7, 2026
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As a resident of Leduc, I am deeply concerned about the possibility of our community losing its integrated Fire/EMS service model.

Like many people, I originally thought this was simply about “who runs the ambulances.” After learning more, I now understand it is much bigger than that. This decision could directly impact the level of emergency medical care available to our families, friends, and neighbours when seconds matter most.

Leduc Fire Services currently provides an integrated model where every full-time firefighter is also a licensed paramedic. In fact, 73% of full time staff are Advanced Care Paramedics (ACPs), and 27% are Primary Care Paramedics (PCPs), meaning highly trained professionals are responding to emergencies throughout our community every single day, guaranteeing Advanced Life Support is available at all times.

These are the people providing emergent airway management, treating respiratory emergencies, provide advanced cardiac life support, neonatal resuscitation, symptom control for individuals remaining at home while receiving palliative end of life care, treating severe burns and other fire related injuries such as cyanide poisoning, and can treat prolonged seizures with advanced medications before a patient deteriorates. These are life-saving interventions for critically ill children and adults, and that’s not even scratching the surface on other treatments they can provide for pain, fever, nausea, headaches etc. which allow the practitioners to provide hospital-level care before patients even arrive at the ED.

What worries me most is that if Leduc loses EMS through Fire Services, we don’t just lose ambulances — we risk losing the advanced level of care currently available on our fire apparatus as well. In addition to withdrawing the delivery of ambulance services, City council has already voted to downgrade the skills and capabilities of 73% of those first responders so that even with ACPs on scene, they will have no equipment or medication to provide advanced life support, limiting providers to a basic life support level. Right now, even when an ambulance is delayed or responding from another community, Leduc residents still benefit from having ALS-trained firefighter-paramedics arrive quickly with advanced equipment and treatment capabilities, and all of that is about to dissolve. Imagine the turmoil those paramedics will feel have the knowledge and capacity to perform life saving measures, but no longer having the medications or equipment to do so, watching someone deteriorate while waiting for an ambulance to arrive, all while the family begs them to do something.

Leduc has invested heavily in this system. The crews are highly trained, the equipment is exceptional, and the city has built a service model that residents should be proud of. From advanced cardiac care equipment to specialized advanced airway training and equipment and training partnerships with other organizations (courses provided by STARS), this is not a basic service — it is a high-performing emergency response system built around patient care, with proven data on resuscitation outcomes.

I understand the financial pressures municipalities are facing, but public safety should not be compromised because healthcare costs are being shifted onto local communities by the provincial government. I understand city council is only trying to make the best decision with the information they have; but I don’t believe they have all of the information, and I wholeheartedly believe that the citizens of Leduc should understand the implications of losing our ambulance service. Why hasn’t the city put out any information on this important issue?!

Once a city gives up its ability to provide its own EMS, it is unlikely to ever get it back. Especially when it is being sold off to the lowest bidder in a time when there is already a shortage of ambulances and paramedics.

I support keeping EMS as part of Leduc Fire Services, and I hope our city fights to protect the level of care our community currently receives and deserves!!!!

We are always so proud to tell our local community that our firefighters are paramedics and our paramedics are firefighters. It doesn’t matter which vehicle comes down the street - help is on its way! A big thank you goes out to all the first responders in our community. We will fight for the resources you need so you can keep fighting for us! 🧸❤️

At Leduc Fire Services, our priority is simple: delivering the highest level of care to our community—every single day.

Our full-time frontline response includes:

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🚑 Leduc 3A1
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Every full time apparatus on shift is staffed with trained medical practitioners—from our newest firefighters to our Platoon Chiefs—ensuring a consistent, highly skilled response no matter who arrives first.

Both our fire engines and ambulances are equipped to provide Advanced Life Support (ALS). Each unit is staffed with at least one Advanced Care Paramedic, and often more. Our engines carry the same critical medical equipment as our ambulances (with the exception of a stretcher), so you receive the same high level of care regardless of which unit reaches you first.

This model ensures rapid, reliable, and advanced medical care when it matters most.

Any changes to how ambulance services are delivered in Leduc could significantly impact our ability to maintain this level of ALS-ready response on our fire apparatus. Our community deserves immediate access to the highest level of care—not delays while waiting for advanced resources.

When you call for help, you deserve the best. And that’s exactly what we strive to provide.

This is a really neat program for any young person interested in a career in first response! 🚒🧸

Fire Cadet Program for Teens aged 14+ Opens for Registration this Month Applications are open for the Edmonton Fire Cadet program for youth 14-18 in Edmonton.

Let’s help make AEDs more accessible! Share with someone you know who might consider applying for their community. ❤️ ⚡️

Police cannot tell the difference between you gun and a real gun! What a terrifying situation for all involved. 🧸

Fake Gun. Real Danger.

On Monday, Jan. 26, 2026, at 8:20 p.m., police responded to a weapons complaint at West Edmonton Mall after reports of a male waving a gun and pointing it at another person inside the mall.

Mall security followed the suspect, who appeared to be carrying a handgun. Edmonton Police Service (EPS) officers apprehended the individual, a 15-year-old male, and determined the gun was a toy designed to resemble a real firearm.

This was a potentially very dangerous situation.

The message is simple:
Police can’t tell if a gun is real or fake.

Imitation guns are often made to look extremely realistic. At first glance, and even up close, they can be indistinguishable from real fi****ms.

Imitation guns can include:
• Airsoft, BB, or pellet guns
• Replica or prop guns
• Paintball guns
• Toy or novelty guns

Because of the risk to public and officer safety, police treat all firearm complaints as real. Officers will respond quickly, using appropriate resources, tactics, and levels of force. These encounters can become deadly, even when the gun is not real.

If it looks like a gun, it will be treated like a gun.
• Never play with imitation guns in public places like malls, parks, or schools.
• Only use air gun imitations at designated play areas, gun ranges, or on private land outside city limits.
• Never point an imitation gun at another person, even as a joke!
• Set clear rules for children so they understand the risks.
• If approached by police while carrying an imitation gun, put it down immediately and follow instructions.

Congratulations to this family! Hopefully delivery came with gift card. 😂 👶 🧸

Only in Edmonton does a Costco hot dog run turn into a birth story people will be telling forever.
👉 A baby boy was delivered outside the tire centre at the Winterburn Costco in Edmonton
👉 The parents were shopping days before a scheduled hospital induction
👉 The mother went into active labour inside the store
👉 The baby was delivered by the father about twenty minutes after the first contraction
👉 Two ambulances arrived and transported the mother and baby to hospital separately
👉 Hospital staff referred to them as the Costco Family
👉 The family says the parents and baby are all doing well
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