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May 27-28, 2009, Banff, AB
CWWA is hosting the 3rd ISO TC 224 WG 7 (water utilities crisis management) meeting on May 25-27, 2009 in Banff, Alberta. An international workshop on water and wastewater security incidents is scheduled on May 27-28, 2009 in Calgary, Alberta in conjunction with this important event.
The workshop will be attended […]

On January 29, Alberta Minister of Health and Wellness Ron Liepert announced the appointment of Dr. André Corriveau as the new Chief Medical Officer of Health for the province. Mr. Liepert indicated that Dr. Corriveau’s appointment will be effective on March 23. Dr. Corriveau is a former Chief Medical Officer of Health for the Northwest […]

A few days ago an email was forwarded to my supervisor by another division’s team leader.  The Leader had subscribed to a radio station’s news alerts, and he was the first to hear of the train derailment in Canmore.  My supervisor forwarded the email to me and said to gather information and have a report […]

Further to Public Safety Canada Daily Infrastructure Report DIR09-018, on January 28, the Times Colonist reported that one more farm was placed under quarantine by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA). A spokesperson for the CFIA indicated that the Abbotsford-area operation was quarantined after it was determined that significant contact occurred between the farm and […]

Further to Public Safety Canada Daily Infrastructure Report DIR09-013, on January 24, a Computerworld software security expert recommended that users test their USB flash drives to protect their equipment against the Downadup (a.k.a. Conficker) malware. Computerworld defines how the malicious software operates on USB flash drives and provides a safe sample file that can be […]

On January 26, CBC News reported that 60,000 turkeys were to be culled after the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) confirmed the presence of the H5 avian influenza virus in some of the birds at a commercial farm in the B.C. Fraser Valley. The CFIA has imposed quarantine to 23 farms within a three-kilometre radius […]

On January 22, WHO released their latest version of the report entitled “H5N1 avian influenza: Timeline of major events.”
Source article – WHO, 22 January 2009

Further to Public Safety Canada Daily Infrastructure Report DIR09-014, CBC News reported that on January 22, the town of Port aux Basques in southwestern Newfoundland ended the state of emergency, which was declared after a water main break. A spokesperson for Western Health indicated that patients evacuated during the state of emergency were starting to […]

An H5 avian flu virus has been found in a commercial turkey farm in B.C.’s Fraser Valley, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency confirmed Saturday.
The federal agency said tests to date indicate that the strain involved in this case is “low pathogenic.”
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CBC News reported that the town of Port aux Basques, in southwestern Newfoundland, declared a state of emergency on January 20 after a water main break forced the evacuation of patients from local health facilities. Twelve acute-care patients from the LeGrow Health Centre have been transferred to other health facilities. A spokesperson for Western Health […]