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An explosion at a sewage treatment plant in Langdon, just east of Calgary, has left one man with severe burns to his head, neck and hands.
The man was taken to the Foothills Hospital with second and third-degree burns to his head and neck and third-degree burns to both of his hands. He is currently listed […]

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 […]

Layton’s trip north comes on the heels of two recent conferences on northern water quality. The most recent conference wrapped up Thursday in Fort Good Hope, N.W.T., while another conference took place in Fort Chipewyan, Alta., in August.
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The threat of spring flooding is always real around the Ottawa area’s large rivers, especially after snowfalls such as those seen this winter, but some who monitor water levels are cautiously optimistic about this spring’s flood risk.
More information at http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/story/2008/03/12/spring-flooding.html

Update Further to Public Safety Canada Daily Infrastructure Report DIR08-014 , on January 22, the City of Prince George announced that due to weather conditions, officials involved in ice-clearing operations are concerned that more frazil ice will flow downstream on the Nechako and join the head of the ice jam, extending the jam and […]

Further to Public Safety Canada Daily Infrastructure Report DIR08-012, on January 20, the City of Prince George announced that the Amphibex amphibious excavator began to break up the ice jam. The unit is expected to operate 24 hours/day starting January 21. Work on the city’s other initiative, a 2.7-kilometre pipeline to bring water from the […]

People in The Pas, Man., are scrambling to stock up on water after the community issued a boil-water advisory Wednesday morning.
Equipment that cleans drinking water for the northern Manitoba community has malfunctioned, town officials said, resulting in the system being “unable to maintain a satisfactory disinfectant residual.”
Complete story from CBC News at http://www.cbc.ca/canada/manitoba/story/2007/10/17/the-pas-boil.html

THE CANADIAN PRESS
ASSINIBOIA, Sask. — A boil water advisory has been issued for Assiniboia in Saskatchewan.
A bacteria was detected in a recent water sample.
The problem has been fixed but there still could be contaminated water in the system.
People are advised to boil drinking water for a minute before using it, including […]

Preparation is under way for the Leadership Team workshop in Calgary on September 14th. Stay tuned for the outcomes of that meeting.