Alberta courts administered 3.4 million in penalties for OH & S violations in 2011 - the second highest year to date for penalties.

ER doctors are urging mandatory CPR training in high schools as well as training senior citizens because they are most likely to witness a cardiac arrest. People are 3 to 4 times more likely to survive cardiac arrest outside of a hospital if CPR is performed, but just over 1 in 4 Canadians are trained to do CPR or perform first aid.

Inspections at construction sites for single and multi-family homes are increasing in Alberta due to the rise in new home construction. In 2010, nearly 1700 inspections were conducted on residential construction sites resulting in over 1000 orders issued.

 Western Canada Fire & First Aid would like to thank the Youth Edmonton Shelter Society for a great day. We had so much fun at the golf tournament and are very happy to give to such a great cause.