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All of Melbourne Airport Terminal 4 has been listed as an exposure site for a period on Tuesday, as health officials say 905 primary close contacts have been found across the entire outbreak.

“We simply need to take a new approach and that is simply to refuse, and that’s exactly what this does,” said Mayor Don Scott. “This region has been getting…

Hume City Council’s long-standing CEO, Domenic Isola announced his resignation today. Mayor Joseph Haweil said Mr Isola has had an enduring energy, passion and commitment to the organisation and the Hume community which will be greatly missed. “Domenic is one of the most highly regarded CEO’s in Local Government and the achievements of the organisation over the past 13 years are a testament to his leadership – not only for our community but also for the entire sector,” Cr Haweil...

“We simply need to take a new approach and that is simply to refuse, and that’s exactly what this does,” said Mayor Don Scott. “This region has been getting…

“We simply need to take a new approach and that is simply to refuse, and that’s exactly what this does,” said Mayor Don Scott. “This region has been getting…

Article content Council is hearing presentations on the switch from local EMS dispatch to the provincial model, as well as flood preparedness at Tuesday’s meeting. Council will also discuss a new proposed Land Use Bylaw and potentially expand the Waterfront Park Project. On Jan. 19, Alberta Health Services dispatch system which centralizes out of call centres in Calgary, Edmonton and Pace River, replaced local dispatchers. The system was introduced in 2009 by the former PC government, while t...

Article content The Anzac Fire Department is disputing claims its members could not respond to two accidents last month. The first incident took place on Jan. 20, one day after the municipality’s EMS dispatch system was taken over by a centralized provincial system. This new system is run by Alberta Health Services. During that case, a tree had fallen on an elder, giving him an open double fracture on his lower leg. The volunteer firefighters were not sent to the accident, but they responde...

By Jaryn Vecchio Captain Stewart (middle) with members of the Anzac Fire Department // Photo supplied by Julie Stewart A captain with the Anzac Fire Department is sharing concerns over the safety of residents in the community under Alberta Health Services’ EMS dispatch system. AHS officially took over the service from the RMWB in mid-January and in the past couple of weeks, the hamlet has seen multiple delays in delivering care to patients. Julie Stewart, who’s been a volunteer with...

Alberta mayors, fire captains say new centralized ambulance dispatch a threat to patient safety Four Alberta mayors say Alberta Health Services decision to consolidate EMS services is causing delays that put people at risk, and firefighters in a northern Alberta hamlet are chiming in with their concerns about recent problems caused by the new system. Social Sharing

LUZ ZUNIGA/STUFF Despite the Covid-19 lockdown, the fallen were remembered in Nelson on Anzac Day 2020 including at Anzac Park and outside the home of RSA patron John Beeching, 96, who flew with the Royal Air Force in World War II. The Australasian Orphanage​ in Lebanon was an unexpected outpost of Antipodean generosity in the years after World War I. Two Cantabrians, John and Lydia Knudsen​, opened the orphanage in 1922 in the pretty seaside town of Antelias​, long since absorbed into g...