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Carbon monoxide poisons nine Firefighters rethink deployment of equipment after medical call puts responders at risk By Cornelia Naylor
cnaylor@burnabynow.com
Burnaby firefighters are discussing crew safety after carbon monoxide poisoning sent nine people, including two paramedics, to hospital during a medical call at a Burnaby home over the weekend. Emergency crews were called to 3777 Venables St. at about 5:45 p.m. Sunday for a 30-yearold female who had collapsed in the basement suite, according to assistant fire Chief Erik Vogel. Soon after B.C. Ambulance arrived, another resident collapse, and the two paramedics on scene also reported feeling dizzy by the time firefighters arrived, Vogel said. “(Firefighters) suspected carbon monoxide, and they started getting everybody out,” he said. One of the paramedics then
CLOSE CALL: Emergency crews investigate a gas leak at 3777 Venables St. that sent nine people to hospital including two paramedics. The incident has sparked discussions among firefighters about better ways to use the fire department’s limited number of gas detectors.
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ABUSIVE COMMENTS
Parents banned from kids’ hockey game By Jane Seyd
jseyd@nsnews.com
Abusive comments reportedly made to teenaged referees by a number of North Vancouver parents at a Burnaby hockey game Feb. 25 are being investigat-
ed by the association that oversees minor hockey in the Lower Mainland. Lynn Kiang, president of the Pacific Coast Amateur Hockey Association, said the organization is looking into the incident to determine if any further sanc-
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tions are warranted for the unsportsmanlike behaviour that broke out in the stands during a game at Burnaby Lake Arena. Adult fans were watching a game between peewee teams – 11- and 12-yearolds – from Burnaby and
North Vancouver when “it appears there was inappropriate behaviour on the part of multiple parents in the stands watching that game,” said Kiang. Parents from the North Vancouver team reportedly made abusive comments
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to three 15-year-old referees who were on the ice at the time. “All three were subject to the situation that was going on,” said Kiang. The incident in the stands resulted in the referees stopping the game and report-
ing it to the head referee, who called it in to the Pacific hockey association and B.C. Hockey. That resulted in the parents of the North Vancouver team being banned from a game at the Burnaby Winter Continued on page 10
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