More than 70% of 911 calls come from a cell phone nowadays and that number will continue to increase as more people give up their home phone lines. It is better to call from a landline, but there isn’t always one available. So what do you do if you don’t know or can’t remember the phone’s passcode?…
Approximately 525 Canadians will drown this year across the country according to the Red Cross. This fact is based on a Canadian Red Cross report regarding water-fatalities compiled over a 20 year period. The report found Canadians are not taking proper precautions to protect their families around backyard pools. Alarmingly, 11% of Canadians indicated they…
Three SOS 4 Kids instructors were recently certified by the Canadian Red Cross to provide Bullying Prevention Education workshops. Sue Perry, Velma Ganassini and Ally Turner-Sommer completed “Beyond the Hurt” training, a resource workshop of the RespectED: Violence & Abuse Prevention program. “Beyond the Hurt” enables youth and adults to educate peers on how to define,…
My name is William. I am 14 years old and have been living with Type 1 diabetes since I was 4 years old. Diabetes is a life threatening disease. Let me tell you about the disease and living life with it. There are three main types of diabetes; Type 1 diabetes where the pancreas produces…
It’s easier for children to understand “stranger danger” than it is to understand “not-so-stranger danger”. A stranger is someone they don’t know. We, as parents, are constantly reminding our kids not to talk to strangers or not to let a stranger in the house when adults aren’t home. This is an important message that needs…
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