Const. Louis-Philippe Theriault, who was working the night of the shootings, still finds it difficult to speak of the events. Like many members of the force, he dreaded the trial, but believes it's necessary. "Hopefully during these procedures, we're going to find out the truth and get some answers to our questions," said Therialt, who is the national secretary for MPPAC. RCMP pleads not guilty to 4 labour code charges in Moncton Mountie shootings Almost immediately after the fatal shootings, questions arose around whether the officers were prepared to deal with what awaited them. The Mount

to noon and 1 to 4 p.m. Monday, April 24, at La Salle County Health Department, 717 E. Etna Road, Ottawa. A dozen spots are available per class. The training is a video-based, instructor-led course that teaches students critical skills to respond to and manage an emergency in the first few minutes until emergency medical services arrive. Students will learn duties and responsibilities of first aid rescuers; first aid actions for medical emergencies, including severe choking, heart attack, and stroke; and skills for handling injury and environmental emergencies, including external bleeding, broken

WHAT WE FOUND First we wanted to ascertain whether any state has a law requiring training for food service employees. That answer is yes. We found a list of 14 states with laws about helping choking victims. The list comes from Connecticuts Office of Legislative Research. States across the county have these kinds of agencies. Their jobs are to provide analysis, research, and advice to lawmakers. Some states on the list like Arkansas and Florida require restaurants hang posters that illustrate how to perform the Heimlich maneuver or what the Red Cross calls the abdominal thrust procedure. Texas

and 1 p.m. on Saturday, April 29, and Sunday, April 30. The courses will explore prevention and response training, focusing on increasing the confidence of youth and inspiring action when they are presented with an emergency situation and the opportunity to help someone in need. Participants will learn how to prevent injury, assess an emergency, respond in a first aid or emergency situation while keeping themselves safe and compression only CPR. A recent survey the Red Cross commissioned showed that few Canadian households are prepared for an emergency, says Keegan Eatmon, Scouts Canadas as

The Division of Corrections announced Wednesday it is helping fund Food Safety Training crisis intervention teams focused on de-escalating incidents involving inmates with mental illness. The division will use money from a National Institute of Corrections grant, which it applied for last year. An initial class of correctional officers will receive 40 hours of intensive training on the signs of mental illness and de-escalation procedures. It is based on the Memphis Model, which emphasizes partnerships with mental health community and law enforcement to create training programs for officers.

The training vehicle we use is Convergence, a very robust video, Hall says. If employees will be engaged in certain activities, such as working at heights or handling, we put them through training for that and maintain training records. A minimum of eight hours of training is required per year, not including specialty training. If an employee doesnt pass the post-training test, he must continue to retake the test until passing it. It is important that the people we have trained not only have knowledge but know how to apply it in a working environment, Hall says. They need to have practical

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The leader-led discussion approach optimizes the transfer of learning, provides the opportunity for immediate feedback and remediation, and can occur at almost any time or place, he said in the message announcing the changes. Small-unit leaders will gain experience and maturity as they lead training discussions, he said, adding that Training and Education Command will offer online support to help leaders conduct in-person training. Lance Cpl. Bradley Wood, a flight equipment technician with the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing on Okinawa, welcomed the changes and

She explained that as a result, COTVET had adopted a policy to promote the health and safety of these categories of people. "This is done through promoting a learning and workplace culture where students and employees are supported and encouraged to adhere to health and safety practices," she said. The workshop was organised for participants to validate the OH&S manual, since it would serve as a guide for promoting and institutionalising OH&S practices in TVET institutions and workplaces. Ms Andoh said the Council worked in partnership with employees, students and their representatives to develop