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Heat warning issued BY BRENDA KOSSOWAN ADVOCATE STAFF Unusually high temperatures may cause health issues today and possibly Wednesday for people and pets throughout a large area of Central Alberta, including parts of Red Deer, Lacombe, Ponoka and Stettler Counties. Environment Canada issued a warning on Monday, stating that people
within those areas should take extra precautions to avoid heat stroke and other health complications that may arise as temperatures rise past 30C. Those most at risk include older adults, infants and children, people with breathing or heart conditions, people taking medication for psychiatric illnesses, those who work or exercise in the heat, homeless people and people who do not have access to air
conditioning. Red Deer physician Deena Hinshaw, Medical Officer of Health for the Alberta Health Services Central Zone, said people at risk or those responsible for their care should take extra precautions, including staying in the shade and drinking plenty of water. Central Alberta does not have a history of heat-related illness or fatalities, Hinshaw said on Monday. How-
ever, she cautions people to be aware that higher temperatures bring a risk of heat stroke and may worsen pre-existing health conditions, she said. People being treated for psychiatric illness may be at risk because some of the drugs prescribed to them will reduce their ability to sweat, said Hinshaw. Please see HEAT on Page A10
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Seniors housing coming in August BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF Points West Living Red Deer, the city’s newest supportive-living facility, will start welcoming residents in July. The $30.5-million project at 6950 Taylor Drive has five stories with 138 suites that include 44 units at supportive living level four (one level below long-term care which is the highest care level for seniors) and 69 units at supportive living level four dementia care. All 25 suites for independent supportive living, one or two-bedrooms with full kitchens, are located on the fifth floor. “We’re definitely excited to be in Red Deer. We’re looking to take possession of the building on July 4 and start moving residents in during the first week of August,” said Doug Mills, Points West Living CEO on Monday. He said independent supportive living residents will move in first, followed by level four residents starting in mid-August. Level four residents are assessed by Alberta Health Services and will come from the community, other facilities and patients waiting in acute care beds. Construction began in May 2014 after Points West Living received a $5.5 million Affordable Supportive Living Initiative (ASLI) grant to build 60 continuing care beds. “We always knew there was lots of demand. The initial grant was for 60 units. We always intended on building 82 units and went through a request for proposal process to get those additional units approved. Then there was serious issue with demand and beds in Red Deer we were contracted for more.” See POINTS WEST on Page A10
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The cast of ‘Treasure Island’ gets the show off to an exciting start at the New Life Fellowship Church in Red Deer during a matinee performance Saturday. Excitement runs high in this musical adaptation of a favourite childhood adventure story. Robert Louis Stevenson’s thrilling tale of pirates, treasure maps, mutiny on the high seas and pieces of eight follows Jim Hawkins, an ordinary youth drawn into a dangerous race for buried treasure against the treacherous Long John Silver. As the author himself wrote, ‘If this don’t fetch the kids, why, they have gone rotten since my day.’ Tickets for the Cornerstone Youth Theatre production are available through the website at www.cornerstonetheatre.org. Tickets are also available at the door for $14 cash. The next shows will run Friday, June 10, 7 p.m.; and Saturday, 3 p.m. and 7 p.m.
Helicopter called in to rescue stranded rafters BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF Poor planning forced the Olds RCMP to bring in a helicopter to rescue three people who were stranded on the Little Red Deer River on Sunday. Around 10:30 p.m. the Olds RCMP received a report of three people who were about three hours late from a meeting point on the Little Red Deer River. The trio — a man and two women from Olds — launched their boat onto the river at 5:30 p.m. near the intersec-
tion of Twp 766 and Range Road 32. They had intended to float to the Red Lodge camping area and estimated it would take about two hours. A waiting relative grew concerned when the party was over due by three hours. Olds Search and Rescue Society were called to assist with efforts to find the trio. The society’s helicopter was in use so they requested help from the Calgary Police Service Hawks 2 helicopter. The trio were found at 1:50 a.m. A woman in her fifties was treated by EMS for mild hypothermia. The other
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two were not injured. Olds RCMP Staff Sgt. Joe Sangster said it was poor planning on the part of the trio. He said they totally misjudged the time it would take to bring them down the river to their extraction point. “Every time it gets dark, everything changes,” said Sangster. “The water was so shallow so they had to walk and drag boats. When it gets dark, the temperature drops down. They were wet.”
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