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​Electric shock drowning is relatively new given the rise of power-driven docks in recent decades but its consequences can be severe; it’s important to consider safety when around water and electricity. Electric shock could happen when electric current leaks into the surrounding body of water, causing the water to become energized.

For Ross Pratt it was an easy decision to leave Regina and volunteer with the Canadian Red Cross as the organization supports evacuees from the B.C. wildfires.

Volunteerism is in his blood.

Planning to go to the beach this summer? If you happen to cross paths with an angry jellyfish and you get stung, please know that there is no need to embarrass yourself by asking a friend to pee on your wound. 

I have always loved summer thunderstorms, even when the house shakes after a violent thunderclap. But when you live in the woods, power outages caused by violent thunderstorms are quite common. 

Williams Lake grandmother Marlene Johnnie is the glue holding her family together during the B.C. wildfire crisis.

Jenna Atchison is a nurse from Ottawa. This year, she traveled to east Africa to work in a cholera treatment centre. Jenna took a moment to share her experience with us. 

Rien n’évoque autant l’été que de voir des enfants s’amuser et courir au grand air, pleins de vie et d’énergie. Par contre, personne ne veut voir un enfant souffrir d’un coup de soleil  et c’est pourquoi il vaut mieux prévenir que guérir. En fait, nous devrions tous prendre les précautions nécessaires pour éviter les coups de soleil, car ceux-ci peuvent entraîner des effets secondaires et des conséquences graves.

Over the next days and weeks, thousands of evacuees from wildfires in British Columbia will be returning to their home and the Red Cross will be there to assist them all through recovery.