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Be safe when out on the water! 💦 🚤 🛶 🛟 🧸

If you're heading onto the lake without a lifejacket, without checking conditions, or while impaired, you're putting yourself and others at risk. Every year, emergency crews respond to incidents on the lake involving folks with stand-up paddleboards (SUPs) who underestimate the water or weather, overestimate their abilities, or ignore basic safety precautions. Drowning can happen faster and quieter than most people realize, so before heading out on your SUP, the want to remind paddlers:

🛟 it is MANDATORY to either wear a personal flotation device (PFD) with a whistle OR carry a PFD, whistle, and floating throw rope on board (Transport Canada supports leash use but NOT as a replacement for lifejackets and PFD's)
🛟 inflatable PFD's are prohibited for people who are under 16 years of age (those under 16 still must wear an alternative type of PFD)
🛟 try to paddle with a partner and always let someone know where you're going
🛟 pay attention to marked swim lines and floating barriers that indicate deep water
🛟 beware of other lake traffic including boats and Sea-Doos
🛟 monitor for weather changes - winds can change rapidly and can easily blow a SUP off course
🛟 stay close to shore, especially if you are inexperienced or there's windy conditions

Remember, a paddleboard is NOT just a pool floatie - it's a personal watercraft and should be treated with the same level of responsibility as any other vessel. Paddleboarding is meant to be fun, but the risks are real, so please make smart choices to keep yourself and everyone around you safe and sound.

Police cannot tell the difference between you gun and a real gun! What a terrifying situation for all involved. 🧸

Fake Gun. Real Danger.

On Monday, Jan. 26, 2026, at 8:20 p.m., police responded to a weapons complaint at West Edmonton Mall after reports of a male waving a gun and pointing it at another person inside the mall.

Mall security followed the suspect, who appeared to be carrying a handgun. Edmonton Police Service (EPS) officers apprehended the individual, a 15-year-old male, and determined the gun was a toy designed to resemble a real firearm.

This was a potentially very dangerous situation.

The message is simple:
Police can’t tell if a gun is real or fake.

Imitation guns are often made to look extremely realistic. At first glance, and even up close, they can be indistinguishable from real fi****ms.

Imitation guns can include:
• Airsoft, BB, or pellet guns
• Replica or prop guns
• Paintball guns
• Toy or novelty guns

Because of the risk to public and officer safety, police treat all firearm complaints as real. Officers will respond quickly, using appropriate resources, tactics, and levels of force. These encounters can become deadly, even when the gun is not real.

If it looks like a gun, it will be treated like a gun.
• Never play with imitation guns in public places like malls, parks, or schools.
• Only use air gun imitations at designated play areas, gun ranges, or on private land outside city limits.
• Never point an imitation gun at another person, even as a joke!
• Set clear rules for children so they understand the risks.
• If approached by police while carrying an imitation gun, put it down immediately and follow instructions.

Congratulations to this family! Hopefully delivery came with gift card. 😂 👶 🧸

Only in Edmonton does a Costco hot dog run turn into a birth story people will be telling forever.
👉 A baby boy was delivered outside the tire centre at the Winterburn Costco in Edmonton
👉 The parents were shopping days before a scheduled hospital induction
👉 The mother went into active labour inside the store
👉 The baby was delivered by the father about twenty minutes after the first contraction
👉 Two ambulances arrived and transported the mother and baby to hospital separately
👉 Hospital staff referred to them as the Costco Family
👉 The family says the parents and baby are all doing well
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