Alberta Fires - Red Cross Emergency Appeal

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Alberta Fires: Emergency Appeal

Leadnow.ca - À l'Action writes: "The entire city of Fort McMurray is under evacuation notice due to a massive wildfire fuelled by high temperatures and tinder-dry forest.

Looking for ways to help? The Red Cross has set up an emergency ‘Alberta Fires’ appeal. Click here to donate >> http://bit.ly/23pdIdu You can also text REDCROSS to 30333 to make a $5 donation.
Are you in Alberta? The situation is changing quickly. You can get up-to-date information here >> The entire city of Fort McMurray is under evacuation notice due to a massive wildfire fuelled by high temperatures and tinder-dry forest.

Looking for ways to help? The Red Cross has set up an emergency ‘Alberta Fires’ appeal. Click here to donate >> http://bit.ly/23pdIdu You can also text REDCROSS to 30333 to make a $5 donation.
Are you in Alberta? The situation is changing quickly. You can get up-to-date information here >> http://bit.ly/1W93mzO << including Alberta’s emergency alert app, numbers to call for assistance, and how to report that you are safe. << including Alberta’s emergency alert app, numbers to call for assistance, and how to report that you are safe."

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Fly fishing & Life jackets

At Bow River Drift Boat Rentals/Bow River Shuttles, we provide our boat rental clients with life jackets. We have the suspender style and the fanny pack/belt style. Both types are comfortable to wear and don’t get in the way of fly casting.

Wearing a life jacket is mandatory when floating the Calgary city reaches of the Bow River. Further downstream, they must be in your boat, although you are not required to actually wear them.

We strongly recommend that you wear them anyway.

From Canadian Red Cross:

National Lifejacket Day is May 19, and we are inviting you to help promote the importance of lifejacket wear by entering our photo contest. Show us that you wear it by submitting the best photo of you modelling your lifejacket!

This year, 200 people will drown while boating. Yet most boating-related drowning fatalities could be prevented – by the simple use of a lifejacket or personal flotation device (PFD).

Of those who drown, 88% are not wearing, or are not properly wearing a lifejacket or PFD. Many boaters feel safe just having a lifejacket nearby. But when something goes wrong, you won’t have time to put it on. A lifejacket can save your life – but only if you wear it.

LINK: Canadian Red Cross