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50 defibrillators donated to public spaces
Ken Gigliotti / Winnipeg Free Press A defibrillator is demonstrated for donors and city officials on Thursday.
THE Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service and the Heart and Stroke Foundation have donated automated defibrillators to 50 libraries, community centres and other public gathering places in Winnipeg and six other Manitoba communities.
The fire-paramedic service donated used machines, while the Heart and Stroke Foundation received help from a pair of corporate sponsors.
A news release issued Thursday said defibrillators have been placed in the following locations:
Winnipeg:
All Winnipeg public libraries
Assiniboine Park Zoo (one mobile, one stationary unit)
Winnipeg Blue Bombers stadium
Centre for Youth Excellence
Centro Caboto Centre
Earl Grey Community Centre
Charleswood Broncos/Charleswood Hawks
Fort Garry Community Centre (Hobson site)
Lord Roberts Community Centre
Military Family Resource Centre
Murdoch MacKay Collegiate
North Kildonan Community Centre
Roblin Park Community Centre
Siloam Mission
Sinclair Park Community Centre
Sport for Life Centre
Valley Gardens Community Centre
Winnipeg Police Service buildings
City of Winnipeg Assessment and Taxation Support Services
City of Winnipeg Planning and Land Use Office
City of Winnipeg Land Development Office
Winnipeg Fleet Management Agency
Elsewhere in Manitoba:
Flin Flon -- North of 53 Consumers Co-operative
Gimli -- Camp Arnes
Gladstone District Community Centre, community hall
MacGregor/Heartland Recreation Commission -- Normac Community Centre
Russell Regional Multiplex Project
Virden Multi-Purpose Recreation Facility
Republished from the Winnipeg Free Press print edition November 18, 2011 A10
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