2022-01-26

LOCAL BRIEFS

by KEITH CORCORAN

Mountie revives teen experiencing opiate overdose

An unidentified Lunenburg County RCMP officer administered a medicine that reverses impacts of opiates on a 17-year-old male who collapsed at a local home on Jan. 14. Police and paramedics responded around 4 p.m. to the home where the youth was unresponsive. Noticing indications of a drug overdose, the officer administered Naloxone, a temporary antidote for opioid overdoses that buys time to obtain medical assistance. The youth regained consciousness and was turned over to paramedics, the RCMP said in a statement released Jan. 18. "The RCMP would like to remind the public to call 911 immediately if you or someone else is exhibiting signs of overdose." Signs of an opiate overdose include: Severe sleepiness, slow or absent breathing, snoring or gurgling noises, cold or clammy skin, blue or grey-coloured lips and fingers, and small pupils. In an email to LighthouseNOW, Cpl. Chris Marshall, a spokesman for the province's RCMP, said the incident occurred "in the Bridgewater/New Germany/Caledonia triangle," but he could not be more specific as to the community. He said people with the youth notified authorities. He did not know if the overdose was intentional or accidental. No drugs were found nor seized as a result of the matter. No charges will be filed, Marshall said. Free Naloxone kits are available via the Nova Scotia Take Home Naloxone Program. Information on the program and where to obtain a kit is available at http://www.nsnaloxone.com on the internet.

Water damage, electrical issues in parts of Lunenburg County

A Cookville hotel sustained some water damage and required a fire panel upgrade after ice damming sent water into the Highway 10 building on Jan. 17. No evacuations were necessary and no one was hurt. Volunteer firefighters from Northfield district were summoned that afternoon to an alarm activation and, while on the scene, noticed evidence of water in the walls. Public safety radio traffic indicated a Best Western worker also saw sparks coming from the main floor fire panel. "We shut power off to the system and helped them with a little bit of clean-up, as much as we could," Northfield Fire Chief Darren Mulock told LighthouseNOW. Rodney Grace, president of the company that owns the hotel, said carpets in two guest rooms needed drying, while some drywall and the shorted-out fire panel needed attention. "It could have been a lot worse," Grace told LighthouseNOW. Meanwhile, a motor in the ventilation system impacting the administrative wing at Shoreham Village in Chester seized and created a smoke condition, prompting local fire department response. Some residents were temporarily moved for safety reasons but there were no injuries resulting from the Jan. 17 matter. Facility chief executive Janet Simm said the equipment was being repaired and resident areas are fine. In an email to LighthouseNOW, she said the fire department "was amazing." Also in the village, the Chester and Area Family Resource Centre was temporarily evacuated when a busted pipe contributed to a sprinkler system activation inside the Pig Loop Road building. Chester fire crews were also summoned to this incident on Jan. 17, during what has proved to be a busy January for the volunteers.

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