Wainwright Emergency Response // Vegreville Rising

When disaster broke out at CFB Wainwright, hundreds of first responders across Alberta dropped everything to help. Acute Care Alberta CEO Dr. Sayeh Zielke (6:30) walks us through the medical response through the first few hours of the tragedy, and explains what it revealed about the province's hospital capacity, in our feature interview presented by Mercedes-Benz Edmonton West.

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39:00 | Have you streamed Young Farts Trailer Parts on Prime? Jagger Glowatsky makes the trip in from Vegreville to tell us how his small business blew up in the best way, and how becoming a viral sensation has changed the game for his RV parts store. YOUNG FARTS: https://youngfartsrvparts.ca/

54:40 | What's going on in Vegreville? As many communities watch their population dwindle, this small town an hour east of Edmonton is booming. Mayor Tim MacPhee, economic development manager Jamieson Brown, and resident Rick Peterson explain why. TOWN of VEGREVILLE: https://vegreville.com/

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