10-21-2009, 09:38 AM
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Fearmongerer
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Wondering when # became hashtag and not a number sign.
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Hostage situation in downtown Edmonton
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A man with a beef against the Workers Compensation Board is holding as many as nine people at gunpoint in the WCB building in downtown Edmonton.
The man, armed with a high power hunting rifle, fired a shot in the lobby of the building on 107 Street north of 99 Avenue. No one was injured by the man who made his way to a conference room on the upper floor of the eight story building.
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http://www.630ched.com/Channels/Reg/...spx?ID=1153806
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10-21-2009, 09:46 AM
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#2
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Calgary
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Thanks
My cousin works there as a physio therapist.
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10-21-2009, 09:49 AM
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Scoring Winger
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: SW Colorado
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Don't tell me there's nothing wrong with Americ...uh...nm.
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10-21-2009, 09:50 AM
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Scoring Winger
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: SW Colorado
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Seriously though, I hope this turns out alright.
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10-21-2009, 09:52 AM
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#5
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: SW
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Police have talked to the man and he is demanding to speak with his case worker in Calgary.
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10-21-2009, 09:53 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Calgary
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From the stories of the scam artists that she has to see and the letters and phone calls she has gotten from people who are trying to scam, I am not surprised at this.
To think, she gets the top award for academics in Edmonton and decides to be come a physio therapist only to find out the job market blows and the pay sucks so now she is going back and becoming a doctor.
Just got a text back from her, she works at a different location for WCB.
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10-21-2009, 09:55 AM
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One of the Nine
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Space Sector 2814
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I thought everyone in Edmonton was a hostage...? It was the only way to get permanent residents..
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10-21-2009, 09:57 AM
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Not a casual user
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: A simple man leading a complicated life....
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nm
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Last edited by Dion; 10-21-2009 at 10:07 AM.
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10-21-2009, 09:59 AM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Toronto
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Bad day to be a hostage taker. SWAT and every police officer was on high alert this morning as they escorted George Bush to the airport (it was quite a police convoy)
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10-21-2009, 10:36 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: 127.0.0.1
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mykalberta
From the stories of the scam artists that she has to see and the letters and phone calls she has gotten from people who are trying to scam, I am not surprised at this.
To think, she gets the top award for academics in Edmonton and decides to be come a physio therapist only to find out the job market blows and the pay sucks so now she is going back and becoming a doctor.
Just got a text back from her, she works at a different location for WCB.
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I used to work at WCB, and agree with people trying to scam the system, but at the same time it is tough to watch what the therapists put people through. If a fat out of shape person dislocates a shoulder or something, the therapists treat them like they are on the biggest losers. and have them riding bikes and doing treadmills, stuff that has nothing to do with a shoulder injury. If the worker doesn't do it they get no compensation pay.
Being a case worker would be a tough job, weeding out the frauds from the legit cases.
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10-21-2009, 11:04 AM
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Powerplay Quarterback
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I work for WCB in Calgary as a case manager. Things are pretty tense here. We have media outside already. Updates are saying everyone is still safe.
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10-21-2009, 11:08 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: I don't belong here
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mykalberta
To think, she gets the top award for academics in Edmonton and decides to be come a physio therapist only to find out the job market blows and the pay sucks so now she is going back and becoming a doctor.
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I curious as to what your cousin was expecting? When did she graduate? My wife is a physio and the pay is great and unless things have changed in the last year, there is always positions available throughout the province.
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10-21-2009, 12:48 PM
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First Line Centre
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Quote" Police are reported to be talking to the man on the phone, and he has asked for water and cigarettes in exchange for a hostage."
lofts goals!! Only in Edmonton 
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10-21-2009, 01:14 PM
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Our updates say that everything remains peaceful and no one has been injured. Good to hear
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10-21-2009, 01:43 PM
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: SW
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FYI.
Edmonton police have set up a special phone hot line at 780-421-3550 for those who have concerns about family members or loved ones who work inside the WCB building.
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10-21-2009, 01:45 PM
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: SW
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Apparently Six women and two men are being held hostage.
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10-21-2009, 01:47 PM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Toronto
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^
is that before they let 1 hostage go?
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10-21-2009, 01:55 PM
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: SW
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Lchoy
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is that before they let 1 hostage go?
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I'm thinking it's after he let one of them go free, Initial reports stated there were 9 hostages when this all began.
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10-21-2009, 02:35 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Spartanville
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Why was the first thought that came into my head an image of someone standing with a pair of scissors?
"No one moves or the mullet gets it!"
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