Chevron Canada’s $30K donation enhances Medical Staff Training
by Brandi, April 4, 2016, Fox in Focus
Chevron Canada donates $30, 000 to the Friends of Fox Creek Hospital Society. L- R: back row: Sheila Petch, Jennifer Wierzbicki, Donna Rector, Lynda Ekdahl, Evelyn Rogers, Lynda Mercer, Danielle Tetrault, Tracy Brown, Gord Mounce, front row: Victoria Schilperoort, Claudia Milanovic, Quina Hoffman. Photo by Brandi Camilleri.
Several volunteer members of the Friends of Fox Creek Hospital Society (FoFCHS), nurses and medical staff from the Fox Creek Healthcare Centre, met with representatives Jennifer Wierzbicki and Gord Mounce, from Chevron Canada on March 22 to accept an outstanding $30, 000 donation. [Cancer for Sale? How many were poisoned by Chevron to rake in that 30,000?]
“The support we receive is amazing, we are so grateful for the donation,” said President of the FoFCHS, Lynda Ekdahl. “Thank you to Chevron!”
$24,000 was allocated for education at the hospital, offering four training courses to staff: Nonviolent Crisis Intervention Training (NCIT), Advanced Life Support (ALS), Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC) and Emergency Nursing Pediatric Course (ENPC).
A new SPO2 Sensor – Adultpediatric Oxygen Monitoring Sensor was purchased with the additional $6000 donation. The sensor is an item designed for use in determining the level of oxygen in the blood.
Nonviolent Crisis Intervention Training
With a focus on prevention, NCIT training program equips staff with proven strategies for safely defusing anxious, hostile, or violent behavior at the earliest possible stage.
NCIT training offers:
Reduces the risk of injury
Complies with legislative mandates
Meets regulatory/accreditation standards
Improves staff retention
Minimizes exposure to liability
Promotes Care, Welfare, Safety, and Security
Advanced Life Support
ALS courses offer training to diagnose and administer care to adult patients in cardiac and respiratory arrest.
Trauma Nursing Core Course
TNCC is widely recognized as the premier course for hospitals and trauma centers worldwide, empowering nurses with the knowledge, critical thinking skills and hands on training to provide expert care for trauma patients.
TNCC offers:
Rapid identification of life-threatening injuries
Comprehensive patient assessment
Enhanced intervention for better patient outcomes
Emergency Nursing Pediatric Course
Accurate assessment of a child with an acute illness or injury requires special knowledge and skills. ENPC gives the nurses the tools to provide expert care for patients from birth to adolescence.
ENPC offers:
Pediatric Assessment Triangle
Early Intervention
Family Presence
Quick facts on FoFCHS
In 2015, purchases made totaled $59, 604.88.
Since FoFCHS began in 1982 purchases totaled approximately $684, 760. (includes donations from companies, groups, individuals, yearly quilt raffle and Bargain Alley monies).
Hours for volunteer members in 2015 were 566 hours.
Total volunteer hours from members from 1982 – 2015 is approximately 22, 861.
Proud History & Presence in Fox Creek
Chevron Canada Limited is conducting horizontal drilling and completions operations in the Duvernay shale formation near Fox Creek where the company has a net 70-percent interest in approximately 330,000 acres in the liquids-rich Duvernay formation.
Chevron is the operator under a Joint Operating Agreement with KUFPEC Canada Inc., which holds a net 30 percent interest. KUFPEC Canada Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration Company. In 2011, Chevron began a 13-well exploration program.
The wells were completed using multi-stage hydraulic fracturing and tied in to existing third party processing facilities. In the second half of 2014, Chevron commenced a program to evaluate reservoir performance, demonstrate commerciality through lowering well costs, and fulfill Alberta land tenure obligations.
Chevron is committed to safely and responsibly developing Canada’s unconventional resources while ensuring the highest level of environmental protection. This includes reducing water use, safeguarding groundwater and developing hydraulic fracturing fluids with the smallest possible environmental impact.
Chevron’s operations in the Fox Creek area include ongoing community consultations, engagement with First Nations and participation in the Fox Creek Operators Group. Chevron Canada has a proud history in the Fox Creek region.
They participated in a discovery in 1957, bought acreage in the area in 1967 and in 1972, built and operated the largest sour-gas plant in the world at the time. The company built 60 houses and an apartment complex for its workers and collaborated with the provincial government to build a bridge from Fox Creek to the plant.
Chevron left the area in 2004 as part of its divestment of mature assets in Western Canada. The Kaybob Duvernay appraisal program has given the company a welcome opportunity to return to the Fox Creek area.
Since 1938, Chevron Canada Resources has been exploring for, developing, producing and marketing crude oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids. Headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, Chevron Canada Resources has interests in oil sands projects and shale gas acreage in Alberta; exploration, development and production projects offshore Newfoundland and Labrador; a liquefied natural gas (LNG) project and shale acreage in British Columbia; and exploration and discovered resource interests in the Beaufort Sea region of the Northwest Territories.
Net daily production in 2015 from Canadian operations was 20,000 barrels of crude oil, 14 million cubic feet of natural gas and 47,000 barrels of synthetic oil from oil sands. Chevron Canada Resources employs approximately 500 people at our offices and project sites across Canada.
CCL employs over 350 people, in addition to over 2,500 indirect employees in our retail and commercial networks – making us one of the major companies operating on the west coast of Canada. Source: http://www.chevron.ca/. [Emphasis added]
Oil Patch Buys Fox Creek’s Frac’d Silence?
World Record Frac Quaker ‘n Shaker REPSOL donates $5 K to Fox Creek Fire Department
Thank you to REPSOL for the donation to the fire department.
RESPSOL Oil and Gas Canada Inc. formerly Talisman Energy Inc. supported the Fox Creek fire department with a $5000 donation. External Relations Rep. Jesse Kirillo from Edson presented the funds to Fire Chief Les Paul and Fire Lieutenant Mike Paula on March 7th. Mayor Jim Ahn was also present.
“Thank you for your support!” said Fire Chief Les Paul. [Emphasis added]
http://foxinfocus.ca/2016/02/03/athabasca-oil-corporation-supports-fofchs/
Friends of Fox Creek Hospital Society (FoFCHS) President Lynda Ekdahl gratefully accepted a $15, 000 donation from Athabasca Oil Corporation (AOC)
http://foxinfocus.ca/2016/01/11/talisman-energy-supports-friends-of-fc-hospital-society/
On behalf of the Friends of Fox Creek Hospital Society (FoFCHS), Lynda Ekdahl (left) and Evelyn Rogers gratefully accepted a $6000 donation from Talisman Energy at the Fox Creek Hospital.
http://foxinfocus.ca/2016/02/04/shell-canada-supports-fox-creek-fire-department/
Shell Canada supports the FCFD with a $18, 800 donation over a three year term
http://foxinfocus.ca/2015/11/17/aoc-supports-the-outreach-youth-program/
At their second annual golf tournament, Athabasca Oil Corporation (AOC) and their vendors raised $9190. AOC matched the funds raised for a grand total of $18,380.
All proceeds were donated to the Fox Creek School Outreach Program. This is the second year that AOC has donated money to the Outreach Program.
http://foxinfocus.ca/2015/05/19/nordic-trail-club-receives-trailer-from-encana-2/
Encana recently donated a trailer to the Fox Creek Nordic and Trail Club to help them transport items. Until the donation of the trailer, the club used multiple vehicles to transport the things needed for building and maintaining the trails.
“It has been invaluable” said Michelle Williscroft, President of the club.
http://foxinfocus.ca/2014/10/01/fire-department-receives-18000-encana-donation/
Encana presents the Fox Creek Fire Department with a $18,000 donation
http://foxinfocus.ca/2014/08/20/angels-in-disguise-talisman-donates-10-k-to-the-employment-centre/
On August 6, the Fox Creek Employment Centre graciously accepted a $10,000 donation from Talisman Energy Inc.
Fox Creek Nordic and Trail Club gratefully accepts a $10, 000 donation from Talisman Energy Inc.
http://foxinfocus.ca/2014/03/26/encana-invests-100k-towards-fox-creek-nordic-and-trail-club/
“We are amazed and encouraged by the Encana donation of $100,000.00, to which they have requested be used for the Creek Trail System.
http://foxinfocus.ca/2014/07/10/nordic-and-trail-club-donations/
$15,000 was donated to the Fox Creek Nordic and Trail Club by Athabasca Oil Corporation
http://foxinfocus.ca/2015/10/27/quality-care-for-patients/
Friends of Fox Creek Hospital Society (FoFCHS) extend their gratitude to Encana Corporation for their $25,000 donation….
http://foxinfocus.ca/2015/10/02/bright-up-2nd-annual-glow-walk/
An additional 5400 glow sticks were added this year, compared to 4000 last year. The event was powered by Encana, Chevron…. [Just what a frac’d, double homicide, water hauling, massive tax increases, quakin’ & shakin’ community needs – glow sticks]
… Your journey was led by the glow sticks. You would experience the fresh air….
2015: Encana sour gas blow out at Fox Creek
http://foxinfocus.ca/2015/05/06/donations-to-the-fofchs-helps-all/
On April 27th, Encana representatives donated $25,000 to the Friends of Fox Creek Hospital Society (FoFCHS).
http://foxinfocus.ca/2014/10/01/fire-department-receives-18000-encana-donation/
http://foxinfocus.ca/2013/10/15/team-rescue-tools-apache-donation/
Fox Creek Fire Department graciously accepted a $5000 donation from Apache Corporation at the FCFD’s Open House on Oct. 9th.
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He fought Chevron’s Red Butte spill with all he had, and then he died
Most Salt Lake City residents probably no longer think much about the 2010 oil spill that shockingly filled Liberty Park with oil. I will never be one of them.
I just attended the funeral of a friend and wonderful school teacher who had made a lasting impression on my own children and hundreds of others. As their science and biology teacher, he was a model for his profession. Many years after they had graduated from his classroom, he still remembered my children in detail and asked how they were doing in their higher education, in their careers, and in life. I wish I could say that he died of old age. He didn’t. He died a relatively young man, still in the prime of life, of a rare disease which occurs in only about one in 5,000 people — Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis.
IPF is a fancy term for severe scarring of the lungs that usually shortens a person’s life, often being fatal within a few years or even months. “Idiopathic” means the cause is unknown. A long list of exposures and conditions can lead to pulmonary fibrosis, or are associated with it. The National Institute of Health and Mayo Clinic state workplace toxins, environmental pollutants, dust, and smoking increase the risk of IPF. Injury to the lungs can lead to the body’s overreacting to the injury, eventually leading to scarring. In my friend’s case, he was in excellent health, vigorously active in many outdoor activities, with no risk factors for IPF until June 12, 2010 — an event that dominated the last few years of his life.
He lived on Red Butte Creek, and his family was one of the most exposed to the vaporized toxins of the spilled oil. He told me with emotions boiling over how his teenage son was rendered temporarily comatose and blind and taken to the hospital. For weeks, and likely months, benzene and other toxic VOCs filled the air in his house and backyard at levels that were well beyond workplace OSHA standards.
Shortly after the Red Butte spill, an important study was published in one of the most highly respected medical journals, demonstrating that oil spill workers exposed for as little as four hours a day for two weeks, showed evidence of persistent adverse health impacts. Two years after participating in clean-up of the Prestige oil spill off the coast of Spain, exposed fishermen still showed increased rates of respiratory symptoms, and elevated markers of lung damage, suggesting permanent airway injury. They had more chromosomal abnormalities, the kind often examined in environmental studies as an early indicator of increased cancer risk. The authors concluded exposure to oil sediments, even for short periods, can have lasting health consequences.
My friend became perhaps the most motivated, knowledgable and energetic citizen in working to hold accountable both Chevron and those government officials who brokered an ultimate settlement. Those of us involved in the effort admired his persistence and determination that Chevron not be allowed to continue risking another spill. When the second Chevron spill occurred, his concerns were obviously validated. When we learned that city and state officials allowed Chevron to avoid paying for a health study of the people exposed to the spill, he and I shared dozens of e-mails and conversations venting our frustrations that Chevron had been let off the hook.
In January 2013, he e-mailed me his chest x-rays and the startling news that he had been diagnosed with terminal IPF. The tragic irony began to sink in, that the person who worked the hardest to get appropriate health care and follow up for Red Butte residents may have become its first casualty. Like many of the victims of various types of pollution, cause and effect in individual patients often can’t be firmly established. But the only risk factor in his history was inhalation of vaporized oil sediments, and for a longer period of time than what has been demonstrated to result in permanent lung injury in others.
I usually deal in statistics and the abstract in discussing the pollution and public health consequences of dirty energy. Now, for me and hundreds of others, those statistics have forever become engraved with the face of a beloved teacher, Peter Hayes.
Dr. Brian Moench is president of Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment.
Offering tobacco and bottled water for a pipeline, Chevron gets booted from indigenous territory
No, this is not the 17th century: Chevron engineers, looking to frack billions of cubic feet of gas from indigenous Unist’ot’en territory in British Columbia, did indeed try to get past the tribe’s roadblock a few weeks ago. Trying to keep out oil and gas pipelines from deep within their unceded traditional territories, the Unist’ot’en’s concerns about the wholesale destruction of their sacred lands were met with generous offerings of bottled water and industrial tobacco….
Now he’s telling me about Francisco, his brother, who spent 38 years working in the oil industry. No one will ever know what caused the colon cancer. The family has never undergone gene testing to determine whether there’s a hereditary link. But Francisco, a soccer player, was always sturdy — except at the end. “He was so thin,” Delgado says. Chevron, his employer, paid his medical bills, which amounted to well over $1 million. He died on July 11, 2010, a few months before the farmworkers saw the chemicals in the broccoli water.
“We can’t let little countries screw around with big companies like this.” Chevron lobbyist in Washington, D.C. quoted anonymously by Michael Isikoff in Newsweek magazine, August 4, 2008.
“We will fight until hell freezes over — and then skate it out on the ice.”
Chevron General Counsel Charles James in a speech in 2008 to law students at the University of California, Berkeley.
Chevron hit with $195 million tax bill after Australian ruling
Chevron to pay $5 million to settle wrongful death suit
Romanian peasants’ revolt against hydraulic fracturing, Chevron tries to bribe with yoghurt
DEP fines Chevron $940K for fatal gas well explosion and fire
The Chevron Frac Guarantee: Our well won’t explode…or your pizza is free!
A Chevron well in the preparation stages for hydraulic fracturing exploded last Tuesday 50 miles south of Pittsburgh, Penn., causing a fire that lasted for four days….
BP, Chevron Accused Of Illegally Dumping Toxic Radioactive Drilling Waste Into Louisiana Water
Chevron halts Romania shale work after using riot police to harm concerned citizens in Romania
Ecuador asks The Hague to quash Chevron case
Romania villagers and farmers block Chevron test drilling
Constitutional protection, Judge gives way to request on Chevron frac deal in Argentina
Chevron Sues Its Own Shareholders In Ecuador Compensation Battle
Criminal investigation at Chevron refinery, Pollutants allegedly routed around monitoring devices
Chevron Face Opposition Over Eastern Europe Fracking Plans
Chevron Workers Plead To Be Evacuated Before Deadly Blast
US firms should reveal more on shale drilling-Chevron
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Silence was bought in frac’d Rosebud too:
5.5 years later, peer-reviewed paper and data is published proving Encana frac’d Pavillion’s aquifers, contaminating them which Encana did at Rosebud too
But, the Encana/Cenovus “boost” was conditional: In exchange for naming rights on the Children’s Corner, Youth Area and Community Programs Room
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Academics are easily bought too:
2012: Hydraulic Fracturing and Water Resources A California Perspective
Cenovus donates $1.5 million to Lakeland College
Talisman pledges $1.25 M to Mount Royal University, Alberta
EPA Fines Talisman For Fracking Violations
Burning Waters: UVic Partner’s environmental record questioned
Encana donates $1.5 Million to Mount Royal University
EnCana donates $7.5 Million to the University of Alberta
Cenovus donates $3 Million to the University of Alberta
University of Calgary Prostitutes Itself To Big Oil & Gas
EnCana to donate $1 Million to the University of Calgary
Encana donates $1 million to Red Deer College
EnCana $1 Million donation to University of Calgary questioned as company awaits energy decision
Million-dollar Nexen donation to Mount Royal University to benefit future journalists, educators
Imperial Oil donates $1 Million to Mount Royal University
Cenovus donates $3 Million to the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology
Is the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology overflowing with oil money?
ConocoPhillips Canada supports University of Lethbridge and places students
Trican Donates $5 million for cancer research at the University of Calgary
Trican donates $5 Million to Fight Chidhood Cancer and for research at the University of Calgary
EnCana donates $50,000 to Northern Medical Program Trust
Enbridge Donates $500,000 to the Alberta School of Business
June 2013 Cenovus 3 million endowment to University of Alberta to assess energy and environmental options for industry and government “How much water is required to produce a unit of energy?”
Expert Panel Chair Appointed for Council Assessment on Shale Gas ]