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You can think of the booster as an amplifier. It "boosts" the signal, hence the name. They are very common in remote areas and you can even get them for inside your house if you have poor cell reception.

It's with Bigstone IMS (owned by Bigstone EMS I believe) up in Wabasca.

You can get your PST ticket online now from ENFORM (http://enform.ca/ELearning) for $105. That's what I did and it beats the hell out of sitting in a class all day. I'm a new EMT and just got a job doing industrial standby 2-weeks on 2-weeks off. I start on Sunday. Guess I'll see what it's...

Hi there, Our district does not use this, but a neighboring district does and from what I've heard they like it. I was going to code one (uhh...that's code as in software development, not code as in circling the drain) for our district as it's really quite simple software to develop...

Hey, I just got the results back from my provincial exam (I'm in Canada) and I passed my EMR (sort of equivelent to EMT-B). I really thought I had failed the written part, but managed to pass it with 4% to spare. :) Not a great mark, but considering how I thought I had done....I'll take it...

Just a little update on the Samuel Gross situation in Manitoba... Tonight I attended a STARS seminar and the presenter was one of the pilots that attended that call. He said he talked to the father a couple days ago and he will be back at school next week. Sounds like he is doing fine so...

Hey! I resemble that remark! :) Actually in our "smack dab in the middle of farm country" volley fire service, we use all dark navy uniforms...no denim. But I understand why you might think we would. :)