Close to 30 Montreal firefighters have rescued two stranded window washers off the side of a high-rise building. The incidence took place on Sherbrooke St. on Tuesday afternoon. The workers became stranded when their platform got stuck and its cables became intertwined. Firefighters rapelled down the side of the building and carefully hoisted the workers up one at a time from their position at the 14th floor. 

Girl with cerebral palsy is a “hero”

Saves baby brother from drowning in pool

A  9-year-oldfrom Halifax, Nova Scotia  who has cerebral palsy is being hailed as a hero after she alerted her family that her toddler brother had fallen into the swimming pool.

Mother Kelly Jackson has said that she thanks her 9-year-old daughter Lexie Comeau-Jackson every day for calling out when she realized her 1-year-old brother Leeland was in trouble.

While Jackson and her mother, Nancy Comeau-Drisdelle, were preparing for Lexie’s birthday party, Leeland slipped out the back door when his grandmother turned around for a few seconds. But Lexie, who  uses a wheelchair, was keeping an eye on the little boy, and with Leeland heading for the family’s pool, she let out a life-saving scream. The scream alerted her family that something was wrong because they say she’d never yelled like that before, and the young brother was rescued well in time.Lexie’s actions were honored by the Halifax Regional Police and her local legislative member. She will also be recognized at city hall.