CMDC members, equipped with metal detectors, began going through Calgary’s outdoor recreation areas on April 1. They're getting rid of potentially hazardous items.
WATCH: Some hardworking volunteers are busy with a special spring cleanup project around Calgary. As Gil Tucker shows us, it’s a big job, which is making the city safer for the little ones.CMDC members, equipped with metal detectors, began going through the city’s outdoor recreation areas on April 1.
They’ve already found dozens of potentially hazardous items in park and playground spaces covered in gravel, grass and other vegetation. Those finds include lighters, nails and shards of sharp metal.Story continues below advertisement “Quite a few pairs of scissors,” CMDC member Wayne May said. “So all of these dangerous things are now out of the parks and playgrounds. It’s just great.”CMDC members will continue making the rounds of Calgary’s outdoor recreation areas until the end of September, knowing that they’re preventing injuries.‘Get bent’: Boston Pizza’s Stanley Cup pitch to Canadian hockey fans backfires
“Even myself, while metal detecting, I’ve poked myself with metal objects, and I have experience — 13 years of metal detecting,” Buchan said. “It’s important because the kids don’t know any better – we’re always about the kids.” CMDC members are proud that the project they started has now spread way beyond Calgary, with annual cleanups now happening in several other towns and cities.SIU called in after fatal police pursuit involving death of infant, grandparents on Highway 401
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