Canada Opens Emergency Response Center

Canada on Friday unveiled a $2.44 million emergency center in Winnipeg equipped to coordinate the national response to potential health emergencies including a nuclear, radiological, biological or chemical weapons attack, the Winnipeg Free Press reported (see GSN, Jan. 10).

The approximately 450 square-foot facility includes a 16-foot screen with eight plasma panels, another row of eight video screens, and computers that can acquire and disseminate information worldwide.

“This creates a platform where they can have 16 different places in the world in on the same meeting sharing data,” said Treasury Board Minister Reg Alcock (David O’Brien, Winnipeg Free Press, Feb. 19).

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