The Canadian Red Cross held an emergency preparedness challenge at Walmart Friday afternoon.  Local area rep Cherlyn Cain says three teams of two had 25 minutes to find items in the store you should have in a disaster kit to cover 72 hours in case you are evacuated from your home or are staying in your home without power and tap water.  She says you’re going to want enough bottled water for how many people there are in your family for drinking and for cooking, you’ll want a battery operated can opener, non-perishable food, some battery radios to keep in touch and flashlights.

The winning team was the Flin Flon Ministerial Team of Pastors Jim Galbraith and Andrew McGregor followed by the Cottage North team of Libby Stoker-Lavallee and Krista Lempke and then the Mayors Team of Al McLaughlin of The Pas and George Fontaine of Flin Flon.