Free CPR training comes to Calgary on Saturday as 'Train the Next Hero' national tour kicks off

First aid training provider Coast2Coast First Aid will launch the first national tour of its free "Train the Next Hero" event in Calgary on Saturday, 14 November, offering free one-hour workshops in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), automated external defibrillator (AED) use, choking response and opioid poisoning response. The Calgary sessions will be held at Coast2Coast First Aid Calgary, 222 16 Ave NE, Suite 225, just east of Centre Street and a few minutes north of downtown.

Born after the 2018 Yonge Street van attack, now touring nationally for the first time

"Train the Next Hero" began in North York in 2018, after bystanders were the first to help in the minutes following the Yonge Street van attack. This year it comes to Alberta for the first time and is touring six cities in 15 days: Calgary, Edmonton, Windsor, North York, Ottawa and Halifax, with Calgary and Edmonton sharing the national kickoff. Coast2Coast First Aid is one of the Canadian Red Cross's top three training partners.

Free to attend, on a first-come basis

Organizers say the workshops are free and open to the public, teaching residents how to act in an emergency, including chest compressions and AED use in the critical minutes before paramedics arrive. Multiple session times are scheduled in Calgary; details are available from Coast2Coast First Aid Calgary. Source: EIN Presswire, 10 November 2026.