'Extremely high' number of slip and falls after freezing rain

Ambulance crews and hospital emergency departments were tied up with a large number of slips and falls Tuesday, Alberta Health Services officials say. 
 
Paramedics responded to 89 slip and fall calls in the Edmonton metro area alone after freezing rain turned streets and sidewalks into ice rinks. 
 
On a typical winter day, Edmonton emergency services would respond to an average of five calls for slips and falls on ice, AHS spokesman Kerry Williamson said in an email. &