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Pass carbon monoxide law, or risk more deaths: expert April 7, 2017 The New Brunswick government must pass legislation to make carbon monoxide alarms mandatory in homes and businesses, one of Canada's leading experts said in Fredericton on Friday. John Gignac, executive director of the Ontario-based Hawkins-Gignac Foundation... Read More

VANCOUVER — Carbon monoxide is called the silent killer, but most homeowners in Canada aren’t required to install inexpensive life-saving detectors along with smoke alarms, says the Canadian Association of Fire Chiefs. As of 2010, a national building code made it mandatory for new homes to be fitted with carbon monoxide... Read More

Daybreak Kamloops Shelley Joyce speaks with John Gignac - Mar 28, 2017 John Gignac, a former firefighter who lost four family members to carbon monoxide poisoning, is working to get legislation around having mandatory carbon monoxide detectors in homes and comments on the recent deaths in Venables Valley. Learn more about our... Read More

Victims all in non-critical condition, but carbon monoxide levels were so high they could’ve been life threatening with prolonged exposure. Source: Global News Read More

The Hawkins-Gignac Foundation for Carbon Monoxide Education is reinforcing public safety messages provided by local officials in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick about staying safe from the "silent killer" following the very recent fatalities in both provinces related to carbon monoxide poisoning. "Sadly, carbon monoxide has... Read More

The Hawkins-Gignac Foundation for Carbon Monoxide Education is urging all Albertans to take immediate steps to ensure their household is protected from the "silent killer" following today's carbon monoxide scare in Calgary's Mount Royal neighbourhood. "The five people who narrowly escaped tragedy today are fortunate. A... Read More

For Immediate Release Hawkins-Gignac Foundation for CO Education Takes Pulse on How Homeowners Are Responding to Ontario’s CO Alarm Law New Poll Provides Insights Ahead of Ontario CO Awareness Week October, 28, 2016, Brantford, ON –  A new Ipsos poll has found that a majority of Ontarians have responded positively to... Read More

Hawkins-Gignac Foundation for CO Education Takes Pulse on How Homeowners Have Responded to Ontario’s CO Alarm Law The Hawkins-Gignac Foundation has commissioned a new Home Owners’ CO Awareness Poll to provide insight into how Ontarians have been impacted by the new law mandating the installation of Carbon Monoxide... Read More

John Gignac with Oxford County MPP Ernie Hardeman Following years of tireless efforts to educate the public regarding the dangers of carbon monoxide, as well as his success instilling the Hawkins-Gignac Act in 2013, retired Brantford Fire captain John Gignac has recently been named to the Order of Ontario. In 2008, a... Read More

It has come to our attention that a telemarketing scheme is referring to the Hawkins-Gignac Foundation for CO Education as part of a fraudulent special offer for free telephone services. Please be advised that the Foundation does not use telemarketers to contact the public, never uses toll-for-service telephone numbers, and... Read More