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   From: "@nyet.ca   
      
   Wow - what a lesson for those who are out and enjoying summer - but   
   without an epinephrine injector - which is a very inexpensive item that   
   can be purchased over the counter.   
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   The Globe and Mail - July 21, 2014   
      
      
   La Prairie, Quebec mayor dies from wasp stings   
      
      
      
   Lucie F. Roussel was near her cottage in the Eastern Townships Sunday   
   when she stepped on a wasps' nest, and was stung repeatedly   
      
   The mayor of a Montreal bedroom community who was enjoying a weekend in   
   the country has died of anaphylactic shock after wasps attacked her with   
   repeated stings.   
      
   Lucie F. Roussel, the mayor of La Prairie, was near her cottage in the   
   Eastern Townships Sunday when she stepped on a wasps' nest, and was   
   stung repeatedly. A friend said she suffered at least 15 stings. Ms.   
   Roussel, 51, was transported from her cottage near Stratford to hospital   
   in Thetford Mines, Que., where she was pronounced dead.   
      
   Colleagues on city council in the community just west of Montreal and   
   other friends said they were not aware she suffered from allergies. But   
   a neighbour in Stratford said she was indeed allergic to venom from bee   
   and wasp stings but did not have an epinephrine injector with her to   
   counteract anaphylactic shock.   
      
   Deaths from venomous insect stings are very rare in Canada.   
      
   Forty people died from bee, wasp or hornet venom in Canada during a   
   12-year stretch ending in 2011, the most recent period for which   
   national numbers are available from Statistics Canada.   
      
   The annual death toll ranged from a high of seven in 2009 to a low of   
   one death in each of 2006 and 2011. An average of 3.3 Canadians died   
   from stings each year.   
      
   By comparison, about 10 Canadians die from being struck by lightning   
   each summer, according to Environment Canada.   
      
   La Prairie city manager Jean Bergeron said he was in a "state of shock"   
   at the sudden death of a mayor he described as conscientious, devoted   
   and deeply engaged in her community long before she became mayor. "It's   
   unbelievable," said Councillor Christian Caron before referring further   
   questions to the city's spokesperson.   
      
   Ms. Roussel leaves an 18-year-old daughter, Constance, and a 19-year-old   
   son, Antonin. Before she entered politics, Ms. Roussel practised law in   
   partnership with her husband, Yvon Lemay. He died of a heart attack in   
   December, 2009, at age 47.   
      
   "I feel just infinite sadness, so much pain for them," friend Hélène   
   Ste-Marie told reporters. "She was just so full of life."   
      
   Ms. Ste-Marie said the mayor faced the death of her husband with   
   enormous strength. "I hope her children will have similar strength," she   
   said.   
      
   Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre and Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard were   
   among those offering their condolences over the death of the mayor, who   
   was a provincial Liberal candidate in the 2012 election and finished third.   
      
   "Their children must now go through another test that will demand great   
   courage," the Premier said. "I want them to know they can be proud of   
   their mother's accomplishments."   
      
   Compared with Canada, deaths from bee and wasps stings are more common   
   but still rare in the United States, where longer summers and milder   
   winters in much of the country extend stinging season.   
      
   According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 665   
   people died in the U.S. during the same 12-year period. Most of the   
   deaths were linked to allergies, according to the CDC.   
      
   Unlike bees, wasps can sting repeatedly.   
      
   About 2 per cent of the population suffer from allergies to the venom   
   from bees, wasps and hornets.   
      
   Many people aren't aware they are allergic, experts say.   
      
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