Alberta Health Services EMS

• Alberta paramedics sound the alarm over shift vacancies ahead of the holidays

  An Alberta paramedic is raising concerns that more than 200 paramedic shifts are currently vacant on Christmas Eve, Day and New Year's Eve.

  Health

  Dec 12, 2024
  
• Fatal collision closes Calgary road

  EMS said two people were transported to hospital, with one in serious condition.

  Traffic

  Jun 9, 2023
  
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• Consolidating EMS dispatch didn’t improve issues: Alberta mayors

  The mayors of four Alberta cities finding the problems they flagged at the time of EMS dispatch consolidation are continuing.

  Canada

  May 2, 2023
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• Calgary highway closed after fatal collision

  Emergency vehicles were seen on the highway, attending to the scene of a burned out vehicle at rest next to an overpass pillar.

  Traffic

  Apr 6, 2023
• Alberta government plans to add ambulances, EMS crews to improve response times

  Health Minister Jason Copping announced on Monday that $1.5 million from Budget 2023 will be allocated to train and hire additional staff and paramedics.

  Health

  Apr 3, 2023
• Fatal motorcycle crash closes Macleod Trail in Calgary

  Calgary police said they expected Macleod Trail to be closed for 'several hours' following a fatal motorcycle crash Friday and advised motorists to find alternate routes.

  Traffic

  Mar 31, 2023
• Unresponsive man rescued from icy Bow River

  A man believed to be in his mid-20s in hospital in life-threatening condition after being spotted lying on the frozen Bow River in Calgary.

  Canada

  Mar 24, 2023
• 2 injured in Highway 2 crash near Okotoks, Alta.

  The collision happened around 5:30 p.m. Tuesday. One person was in life-threatening condition and another person was in non-life-threatening condition.

  Traffic

  Feb 14, 2023
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• Thousands of Edmonton ambulance shifts unstaffed in 2022: provincial data

  From January to October, there have been an average of nearly 54 vacant paramedic shifts per day.

  Canada

  Jan 10, 2023
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• 1 dead following house fire in Calgary’s northwest

  One person is dead following a house fire in Calgary’s northwest Dalhousie neighbourhood.

  Canada

  Jan 4, 2023