BC Air Ambulance

• B.C. to replace existing air ambulance fleet

  The government announced on Friday that BC Emergency Health Services is replacing its existing fleet of air ambulances with 12 new airplanes.

  Health

  Jun 7, 2024
  
• 6 hospitalized with serious injuries after crash near Creston, alcohol a likely factor: RCMP

  While the investigation is still in its early stages, RCMP believe speed and alcohol were factors in the collision east of Creston, B.C., on Sunday.

  Crime

  Aug 28, 2023
  
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• 80-year-old flown to hospital after crash on Highway 97A near Armstrong, B.C.

  According to local RCMP, the crash took place at the intersection of Highway 97A and Rosedale Avenue, near Armstrong, on Monday.

  Canada

  Mar 16, 2021
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• Police in Grand Forks, B.C., call theft of airport beacon equipment disturbing

  Police disturbed by theft of equipment, which is used to help planes land at night.

  Apr 25, 2020
• Highway temporarily closed while air ambulance transports cyclist in distress: Penticton RCMP

  Penticton police say the 1 p.m. incident involved a cyclist in distress along Highway 3A, east of Twin Lakes.

  Canada

  Aug 24, 2019
• B.C. air ambulance helicopters unable land at seven South Coast hospitals

  B.C. Air Ambulances are now facing a rocky landing thanks to a ruling by Transport Canada that has denied them access to seven hospitals' heli-pads in Metro Vancouver and Vancouver Island.

  Health

  Aug 18, 2016