BC Emergency Health Services

• ‘Our life preserver’: Honouring a Vancouver paramedic after nearly 46 years on the job

  Since 1975, Terry Raappana has worked as a paramedic in Vancouver's downtown and the Downtown Eastside.

  News

  Apr 28
• Five people stabbed at Kelowna area gathering, man arrested

  RCMP said one man was arrested and he remained in police custody on Sunday afternoon.

  Canada

  Mar 28
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• Kelowna man arrested after alleged stabbing, break-and-enter

  The victim was transported to hospital with serious injuries, police said.

  Crime

  Mar 22
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• Firefighter injured, one other person dead after separate fires in Vancouver

  One person is dead after a fire in a ground-level apartment Friday night, while a separate blaze saw a firefighter fall through the floor of a boarded up house.

  Feb 13
• Kelowna man, 60, seriously injured in ATV accident, say West Kelowna RCMP

  Police say the man suffered life-threatening injuries when the ATV he was driving went over an embankment on Bear Creek Forest Service Road.

  Canada

  Jan 28
• B.C. family from Serbia struggling after crash leaves children with life-altering injuries

  The Savic family's vehicle was struck by a driver allegedly fleeing a traffic stop, leaving two of three children with significant brain injuries they may never fully recover from.

  Jan 11
• Two people injured in Trans-Canada Highway accident near Blind Bay, B.C.

  B.C. Emergency Health Services says two paramedic crews were dispatched to the accident near Blind Bay, just outside Sorrento in B.C.’s Shuswap region.

  Traffic

  Jan 6
• B.C.’s police watchdog investigating crash on Highway 1 that leaves 2 in critical condition

  BC Emergency Health Services said it was called to Highway 1 eastbound near the Brunette Overpass just after 9 a.m.

  Traffic

  Dec 27, 2020
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• Summer drowning incidents in B.C. up from 2019: Emergency Health Services

  According to Emergency Health Services, paramedics across B.C. have responded to 159 incidents so far this summer, up from 138 last year.

  Aug 18, 2020
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• Overdoses in Kelowna mirror B.C.’s ‘unprecedented’ numbers, authorities say

  “The main reason is the tainted supply, it's toxic,” Dr. Mema told Global News about why overdoses are spiking.

  Health

  Jul 31, 2020