BC Paramedics

• B.C. paramedics vote 97% in favour of strike action

   Contract talks between the union representing paramedics and the employer, Health Employees Association of BC, broke down before Christmas.

  Health

  Feb 18
  
• Paramedic assaulted while refuelling ambulance at Kamloops gas station

  'It's even more troubling when our members are victims of violence, because we are truly there to help people and nothing else,' Ian Tait with the Ambulance Paramedics of BC said.

  Crime

  Oct 28, 2025
  
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• They become paramedics to help. But they are facing violence, threats, sex assaults

  Duncan Pelly, a primary care paramedic said he thinks the public would be stunned to find out about the violence they face on the job every day.

  Health

  Mar 19, 2025
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• Close call at Kelowna ambulance station highlights safety concerns

  According to Tait, the suspect took at least two swipes at the paramedic with the knife

  Canada

  Dec 13, 2024
• B.C. paramedics respond to 90 frostbite, hypothermia calls in 12 days

  Between Jan. 5 and 10, there were fewer than 10 calls related to the cold each day. On Jan. 11, however, those numbers started spiking.

  Weather

  Jan 17, 2024
• B.C. to hire 271 new full-time paramedics serving 60 rural communities

  The Ministry of Health and BCEHS have faced criticism for sustained staffing shortages amid patient horror stories of waiting for hours for care and transportation.

  Health

  Nov 9, 2023
• Fewer 911 calls to Surrey supportive housing building after launch of on-site clinic

  A new on-site paramedic clinic at a supportive housing site in Surrey, B.C. has saved the health-care system an estimated $450,000 in one year.

  Health

  Nov 1, 2023
• Former B.C. paramedic gives advice on the 7th anniversary of the overdose crisis

  B.C. was the first jurisdiction in Canada to declare a public health emergency over increasing overdoses on April 14, 2016, after overdose deaths reached 474 in 2015.

  Health

  Apr 14, 2023
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• Nakusp B.C. senior dies while waiting for ambulance

  Nakusp has had full-time 24/7 paramedic service since last November but when a man in his late 60s had a medical emergency at home last month and died, no ambulance was available.

  Health

  Feb 19, 2023
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• Paramedics, police officers shot with pellet gun fired from Hastings Street rooming house

  A man was arrested Sunday night after Vancouver police and paramedics were shot with a pellet gun fired from the window of a Hastings Street rooming house.

  Crime

  Jan 9, 2023