BCEHS

• Three hospitalized after ‘serious police incident’ in Vancouver

  Police roped off eastbound lanes on 41st Avenue between Inverness and Sherbrooke streets and cordoned off several houses in the neighbourhood.

  Crime

  1 hour
  
• Victoria driver injured after stranger throws Himalayan salt rock through vehicle window

  The driver was struck by the rock and broken glass and treated by paramedics at the scene, Victoria police said in a Monday news release. 

  Crime

  Mar 7
  
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• Pilot program credited with helping Okanagan man survive heart attack

  Doug Bigelow of Vernon was moving firewood on his farm on a Saturday afternoon when he began experiencing chest pain.

  Health

  Mar 3
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• From 911 calls to child care, here are 10 things you need to know about B.C.’s budget

  From new investments in the health-care system to $20-a-day child care, here's what you need to know about the province's spending commitments for 2022.

  Economy

  Feb 22
• Ambulance crews scramble to cover spike in overdose calls in B.C. Interior

  B.C. Emergency Health Services says crews responded to 37 overdose calls on Wednesday, up from 23 on Tuesday and 12 on Monday.

  Canada

  Feb 17
• ‘Extreme’: B.C. paramedics’ union on shift with only 1 staffed ambulance in Vancouver

  According to the Ambulance Paramedics of British Columbia, or CUPE Local 873, a single ambulance was available within the confines of the Vancouver at 6:30 a.m. on Feb. 2.

  Health

  Feb 4
• B.C. paramedics, dispatchers responded to record-setting 35,525 overdose calls in 2021

  Surrey saw the greatest increase in overdose calls with 3,764 calls in 2021, a leap of 50 per cent from 2020, according to BC Emergency Health Services.

  Health

  Jan 12
• Messy roommate, mixed-up coffee order among ‘nuisance’ 911 calls made in B.C. in 2021

  Topping the chart is the person who called 911 about a barista who mixed up their coffee order, followed by the pedestrian who was splashed on the sidewalk. 

  Canada

  Jan 7
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• ‘Degrading’: 95-year-old waits six hours for ambulance on Vancouver apartment floor

  BC Emergency Health Services confirmed it received a 911 call about the fallen senior at 3:28 p.m. on Tuesday and paramedics arrived to pick him up at 9:16 p.m.

  Health

  Jan 5
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• B.C. paramedics respond to 50 hypothermia, frostbite calls in four days

  There were nine exposure calls on Christmas and 13 on Boxing Day, according to B.C. Emergency Health Services.

  Health

  Dec 29, 2021