There are aspects of first aid and CPR training that can't be properly taught with videos or remotely online, one St. John Ambulance expert says.

"We're doing that entire college-level program with these kids at the high school," Coaldale Fire Chief Kevin McKeown said.

A Port Coquitlam woman had an emotional reunion with the restaurant owner who saved her life on Halloween night.

Calls for medical requests are expected to improve in the North Westside area.

The Leonard Street Neighbour Hub includes safety equipment, phone chargers and a community bulletin board.

Although Toronto's police officers and firefighters often are called upon to provide first aid, initial treatment and comfort to victims of trauma, it's the city's paramedics who are responsible for providing critical medical assistance to patients before they get to hospital.

It's a form of first aid that has proved time and again to be life-saving.

On May 11, Shannon Willner and her sisters took their mother shopping in Leduc for her Mother's Day present when their family outing turned into a nightmare.

Watching news of the deadly van attack in Toronto that killed 10 people and left 16 others injured devastated Aryan Sekhavati and Ashkon Pourheidary.

Earl Morris was attending a first-aid class with St. John Ambulance in Duncan when he blacked out.