First Responder Safety

• Firefighters, paramedics voice support for B.C. MP’s bill to protect first responders

  The proposed B.C. private member's bill would amend the Criminal Code to make assaults against health-care workers and first responders an aggravating factor during sentencing.

  Politics

  Apr 27, 2023
  
• B.C. MP introduces private members’ bill aimed at protecting first responders

  In recent days police in B.C. have allegedly been shot at with a pellet gun and stabbed with a hypodermic needle.

  Crime

  Mar 14, 2023
  
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• Will RCMP constable’s death spark changes in approach to B.C.’s homeless population?

  Shaeyln Yang was killed Tuesday while responding to a call at a homeless man's tent in a Burnaby park. Her accused killer, Jongwon Ham, remains in hospital with gunshot wounds.

  Canada

  Oct 20, 2022
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• Calgary paramedic testifies in assault trial, calls for more protection: ‘I was scared’

  Olivia Chan and her paramedic colleagues are calling for more protection against on-the-job assaults, something she said she experienced first-hand in January 2019.

  Health

  Aug 27, 2019