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PAC Awards of Excellence Program Call For Nominations 2023
PAC
The Paramedic Association of Canada has developed an awards program to recognize exceptional Canadian paramedics and paramedic supporters at the national level. These awards presentation will be held during the Paramedics on the Hill event, planned to be held in the Spring of 2023.
Please consider nominating exceptional paramedics and paramedic allies by completing a nomination package and submit it via email to [email protected]. Nominations will be accepted until Jan. 31, 2023.
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Lethbridge fire department union concerned over lack of available ambulances
iHeartRADIO
Lethbridge Fire and Emergency Services says new measures being taken by Alberta Health Services (AHS) to improve ambulance response times are a beneficial step forward after the International Association of Firefighter’s Local 237, which represents firefighters and paramedics in Lethbridge, said no ambulances were available to respond several times last week.
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Fatigue main safety issue as paramedics poised to strike
Canadian Occupational Safety
More than 100 paramedics in rural Newfoundland are tired, literally, and will likely go on strike this week to improve working conditions that often have them driving and administering medical treatment in an impaired state.
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Toronto's mayor finds money for more paramedics, firefighters
Canada.com
Toronto Paramedic Service would be able to add 66 new positions with a $21 million increase provided in the proposed 2023 budget, Mayor John Tory says. The budget boost, if approved, would mean a 7.1 per cent increase to bring the service’s annual spending allotment to $315.7 million, paying for 250 hires in total in 2023.
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Unprecedented crisis in emergency call centers
The Suburban
If you’ve ever waited for an ambulance or stayed on hold with 911 for an extended period and wondered how it can happen, there’s an easy explanation these days, according to the Fédération des employés du préhospitalier du Québec (FPHQ): there is an unprecedented crisis in Quebec's emergency call centers and dispatchers are at their wit's end.
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MAiD in Canada: How Canada became euthanasia central
Troy Media
Liberalism used to mean live and let live. If your neighbour painted his house Day-Glo green, liberals shrugged and said, “so be it.” Now? You must not only heap fulsome public praise on his paint preference but you must paint your own house the same glaring colour, too.
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Off-duty paramedic helps save person with no pulse in Comox, B.C.
CTV News
The Town of Comox in central Vancouver Island is crediting an off-duty paramedic with helping save the life of a person who was experiencing a medical emergency at the town's community centre.
The incident occurred on the morning of Jan. 3 at the Comox Community Centre.
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Lévis veut une ambulance supplémentaire
TVA Nouvelles
Depuis le dépôt du rapport de la coroner Julie Langlois, qui avait déterminé que la mort d’Hugo St-Onge aurait pu être évitée si les ambulanciers n’avaient pas mis le double du temps recommandé pour intervenir, de nombreux acteurs, dont le maire Gilles Lehouillier, réclament l’ajout d’un véhicule ambulancier sur le territoire de la ville de Lévis.
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