News Items tag as: BC Ambulance

Kamloops mayor says BC Ambulance expanding in city
February 22, 2024 - 12:45 PM

Kamloops is on the list of communities to get a bolstered service from BC Ambulance, according to according to Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson.
Medical calls nearly double for Kamloops firefighters in first half of 2022
September 03, 2022 - 1:30 PM

Kamloops firefighters are heading to an increasing number of medical calls this year, while paramedics are feeling the strain.
Another patient dies in Ashcroft while awaiting ambulance
August 15, 2022 - 2:23 PM

An Ashcroft man died of a suspected heart attack on Sunday morning while paramedics were a half-hour away.
No ambulance or ER available for Ashcroft senior who had heart attack and died
July 19, 2022 - 1:48 PM

An Ashcroft resident living at a seniors care home within a block of both the local hospital and the B.C. Ambulance Service station went into cardiac arrest Sunday, but there was no one available to help.
Two ambulances staffed for Kamloops tonight
June 07, 2022 - 5:26 PM

It's not only a shortage of nurses and doctors affecting healthcare in Kamloops. It appears the B.C. Ambulance Service was down to one ambulance for the entire city tonight, June 7, but the service managed to bring in paramedics at the expense of smaller communities nearby.
Vehicle hits store at Vernon mall
October 24, 2021 - 4:16 PM

A driver hit a store in a Vernon mall this afternoon smashing a window.
Kamloops first responders to salute health workers with lights, sirens
April 01, 2020 - 1:55 PM

It what is becoming a trend in cities in B.C., police, firefighters and paramedics will be celebrating the hard work of health care workers tonight with a convoy of emergency vehicles with lights and sirens.
More paramedics, ambulances needed in Thompson-Okanagan
August 27, 2019 - 6:00 PM

Despite the recent addition of 46 full-time equivalent paramedics, more work still needs to be done, a B.C. Emergency Health Services official said.
Emergency overdose calls continue to rise in Kamloops
July 02, 2019 - 6:00 PM

KAMLOOPS — Data released by B.C. Emergency Health Services shows Kamloops continues to see an increase in the number of calls involving potential overdoses, and most of the calls are being made from downtown and the north shore.
Injured hiker rescued from Kelowna park trail
May 26, 2019 - 3:58 PM

KELOWNA - A woman is recovering in hospital with an injured leg after paramedics, search and rescue volunteers, and fire department workers rescued her from a Kelowna trail today.
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