Tag: Paramedics
Ambulance takes man away from city duplex fire Sunday, tenants say
Owen Sound police are investigating the scene of an apartment fire, where tenants said they saw a fellow tenant lying in blood in front of the building Sunday. The man, whom tenants said lived in the unit that was on fire, was unresponsive and was worked on by paramedics before being taken away in an […]
Charges laid in hit-and-run crash that killed 34-year-old woman
St. Thomas police named a 34-year-old woman as the victim of a recent late-night hit-and-run crash as they detailed newly laid criminal charges in the case.
One hurt, damage pegged at $450K in fire at London home
One man was taken to hospital following an early Sunday fire that caused extensive damage to a home northwest of downtown London, fire officials say. Firefighters were called at about 6:30 a.m. Sunday to a fully engulfed home at 9 Summit Ave., west of the Oxford Street and Wharncliffe Road intersection and near the London […]
London police probe two separate suspicious deaths
London police were on Saturday investigating two separate overnight deaths that have been deemed “suspicious,” but noted there was no ongoing threat to public safety. The first death happened Friday night, when police responded about 10 p.m. to reports of a disturbance in the area of Southdale Road East and Millbank Drive, east of White […]
Unlicensed driver, 22, charged in London hit-and-run: Police
A 22-year-old faces several charges including driving without a licence after a west London hit-and-run that sent a pedestrian to hospital, police say.
London paramedic, spouse suffer serious injuries in ATV crash abroad
Two Southwestern Ontario paramedics are back in Canada after a serious all-terrain vehicle crash in Costa Rica earlier this month.
Chatham-Kent paramedics to begin strike, will respond to emergency calls
Paramedics in Chatham-Kent will be on strike as of Tuesday morning after failing to reach a new collective agreement, union officials say. Represented by SEIU Healthcare, paramedics employed by Medavie Health Services have been seeking improvements to their contract that expired on Dec. 31 of last year. Issues include improved scheduling for part-time members, enhanced […]
Doug Ford: ‘Always open’ to ways to fix London’s paramedics budget crunch
Ontario Premier Doug Ford said his government is willing to work with London-area officials to improve workflow at the local paramedic service, as skyrocketing delays at emergency rooms, sicker patients and increasing calls force a multimillion-dollar increase in the ambulance budget.
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