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Drone attack the focus of emergency exercise at YQR airport

Drone attack the focus of emergency exercise at YQR airport

Sep 10, 2024 | 3:00pm
REGINA – This year’s full-scale emergency exercise at Regina International Airport was different compared to previous years. This year the airport prepared for a different threat: drone attacks. The scenario that emergency crews responded to this year was a two-pronged threat dubbed the “Rise of the Drones.”  It consisted of a collision between a drone […]

Sask. NDP raises concerns after hundreds of calls for ambulances go unanswered

Apr 4, 2023 | 12:21pm

The Offical Opposition is calling on the Sask. Party government to address the province’s EMS crisis, which has led to calls for an ambulance going unanswered. Official Opposition Leader Carla Beck, Health Critic Vicki Mowat, and Rural and Remote Health Critic Matt Love called the Government after they obtained documents that show that through the […]

Government to Hire More Paramedics

Feb 1, 2023 | 11:00am

The Sask Party Government is adding paramedic staff to Regina. A total of 24.5 new positions will be phased in over the next three months. “We’ve heard from residents and paramedics that we need to do more to improve ambulance response times,” Health Minister Paul Merriman said. “We are committed to providing Saskatchewan patients with […]

Province providing relief for ambulance operators

Aug 30, 2022 | 10:43am

The provincial government is providing a one-time fuel subsidy of $2.85 million to ambulance operators in the province in recognition of inflationary pressures, including sharply rising fuel costs, which have resulted in increasing financial pressures for emergency medical services. They’re also providing $218,000 to Northern Medical Taxi providers in 2022-2023 to assist with expenses they […]

NDP joins calls from Sask. communities to protect rural ambulance services

Jun 3, 2021 | 1:40pm

The Saskatchewan NDP has joined concerned rural residents in calling on the provincial government to fund ambulance vacancies leading to service disruptions in southeast Saskatchewan communities. Health Critic Vicki Mowat explained during a virtual NDP conference on Thursday shared that the Kipling area has been short a paramedic since January of this year due to […]

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