The Current with Matt Galloway Aired: November 2, 2023 Wait times for ambulances are at crisis levels in some parts of Canada, with reports that a 99-year-old Ontario woman waited more than four hours with a cracked vertebrae last month. What’s causing these delays, and what are the solutions? Listen Now: [...]

Lack of ambulances left 92-year-old woman waiting for help, Toronto paramedics' union says Updated: October 31, 2023 Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-paramedics-code-red-alert The union representing Toronto's paramedics says it issued the second code red alert this month, signaling there were no transport vehicles available in the city. (Esteban Cuevas/CBC) For the second time this month, [...]

120 Toronto hybrid-converted ambulances pulled off road as precaution after failures Updated: October 19, 2023 Source: https://toronto.citynews.ca/2023/10/19/toronto-paramedics-hybrid-ambulances/ Toronto Paramedic Services began a program to retrofit 120 ambulances with hybrid-electric drivelines. Three years later every system is being removed after two vehicle failures. Nick Westoll explains. After two Toronto Paramedic Services ambulances retrofitted [...]