B.C. paramedics, government announce tentative deal after talks with veteran mediator

VANCOUVER — Ambulance paramedics and dispatchers in British Columbia have reached a tentative contract with the provincial government after mediated negotiations. A joint statement Saturday from the Health Employers Association of B.C.

VANCOUVER — Ambulance paramedics and dispatchers in British Columbia have reached a tentative contract with the provincial government after mediated negotiations.

The statement says the two sides will now allow their members to review the proposed contract, adding details of the package will not be released publicly until it is ratified. He says the COVID-19 pandemic, B.C.'s ongoing toxic drug crisis and understaffing have pushed ambulance paramedics and emergency dispatchers to the brink.

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