Article 00E
The following are the headlines of Manitoba newspaper articles collected by Ron Forsman, operator of Neepawa Ambulance Service from 1975 to 2005.
Dec 9 1971 Neepawa Press - Ambulance operator seeks subsidy
Feb 27 1975 Neepawa Press - Ambulance service future is confused
Mar 5 1975 Neepawa Press - New ambulance service March 15
Aug 2 1975 Winnipeg Tribune - City triples ambulance staff
Feb 23 1978 Neepawa Press - Local ambulance owner briefs volunteers
May 10 1979 Neepawa Press - Students learn basics of CPR techniques
May 10 1979 Neepawa Press - Course on life-saving techniques
June 5 1980 Neepawa Press - CPR courses not waste of energy
Aug 14 1980 The Times - Trehern ambulance drivers serve Neepawa
Oct 14 1980 Winnipeg Free Press - Ambulance service uneven; Life and death all in day's work; Trip to hospital is hazardous to your health
Oct 15 1980 Winnipeg Free Press - Ambulance reforms slow to come; City crews unable to use skills
Oct 16 1980 Winnipeg Free Press - Health Minister dismisses ambulance concerns
Oct 30 1980 Neepawa Press - Rural ambulance services irked by Free Press report; Ambulance services object
Jul 30 1981 Neepawa Press - Slow down, pull over!
Sep 30 1981 Winnipeg Free Press - Dedicated men
Oct 1 1981 Neepawa Press - Nitrous Oxide introduced for ambulance patients
Nov 6 1981 Winnipeg Free Press - Faulty ambulances stay on road
Nov 18 1981 Gladstone Press - Volunteers happy to serve their community ambulance
Dec 30 1981 Portage Leader - Volunteer ambulance - in MacGregor people's time is donated free, in Gladstone an honorarium is paid
Apr 22 1982 Neepawa Press - Ambulance service needs fund increase; Ambulance is a vital service
May 5 1982 Stonewall Argus - Ambulance drivers temporarily resign
May 1982 Ambulance service agency seen needed
May 27 1982 Neepawa Press - Heart monitor donated to ambulance service
May 1982 CESNA - Ambulance service needs fund increase
Aug 30 1982 Winnipeg Free Press - Troubled emergency service plan to start
Jan 19 1983 Selkirk Enterprise - Talks on ambulance service may be held
Jan 20 1983 Neepawa Press - Ambulance operator seeks grant increase
Jan 22 1983 Winnipeg Free Press - Ambulance service cutbacks posed
Jan 27 1983 Neepawa Press - Ambulance issue to be aired on TV; Do you value your life? Doctors invite comments about ambulance service
Feb 3 1983 Neepawa Press - Excellent program on ambulance
Feb 9 1983 Brandon Sun - Neepawa faces less ambulance service
Feb 10 1983 Neepawa Press - 8% increase for Neepawa ambulance; Good ambulance service is needed
Feb 17 1983 Neepawa Press - Ambulance grants increased 42%
Feb 24 1983 Neepawa Press - Different perspective on ambulance budget
Mar 7 1984 Winnipeg Free Press - Heart attack victim dies at home during hour wait for ambulance
Mar 8 1984 Winnipeg Free Press - Desjardin suggests municipalities fund backup ambulances
Mar 13 1984 Winnipeg Free Press - Rural ambulance service threatened
Mar 15 1984 Neepawa Press - Two-unit ambulance service to be renewed
Mar 5 1984 Reston Recorder - End of volunteer service
Apr 30 1984 Winnipeg Free Press - Motorist killed in collision with ambulance
May 8 1984 Winnipeg Free Press - Ambulance service neglect cited - Politicians Tend to ignore "pre-hospital" health care
June 2 1984 Winnipeg Free Press - Death of woman prompts new ambulance rules; Ambulance rules revamped; Rural ambulances need more funds, operators claim
June 5 1984 Winnipeg Free Press - Air ambulance to meet needs of north, south
June 5 1984 Selkirk Enterprise - Ambulance article called "bizarre"; Accident response probed
June 18 1984 Winnipeg Free Press - Funding imperils ambulance service
June 22 1984 Winnipeg Free Press - Ambulance response criticized
June 25 1984 Winnipeg Free Press - Ambulance team response called "really ridiculous"; Ambulance inquiry sought
June 27 1984 Winnipeg Free Press - Ambulance response satisfies city
July 19 1984 Neepawa Press - Kinsmen help keep ambulance in operation; New ambulance unit purchased
July 26 1984 Winnipeg Free Press - Ambulance speed, driver training unregulated
Aug 14 1984 Selkirk Enterprise - Committee looking to possible buy out of Selkirk Ambulance
Sep 11 1984 Winnipeg Free Press - Ambulance delay linked to fatality
Oct 11 1984 Winnipeg Free Press - New aircraft slated for use as ambulance
Oct 13 1984 Winnipeg Free Press - The wrong ambulance aircraft
Nov 28 1984 Winnipeg Free Press - Ambulances to get heart defibrillators
Dec 2 1984 Winnipeg Sun - Attendants revive "dead" woman
Jan 30 1985 Winnipeg Free Press - Rural ambulance service threatened
Sept 15 1985 Winnipeg Free Press - Stingy ambulance service funding deplored; Province blamed for ambulance situation; City ambulance charge among top in Canada
Nov 26 1985 Winnipeg Free Press - Blood and Guts - It takes a lot of intestinal fortitude to be an ambulance attendant
Nov 28 1985 Neepawa Press - Local ambulance owner critical of air service
Feb 13 1986 Winnipeg Free Press - Ambulance help refused by city
Feb 20 1986 Winnipeg Free Press - Ambu-care ads called misleading
Mar 6 1986 Neepawa Press - Collision damages ambulance and auto
Mar 10 1986 Winnipeg Free Press - Residents urge RM to set up ambulance service
Mar 20 1986 Winnipeg Free Press - Ambulance rescue brings reprimand
Mar 23 1986 Sunday Free Press - Heart victim's death linked to tight ambulance budget; Crews overworked, union says; Lifesaving driver back on job
Mar 25 1986 Winnipeg Free Press - 18 workers needed, union argues
Mar 26 1986 Winnipeg Free Press - Ambulance head defends heart attack response time
Apr 13 1986 Winnipeg Free Press - $500 ambulance tab called outrage
July 8 1986 Brandon Sun - Volunteers quit Rivers ambulance force
July 9 1986 Winnipeg Free Press - Ambulance service for prison puzzles municipal reeve
Aug 18 1986 Winnipeg Free Press - Doctor decries refusal to fly emergency patients out of province
Aug 19 1986 Winnipeg Free Press - Health Minister defends emergency policy
Aug 20 1986 Winnipeg Free Press - Poor runway forces banning of air ambulance
Aug 29 1986 Winnipeg Free Press - Government jet flies patient as air ambulance sits unused
Nov 2 1986 Winnipeg Sun - Ambulance Horror Story; Bungling attendants terrify patient: Mother; Ex-driver slams service
Nov 5 1986 Winnipeg Sun - Dad was refused ambulance; Manitou service rejects man's plea for help
Nov 24 1986 Winnipeg Free Press - Ambulance union rejects limited strike; City asks half ambulance staff to stay at work
Dec 11 1986 Winnipeg Free Press - Ambulance service stress called threat; Ambulance facilities criticized in report
Dec 11 1986 Winnipeg Sun - Ambulance stress ignored, families often suffer
Dec 12 1986 Winnipeg Sun - Councilor's comments irk ambulance crews
Dec 12 1986 Winnipeg Free Press - Ambulance workers seek improvements to stations; Union charges councilors aware of ambulance woes
Dec 13 1986 Winnipeg Free Press - City called on carpet over ambulance report
Dec 14 1986 Winnipeg Sun - Toxic fumes another threat of ambulance workers
Dec 16 1986 Winnipeg Free Press - City faulted on ambulance report
Jan 20 1987 Winnipeg Free Press - City ambulance service upgrading recommended
Apr 1987 CESN - Manitoba association takes aim at emergency patient care
July 9 1987 Winnipeg Free Press - Major problems mar ambulance service
Dec 16 1987 Brandon Sun - Ambulance fees rise six per cent
Jan 19 1988 Winnipeg Free Press - Treatment of toddler sparks suit
Feb 21 1988 Winnipeg Free Press - Low ambulance fees force operators to moonlight; Ambulance deficit prompts review
Mar 4 1988 Winnipeg Sun - Rally slams "meager" ambulance grants; Workers protest funding levels for ambulances
Mar 8 1988 Neepawa Press - Ambulance drivers rally for increased funding
Mar 23 1988 Winnipeg Free Press - Ambulance fees rate equal billing with death
June 28 1988 Hospital rejects shaming ambulance fee debtors
July 1988 CESN - Government intervention necessary to save Manitoba ambulance system
Oct 9 1988 Winnipeg Free Press - Ambulance fee rejected
Oct 16 1988 Winnipeg Free Press - Doubled ambulance funds sought
Oct 17 1988 Brandon Sun - Province faces "something terrible" unless ambulance funding doubles
Oct 21 1988 Winnipeg Free Press - Air ambulance deal reached
Nov 5 1988 Winnipeg Free Press - Churchill councilor takes wheel, ends crisis
Jan 16 1989 Winnipeg Free Press - Ambulance crisis places lives at risk
Mar 25 1989 Brandon Sun - Increased ambulance grant "great news"
Aug 19 1989 Brandon Sun - Volunteer shortage plagues area ambulance
Nov 1989 Russell ambulance service could be in jeopardy
Mar 21 1990 New ambulance to be next arrival at Carberry hospital
Mar 22 1990 Neepawa Banner - Neepawa ambulance committee gets new ambulance
Sep 4 1990 Neepawa Press - Neepawa's basic life saving service first priority
Feb 26 1992 Winnipeg Free Press - Ambulance team skips resuscitation step; Ambulance staff called overworked
Mar 30 1992 Winnipeg Sun - Paramedics get support of Winnipeggers; Paramedics loss would be deadly, city woman warns
Mar 31 1992 Winnipeg Sun - Paramedics won't withdraw advanced life-saving services
Aug 15 1992 Winnipeg Sun - Paramedics in fiscal crisis; "Scaled-down" paramedic program may get $$
Aug 15 1992 Winnipeg Free Press - Rural paramedic plan weighed
Mar 30 1993 Brandon Sun - Rural patients shouldn't have to pay cost of long expensive ambulance trips
Aug 23 1993 Selkirk ambulance workers moonlight to pay for training
Oct 15 1993 Winnipeg Free Press - Lack of training a bitter burden - rural ambulance volunteers want skills
Oct 20 1993 Portage Daily Graphic - Rural ambulance workers demand better training; MacGregor ambulance workers win prestigious competition
Nov 3 1994 Brandon Sun - Birtle ambulance hit
Nov 15 1994 Brandon Sun - "Bargain basement price" for ambulance ride history
Dec 4 1994 Brandon Sunday - The cry in rural Manitoba is for...911; City set to be emergency hub
Dec 5 1994 Brandon Sun - Rural officials want 911
Dec 21 1994 Brandon Sun - Ambulance need near crisis
Mar 2 1995 Portage Daily Graphic - Too many ambulances: doctors
June 12 1995 Neepawa Banner - Forsman received Exemplary Service Medal
July 29 1995 Winnipeg Sun - Beausejour ambulance volunteers die in line of duty
Aug 8 1995 Winnipeg Sun - Lobby group wants fire and ambulance blended
Nov 4 1995 Saturday Free Press - Emergency service in crisis
Jan 12 1996 Sunday Free Press - Get-well ride costs senior $755
May 23 1996 Winnipeg Free Press - Help is on the way - again
Jun 8 1996 Sunday Free Press - Ambulance workers deserve pat on back; Paramedics more than drivers
Sep 10 1996 Minnedosa Tribune - Ambulance wait "Appalling"
Sep 30 1996 Winnipeg Sun - Turf war predicted if fire, ambulance departments unite
Nov 24 1996 Sunday Free Press - Ambulance driver blamed for injury
Jun 24 1996 Brandon Sun - Volunteer ambulance attendants save lives
Jan 15 1998 Winnipeg Free Press - Critical rural patients paying hundreds to transfer hospitals
Jan 21 1998 Winnipeg Free Press - Paramedics honored for snow ambulance
Jan 24 1998 Sunday Free Press - Ambulance service in critical condition: paramedics
Jan 26 1998 Neepawa Press - Medical director touts ambulance fee changes to benefit rural Manitobans; Ambulance coverage proposed
Feb 5 1998 Winnipeg Free Press - NDP calls EMS funding a crisis
May 6 1998 Brandon Sun - Melita's ambulance crew on critical list
May 7 1998 Brandon Sun - Hats off to ambulance, fire volunteers
Jun 2 1998 Brandon Sun - Paid ambulance services replacing volunteer staff
Jun 9 1998 Swan River Star - Ambulance garage is put on hold
July 4 1998 Neepawa Banner - 911 emergency response system comes to Neepawa
July 20 1998 Carberry News - 911 call raises concerns
July 28 1998 Swan River Star - New ambulance is on the road
Sept 14 1988 Carberry News - Ambulance drivers urgently needed!
Oct 24 1998 Neepawa Banner - Erickson staff shortage halts ambulance service
Nov 3 1998 Swan River Star - Ambulance service ready for EMS awareness week
Nov 7 1998 Neepawa Banner - Erickson Ambulance Service resumes normal duties
Dec 22 1998 Swan River Star - Ambulance garage confusion
Nov 30 1998 Neepawa Press - Rural, city emergency response times differ
Jan 1 1999 Neepawa Banner - No standby crews available for after hours
Jan 2 1999 Brandon Sun - Money woes have ambulance scaling back
Jan 4 1999 Neepawa Press - Ambulance reducing level of service
Jan 11 1999 Neepawa Press - Marquette lobbying for increased ambulance funding
Jan 14 1999 Winnipeg Free Press - Solutions sought for rural ambulance woes
Jan 16 1999 Neepawa Banner - Health Minister forms ambulance task force
Mar 1 1999 Stonewall Argus - Teulon ambulance levy may double
Mar 4 1999 Brandon Sun - Ambulance attendants resist rate increase
May 8 1999 Neepawa Banner - Ambulance staff raises funds to improve service
May 10 1999 Brandon Sun - Patients will have to wait for trained ambulance crews
May 14 1999 Winnipeg Free Press - Ambulance service cut blamed on underfunding
May 18 1999 Winnipeg Free Press - Paramedics reject city's latest contract offer; How much is a paramedic worth?
May 31 1999 Winnipeg Free Press - Ambulance fee unfair: council
June 6 1999 Brandon Wheat City - Ambulance trip billing just tip of the iceberg
Sep 12 1999 Brandon Wheat City - Ambulance changes raise concern
Sep 14 1999 Winnipeg Free Press - Ambulances in trouble: mayor
Nov 9 1999 Winnipeg Free Press - City eyes $5-a-year ambulance fee hike
Dec 15 1999 Winnipeg Free Press - Patients face rural ambulance crunch; Report calls for more paid staff
Dec 17 1999 Winnipeg Free Press - Mayor gives kudos to paramedic graduates
Dec 20 1999 Neepawa Press - Rural ambulance underfunded: report
Dec 29 1999 Winnipeg Free Press - Rural ambulance consultation promised by NDP
Jan 3 2000 Neepawa Press - Health Minister to address ambulance funding
Jan 19 2000 Winnipeg Sun - Stretcher services fight bans
Feb 9 2000 Winnipeg Free Press - Paramedics to replace ambulance in Transcona
Feb 12 2000 Saturday Free Press - Transcona losing ambulance
Mar 7 2000 Winnipeg Sun - 4 ambulances OK'd to hit road; Decision likely to be overturned; Vote to buy ambulances likely DOA at city hall
Mar 9 2000 Winnipeg Free Press - Ambulance all tied up for 2 hours
Mar 15 2000 Winnipeg Free Press -RMs to lose ambulance, fire service
Mar 18 2000 Winnipeg Sun - Ambulance service in peril
Mar 25 2000 Winnipeg Sun - Rural EMS stretched to limit
Mar 26 2000 Winnipeg Free Press - Bridge saving could buy ambulances; Need an ambulance? Take a number; Critical shortage means city often has "no cars available"
Mar 29 2000 Winnipeg Free Press - EMS system needs more money
Mar 31 2000 Winnipeg Free Press - City paramedics need rural support
Apr 10 2000 Neepawa Press - More funding needed to bring ambulance fees down
May 1 2000 Carberry News - Carberry to lose its backup ambulance?
Jan 22 2003 Brandon Sun - Ambulance fees up
Mar 11 2003 Winnipeg Sun - 911 province wide? Public wrongly thinks so
Mar 15 2003 Winnipeg Sun - 911 troubles "common"
Aug 9 2003 Winnipeg Sun - Paramedics get lift driving through severe weather
Jan 18 2004 Brandon Sun - Ambulance in collision near hospital
Feb 20 2004 Brandon Sun - Highway medicine a sign of the future
Oct 30 2004 Brandon Sun - Ambulance trips free- RHA will cover trips caused by pediatrician shortage
Apr 18 2005 Neepawa Banner - Ambulance service to shrink?
May 9 2005 Neepawa Banner - End of a thirty-year era, Neepawa Ambulance closes, Ron Forman retires; RHA taking over ambulance service in Neepawa
May 16 2005 Neepawa Banner - Opinion on EMS $$$
Aug 28 2005 Brandon Sun - Lack of specialist leaves mom stuck with $808 ambulance bill
Aug 30 2005 Brandon Sun - NDP admits policy "has to be fixed"
Sep 6 2005 Brandon Sun - Manitoba's ambulance crisis
Sep 29 2005 Brandon Sun - Mom must pay bills for ambulance
Oct 6 2005 Brandon Sun - Time to pay up Health Minister; Province hopes to ease rural discrepancies
Oct 11 2005 Winnipeg Sun - Ambulance bill fiasco slammed
Oct 29 2005 Melita New Era - Ambulance drivers needed - Melita
Nov 25 2005 Brandon Sun - Health Minister vows ambulance fee will be scrapped
Dec 12 2005 Neepawa Banner - Tories demand Doer stop off loading ambulance costs
Dec 23 2005 Brandon Sun - Boissevain, Deloraine patients face ambulance transfers - Locals just hope nothing happens
June 20 2006 Brandon Sun - Ambulance fleet upgrade continues
July 3 2006 Neepawa Banner - RHA eyes ambulance facility
July 24 2006 Neepawa Banner - Ambulance warning - Neighbor objects to choice of proposed ambulance property
Sept 16 2006 Brandon Sun - Province boosting ambulance service funding
Oct 12 2006 Brandon Sun - Mayoral candidate vows to push province to keep promise on paying for ambulance trips
Nov 4 2006 Brandon Sun - Fix the ambulance fees
Nov 14 2006 Brandon Sun - Millions in ambulance funding means no more "24 hour rule"; Free ambulance service to go province-wide
Nov 15 2006 Brandon Sun - Patients on hook for previous ambulance bills
Nov 20 2006 Neepawa Press - Time's up for "24-hour rule"
Jan 29 2007 Neepawa Press - Council agrees, ambulance garage should move