‘That’s not acceptable’: No ambulance service in Stewart, B.C., has mayor demanding answers – CBC

The District of Stewart says the disruption could continue for an ‘undetermined period of time’

Jul 04, 2025

The mayor of a small B.C. town on the Alaska border is sounding the alarm because she says her community doesn’t have access to ambulance service — and she doesn’t know when it’s coming back.

Angela Brand Danuser, the mayor of Stewart, B.C., a district of about 500 people, about 515 kilometres northwest of Prince George, said she found out about the service disruption through “unofficial” channels on Monday.

“Everybody in the community is in the dark on when we have ambulance coverage and when we don’t,” she said.

The community’s two paramedics are currently off work but have not been backfilled, according to Brand Danuser.

The nearest ambulances would be dispatched from Hazelton, about a three-hour drive away, she said.

Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/stewart-bc-ambulance-service-disruption-1.7576790