Air ambulance organizations in Alberta depend on donations, but charities are suffering after the novel coronavirus pandemic iced the global economy
. Since the pandemic started, roughly 69 per cent of registered charities in Canada with revenue of at least $30,000 a year, excluding religious congregations, report declining revenue, according to a survey conducted by Imagine Canada, which works with charities and non-profit organizations. Revenue is down an average of 30.6 per cent, and 73 per cent of charities in the survey said donations have declined.
Drew Barnes, an outspoken United Conservative Party MLA, represents communities HALO serves. The government, he said, needs to step up. Mr. Barnes added that while STARS can rush to emergencies in his riding of Cypress-Medicine Hat, HALO’s base in Medicine Hat means it can get to locations in southern Alberta faster. He wants the government to shift some of the money it gives STARS to HALO.Story continues below advertisement
Steve Buick, a spokesman for Alberta’s Ministry of Health, said the government instructed AHS to speed up the helicopter ambulance review over the summer. He said STARS is contracted to cover all of Alberta. “HALO supplements STARS in southern Alberta, operating during daylight hours,” he said in a statement.
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