B.C.’s health minister says 24 ambulance stations in rural communities like Ashcroft, Barriere, Lillooet, Sicamous, and Clearwater will transition from on-call staffing to 24-hour service. There will also be eight new paramedics added to the City of Kamloops, part of 85 such positions meant for larger, urban communities. Troy Clifford is the president of the Ambulance Paramedics of BC and spoke to the announcement.