More support sought for Medicine Hat-based air ambulance service

Mayors and community leaders are calling on the province to provide more funding for a regional helicopter medevac program operating in southern Alberta. HALO, the only dedicated medevac helicopter for southern Alberta and southwestern Saskatchewan, is supported through government grants and public donations. The service's current contract with Alberta Health Services is set to expire next month but officials are looking for $750,000 in additional funding to keep them going until a new contract