STARS in Manitoba ?? As far as I know we do not have , unless brought in from different provinces during floods or other emergencies etc.
Maybe Govt will bring a permanent unit here ..... they had been talking about it. It took a lot of debate just to get one surveillance helicopter for the Winnipeg Police.
Link to a Government news letter from 2011 (STARS - flood)
Province of Manitoba | News Releases | STARS Air Ambulance Helicopter Returns to Manitoba for 2011 Flood Season
On a side note a STARS (from out of province) happened to be stationed here in 2006 and saved the life of a 5 year old boy trapped in a culvert full of water.
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Edit ... to my surprise I see the following in todays news :
Manitoba is a little safer now that it's reached for the STARS. On Wednesday, the province formally signed a 10-year deal with the Alberta-based Shock Trauma Air Rescue Society, which will provide a shiny red helicopter ambulance with paramedics and nurses ready to fly to folks in need.
STARS has already been here full-time since last spring, and Health Department experts credit it with saving 50 lives in that time. "Today is a historic moment for emergency care (in Manitoba)," Health Minister Theresa Oswald said at a ceremony on West Hangar Road attended by STARS executives, more than a dozen blue-uniformed STARS pilots, paramedics and nurses and their families.
The province first made use of the non-profit service during the 2009 flood, and it quickly proved its life-saving potential.
STARS align for air rescue - Winnipeg Free Press ...
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just goes to show that PPrune gets the news before the locals.