In recognition of the high fuel costs, the province is providing a one-time subsidy of $2.85-million to ambulance operators. A news release from the government states that it is also providing $218,000 to Northern Medical Taxi providers in this fiscal year to help with the costs from travelling long distances to transport patients.

Steven Skoworodko, President of Paramedic Services Chiefs of Saskatchewan, says, “This increase of funding will help ambulance services across the province with the ever increasing costs of providing emergency medical care to the residents of Saskatchewan.”

There are 105 ground ambulance services in 108 communites in this province, and in 2021-22, ambulance operators responded to more than 171,000 calls for service and travelled well over 13-million kilometres. Northern Medical Taxi provided 2,709 trips and travelled almost 1.5-million kilometers.