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A journey of remembrance
March 12, 2025 (La version française suit l'anglais) (12-03-2025) This is the first in a series of stories about Paul Carson’s journey with the Canadian Paramedic Memorial Bell to visit the sites where paramedics died in the line of duty, where they are remembered,...
Indigenous voices/ Voix autochtones
La version française suit l'anglais My work with the Canadian Paramedic Memorial Foundation (CPMF) has included collaborating with First Nations Paramedics des Premières Nations’ Robert Bonspiel to include multiple indigenous languages in our communications about the...
We need your help / On a besoin de votre aide
(04-02-2025) We finally have a beautiful site to call our own. Now it's time to build the monument. The Canadian Paramedic Memorial Foundation is raising funds to build a National Paramedic Monument in Ottawa. Here’s how you can help: 👉 Donate $50 or more to receive a...
Site approved for new national monument to honour paramedics
(OTTAWA ON) --The site for a new national monument which will honour paramedics, celebrate our profession and mourn those who have lost their lives in service to Canada and Canadians, has been approved in Commissioner’s Park facing Dow’s Lake in Ottawa. The National...
Hoping the monument will be her legacy
Catherine du Puy’s pathway to the paramedic profession began when she contracted mononucleosis at the end of her second year of university. At the time she became ill, Catherine’s career goal was to become a secondary school teacher. She put school on hold and focused...
Remembering Christopher Snowball
When I posted the Canadian Paramedic Memorial Foundation’s Christmas message on our Facebook page, there was a comment from John Snowball. “My Son Christopher Snowball lived for Christmas with his family and now has a grandson he will never meet and a daughter...