Half a century of saving lives

Update: 2025-07-30

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It didn't take much for Michael Sanderson to get his credentials to become a paramedic back in the 1970s. But for the 50-plus years since, the chief of Hamilton's paramedic service has been saving lives and seeing it all.

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Half a century of saving lives