‘All options were considered’: Construction forces cancellation of Ribfest in Ontario town

The night Zachary Green responded to the call that sidelined him for six months with post-traumatic stress, he was asked if he wanted to finish his shift. It was May 2021, and he had just witnessed the death of a child. Green chose to go home but found his deputy commander’s question “ridiculous.” Most paramedic services pull staff from duty, which “is how it should be.” Instead, there was the expectation he would keep working. “This call is going to stick with me for the rest of my career,” he says. “You shouldn’t be going back to the ambulance after something traumatic.” That choice,...