Paramedics protest outside city hall

By News Staff

Posted January 24, 2012 9:43 am.

This article is more than 5 years old.

Paramedics and other EMS workers want to be declared an essential service and they held a protest outside city hall to get the attention of Mayor Rob Ford.

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