Santa used a B.C. Ambulance Service helicopter to visit children and their families at a number of B.C. hospitals Tuesday, beginning at Victoria General Hospital then heading to Nanaimo Regional General Hospital before making a number of stops on the mainland.
Joining him for his 18th annual pre-Christmas hospital-hopping trip was one of his elves, B.C. Emergency Health Services paramedic Joanna Stefani — a member of the Infant Transport Team — along with Helijet International chief executive Danny Sitnam.
Santa and his friends delivered toys and plenty of holiday joy, while giving his reindeer a rest before their big Christmas flight. He’s expected to visit hospitals in Vancouver, Abbotsford, Surrey, and New Westminster later in the day.
(Source: Times Colonist, Jeff Bell. Photos/Darren Stone)
