911 service calls being moved

[Dearth]

Starting tomorrow all 911 calls in B.C. will be transitioned and handled by operators in Vancouver which have many northerners shaking their heads wondering why? I understand the need to centralize services but why Vancouver? A good many lower mainlanders do not understand just how far spread out we are in the north and in a lot of cases the closest emergency services are over an hour away and if the operator in Vancouver does not know that and sends the wrong station call....