Santa whirled into town to the whine of a helicopter’s turbine and whoosh of rotor wash, instead of the jingle of bells and the clop of reindeer hooves, for his visit to Nanaimo Regional General Hospital.
The jolly old elf stabled his reindeer once again to make his annual trip aboard one of B.C. Emergency Health Services’ Helijet air ambulances to cheer up sick children who are spending their Christmas holidays in hospital.
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