Health

BC Conservatives slam BC Provincial Health Officer's safe supply report

PRINCE GEORGE - "Clearly, safe supply and decriminalization have been a huge failure in this province," says John Rustad, Leader of the BC Conservative Party in response to a recent report from BC's P...

Jul 11, 2024

PG Hospice Society offering activity programs

PRINCE GEORGE - The Prince George Hospice Palliative Care Society s delighted to invite you to learn about our new Rec Room Programs, furthering our commitment to expanding hospice services for the co...

Jul 02, 2024

BCEHS urges residents to get ready for warmer weather. But not anytime soon.

PRINCE GEORGE - It's a common scene in Prince George. Puddles everywhere. Thunderstorms. And this weather will not go away any time soon. "We're just dealing with this and we're trying to see when we'...

Jun 18, 2024

New First Nations biobank coming

PRINCE GEORGE - It was back in December of 2017 that Dr. Nadine Caron launched Phase Two of the Biobank at UNBC, which was created in 2015. Rural and indigenous biobanks are extremely rare and that wa...

May 28, 2024

Seventeenth NMP class graduates

PRINCE GEORGE - The Northern Medical Program has graduated its seventeenth set of aspiring doctors. They follow hundreds of predecessorsOne of the graduates is Alex Benny, whose journey has yet to fin...

Apr 18, 2024

Health Minister takes heat over leaked Northern Health memo

PRINCE GEORGE - "Shameful." That's how Health Critic Shirley Bond described the government's response to criticisms around a leaked memo with respect to drug use in hospital settings. "We've been hear...

Apr 04, 2024

Surgical tower costs alarming

PRINCE GEORGE - It has been a project on the books for years, but the bill for the surgical tower has come to attention. The tower would include cardiac care, services for mental health and addictions...

Feb 12, 2024

BC United calls for better healthcare

PRINCE GEORGE - Whether it's emergency room capacity, operating room capacity, capital upgrades, or inadequate staffing, the B.C. United Party says the North has been long ignored by the NDP when it c...

Jan 31, 2024

New Bill targets cancer within firefighting profession

PRINCE GEORGE - Malignant melanoma, mesothelioma, lung cancer, bladder, prostate cancer. That's the tip of the iceberg on the list of cancers firefighters are vastly more prone to getting. Cancers tha...

Jan 05, 2024

Surgical Tower coming, says Minister

PRINCE GEORGE - The operating rooms at University Hospital of Northern B.C. were built in the 1980s and are far too inadequate to meet modern technological needs. Nor can a cancer patient get somethin...

Jan 04, 2024