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
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
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
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
PRINCE GEORGE - The list of external job postings for Northern Health is lengthy and challenging for the health provider, and the recruitment efforts never end. "We continue to struggle to fill regist...
Jan 04, 2024
PRINCE GEORGE - It was eleven years ago that the Kordyban Lodge began to take shape, offering a total of 18 rooms with 36 beds for people with cancer and their caregivers. It opened its doors to clien...
Dec 21, 2023
PRINCE GEORGE - "We're well within what we call the normal respiratory illness season for influenza right now." That from Dr. Bonnie Henry, as she prefaced her presentation on flu season with that cau...
Dec 11, 2023
PRINCE GEORGE - The Spirit of the North Healthcare Foundation has reached a milestone year with its major funding efforts and is switching things up. The trees are coming into play at the Conference a...
Nov 28, 2023
PRINCE GEORGE - The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at University Hospital of Northern BC has nine rooms and, at any given time, they are occupied with babies in need. "So the neonatal intensive care uni...
Nov 28, 2023
PRINCE GEORGE - The BC Cancer Foundation has launched a $2.2 million fundraising campaign to support a new, cutting-edge international precision radiation clinical trial, which will be led by Dr. Rob ...
Nov 10, 2023