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Auscandoc @[email protected] · 2026-02-26 · 20:25 UTC

#FortStJohn seniors worry over delayed long-term care home expansion | CBC News https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/fort-st-john-seniors-worry-care-home-delays-9.7105219 “Little says the number of people waiting for long-term care has increased 200% over the last decade, while the average wait time for a bed increased to 290 days” #RuralHealth #BCPoli #BCHealthcare #NorthernHealth

#fortstjohn #ruralhealth #bcpoli #bchealthcare #northernhealth

Auscandoc @[email protected] · 2025-04-15 · 00:50 UTC

B.C. extends #PRRI for #healthcareworkers until June 2025 https://energeticcity.ca/2025/04/11/province-extends-rural-recruitment-retention-incentives-for-healthcare-workers/ “financial incentive program offering nurses up to $8,000 a year to work in rural communities like #FortStJohn and #DawsonCreek is being extended until the summer.

The B.C. Ministry of Health is extending its Provincial Rural Retention Incentive (PRRI) until June 30th while staff assess the program’s effectiveness and determine the scope of the initiative for the coming year.”

#prri #healthcareworkers #fortstjohn #dawsoncreek

Kikadee @[email protected] · 2024-10-17 · 20:26 UTC

Okay, this blue bull-moose kicks ass on the previous blue bull-moose. This similar-but-different #stationery from 1964 features the #letterhead of John L. R. Ardill, Class “A” Guide and Outfitter. [ #FarrellCreek #FortStJohn #BC ]

#BCArchives #history #histodons #GraphicDesign #hunting #FortSaintJohn #moose

#moose #fortsaintjohn #hunting #graphicdesign #histodons #history

Auscandoc @[email protected] · 2024-10-02 · 18:53 UTC

Northeast B.C. hospitals see significant drop in monthly #EmergencyRoom diversions https://energeticcity.ca/2024/10/01/northeast-b-c-hospitals-see-significant-drop-in-monthly-emergency-room-diversions/ “Hospitals in #NortheastBC. saw a substantial decrease in hospital diversion in September compared to previous months.

In total, #NorthernHealth facilities throughout the region were closed for at least 51.5 hours during the month of September.

#FortStJohn closed for a total of 25 hours and #Chetwynd closed for at least 26.5 hours.”

#emergencyroom #northeastbc #northernhealth #fortstjohn #chetwynd

Auscandoc @[email protected] · 2024-07-30 · 17:18 UTC

Rallies call attention to ER closures plaguing northern B.C. | CBC News https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/er-closures-bc-july-1.7279473

“Protesters in #northeasternBC. this week are calling on the province to stop persistent #ERclosures, something that the health minister says is a big priority for his government.

Earlier this month, #FortStJohn Hospital was closed for five nights in one week. It is the largest city in northeast B.C. and has 28,000 residents. (1/2)

#northeasternbc #erclosures #fortstjohn

Auscandoc @[email protected] · 2024-07-16 · 17:04 UTC

Three of the regions four biggest hospitals go on diversion at the same time https://www.cjdctv.com/healthcare-crisis-worsens-as-three-of-the-regions-four-biggest-hospitals-go-on-diversion-at-the-same-time-1.6965011 https://www.cjdctv.com/mobile/healthcare-crisis-worsens-as-three-of-the-regions-four-biggest-hospitals-go-on-diversion-at-the-same-time-1.6965011 “It's an ongoing situation many across the Peace Region have come to expect-- hospital emergency department diversions over the weekend leaving residents in Fort St. John, #Chetwynd, and #FortNelson frustrated.

In #FortStJohn, the hospital was on diversion overnight Friday, Saturday and Sunday #NorthernHealth attributing the closure to an ongoing shortage of doctors”

#chetwynd #fortnelson #fortstjohn #northernhealth

Kikadee @[email protected] · 2024-02-09 · 01:01 UTC

Poetic license in this 1943 #letterhead at #BCArchives: “The Alaska Highway / See, now, of power & conquest / what a destiny is mine! / As a symbol of defiance, lo! the / wilderness I span; / And my beacons burn exultant / as an everlasting sign / Of unending domination, of the mastery of Man!”

#Alaska #Engineering #Muskwa #BC #History #Histodon #Stationery #MasteryofMan #FortStJohn #Fairbanks

#fairbanks #fortstjohn #masteryofman #stationery #histodon #history

PhoenixSerenity @[email protected] · 2023-03-18 · 23:34 UTC

A #BritishColumbia #MassageTherapist who #refused to treat a #client because they were a #Muslim and they have a "bad reputation for raping and killing" has lost the first round of a #HumanRights complaint.
According to a March 8 #BCHumanRightsTribunal decision, Majid Shahadat booked a lymphatic massage treatment with the #NorthernSchoolOfMassage in 2019.