Port McNeill

• Lack of staff forces Saanich hospital to close ER overnight for rest of summer

  The health authority says the closures will ensure doctors, nurses, laboratory technicians and medical imaging staff are available when demand for emergency services peaks.

  Health

  Jul 7, 2023
  
• World’s largest burl in Port McNeill B.C. badly damaged in ‘suspicious’ fire

  A burl is an abnormal swelling on a branch or trunk of a tree that is caused by a disturbance to the wood cells. Some of them can grow very large.

  Crime

  May 18, 2023
  
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• Northern Vancouver Island residents hold rally amid rural health-care staffing issues

  "We are really having the same problem everywhere. We are operating with a skeleton staff,” B.C. Rural Health Network’s executive director said.

  Health

  Mar 11, 2023
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• Island Health, province, and Port Hardy, B.C. doctor seemingly at odds regarding health-service issues

  Dr. Nataros, a doctor based in Port Hardy, has been publicly pushing for physician assistants for the local hospital after months of intermittent closures at the ER department.

  Health

  Feb 10, 2023
• B.C. municipal election 2022: Port McNeill results

  Port McNeill is located on Vancouver Island’s northern coast, about 45 kilometres from Port Hardy.

  Politics

  Sep 18, 2022
• Island Health: 2 ERs on temporary closures due to staffing shortages

  The emergency departments in both Port McNeill and Alert Bay are on temporary closures.

  Health

  Sep 17, 2022
• Port McNeill plans community forum amid latest hospital ER service reduction

  From 7 p.m. Friday to 7 p.m. Saturday, ambulances were being diverted to the Port Hardy emergency room 30 minutes away, but the Port McNeill ER remained open to walk-ins.

  Health

  Jun 5, 2022
• More health-care concerns after nursing shortage temporarily closes Port McNeill ER

  Island Health said it was forced to divert people from Port McNeill to Port Hardy, 30 minutes away, overnight on Friday due to an "unanticipated temporary nursing shortage."

  Health

  May 29, 2022
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• B.C. labour minister now involved in island forestry strike talks, but Liberals say more needed

  B.C. Labour Minister Harry Bains has asked the mediators tasked with finding an end to the six-month forestry strike on Vancouver Island to report to him.

  Dec 22, 2019
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• ‘It’s getting desperate’: Mayor calls on B.C. government to end island forestry strike

  Labour Minister Harry Bains has since met with both sides in the dispute, but is still expressing his hope that a deal can be reached through collective bargaining.

  Canada

  Dec 20, 2019