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Emergency department was closed over night, after a Monday afternoon announcement by Interior Health

Emergency department was closed over night, after a Monday afternoon announcement by Interior Health

A family doctor from the U.K. working in Sidney, B.C., says his patients might have to find a new physician after his residency application was rejected.

Health Care Landing Program provides incentive to locums to make return visits

Some rural BC mayors are calling on the province to end the vaccine mandate for health workers as a way to get sidelined nurses back on the job.

Province will triple the number of internationally-trained doctors it accepts each years and create a new class associate physician class

Roughly 15,000 healthcare workers and 500 paramedics must be hired this year alone to maintain current patient care and service levels at hospitals across the GTA, says a union representing frontline healthcare workers.

Roughly 15,000 healthcare workers and 500 paramedics must be hired this year alone to maintain current patient care and service levels at hospitals across the GTA, says a union representing frontline healthcare workers.

Roughly 15,000 healthcare workers and 500 paramedics must be hired this year alone to maintain current patient care and service levels at hospitals across the GTA, says a union representing frontline healthcare workers.

Northern Health says Dr. Aremu joins the city after a successful assessment through the Practice Ready Assessment Program. The program, funded by the Doctors of BC and the Ministry of Health, assesses physicians trained outside of Canada for competency to practice and matches them with communities in return for a minimum three-year commitment. Dr. Aremu says he’s “definitely well cut out for Northern BC since I have worked in rural Nigeria for about two decades before immigrating to Canada....