The re-drawn map of health care in British Columbia and where Prince George Regional Hospital fits on that map will be unveiled before Christmas, says the minister of health.
“We are at the final stages of that and expect announcements in the next couple of weeks definitely before Christmas,” health services minister Colin Hansen told the Free Press. “Right now we have a myriad of health authorities around the province … Our goal is to significantly decrease the number of health authorities.”
The current system of health care delivery in B.C. has now fewer than 52 individual authorities. Eleven are health regions, like the Northern Interior Health Region that encompasses Prince George and surrounding communities. That accounts for 50 per cent of the province’s geography, and 90 per cent of its population, says Mr. Hansen. The remaining is taken up by a mixture of 34 community health councils under seven health services societies. The new model, he adds, will
Independent Investigations Office closes file on Burns Lake incident
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The Independent Investigations Office of BC has determined a woman’s injury after a police incident in Burns Lake does not meet the threshold for serious harm.
On December 8, 2020, RCMP responded to a report of an impaired snowmobile operator.
Police located and arrested the operator without incident at a residence on the 4700 block Tchesinkut Road East.
While the RCMP waited at the snowmobile for a tow truck, a woman exited the residence and tried to interfere with the evidence associated with the alleged impairment.
The BCCDC has released their regional Covid-19 data for the week of April 25 to May 1.
The Northwest continues to see a low case count. The Northeastern part of the province is still seeing higher case counts.
Prince Rupert had a single case over this reporting period, Terrace, Kitimat and Smithers all recorded 4 cases each of the virus. Nechako had 9 cases, Burns Lake 3 and upper Skeena had 1.
Fort Nelson recorded 5 cases in the far Northeast, Peace River North had 61 cases, Peace River South had 40 cases and Prince George recorded 26 cases.
Surrey continues to be a hotspot in the province recording 1671 Covid-19 cases. B.C.’s immunization plan continues, you can find all the information regarding getting vaccinated at the government of B.C.’s website.
Northern communities and entrepreneurs will be able to apply for $20 million in grants for local economic development and infrastructure projects.
On Tuesday, federal Government House Leader and Prince George-Peace River Jay Hill announced an additional $20 million from the Community Adjustment Fund will be available through the Northern Development Initiative Trust. In March, Hill and Minister of State for Western Economic Diversification Lynne Yelich announced $10 million in funding would be available through Northern Development.
“The Trust has responded as I knew they would. They could be much more responsive,” Hill said. “These projects will create jobs in the immediate future.”
By delivering the funds through Northern Development, local community leaders are making decisions about which projects to fund, Hill said.
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