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'Enhancing access;' Ashcroft Hospital is now an urgent primary care centre

A new urgent and primary care centre has opened in Ashcroft, inside the building formerly known as the Ashcroft Hospital and Community Healthcare...

Staffing limitations force overnight closures of emergency room in Ashcroft, IH says

The emergency room at Ashcroft Hospital will close a number of times this weekend due to staffing limitations, Interior Health says. In a news release...

BC NDP promise Ashcroft Hospital will become 24/7 if re-elected

John Horgan has promised to make the Ashcroft Hospital a 24/7 operation if re-elected. The hospital often closes due to a lack of staff and shuts down...

Ashcroft Hospital's emergency department closed this weekend due to staffing shortage, IH says

Those looking for overnight emergency medical care in the Ashcroft area will be out of luck this weekend. According to Interior Health, the emergency...

Ashcroft Hospital's emergency department closed this weekend due to staffing shortage, IH says

The emergency department at Ashcroft Hospital will be closed this weekend due to staffing shortages, Interior Health says. According to a bulletin...

Ashcroft hospital closes emergency department overnight Saturday and Sunday

Interior Health is advising residents of a temporary change to the emergency department hours at the Ashcroft and Community Health Care Centre this...

Weekend closures at Ashcroft emergency department due to staffing issues, IH says

The emergency department at Ashcroft Hospital will be closed for part of this weekend due to staffing shortages, Interior Health says. According to a...

ER closures this weekend in Ashcroft, Clearwater

UPDATE 7 p.m. The emergency department at Dr. Helmcken Memorial Hospital will be closed yet again on Saturday night. The ER will be closed from 6 p.m....

Emergency department in Ashcroft closed for weekend

Interior Health has announced the emergency department at the Ashcroft Hospital and Community Health Care Centre will be closed this weekend. The...

Ashcroft emergency department temporary closure Sunday night

The Ashcroft Hospital and Community Health Care Centre has closed the emergency department Sunday night due to limited staffing availability. The...

Ashcroft emergency department closed until Sunday due to staffing issue

The emergency department at Ashcroft Hospital and Community Health Care Centre is closed this weekend due to limited staff availability. According to...

Ashcroft Hospital emergency department will be closed tonight

Ashcroft emergency services petition has 2,000 signatures

Ashcroft emergency department closed overnight this weekend

Interior Health looking to hire more help as Ashcroft emergency department closes again

Ashcroft's emergency department will close for 12 hours later this week

Ashcroft emergency department to close for eight hours on Jan. 28

The Emergency Department in Ashcroft will close again this weekend

Fighting to save ER

A petition to save emergency services at Ashcroft Hospital and Community Health Care Centre has received 2,000 signatures from local residents. The...

Healthcare workers hired for positions in Ashcroft, Lytton, IH says

Interior Health says nearly all staff positions have been filled at Ashcroft’s Urgent and Primary Care Centre, a new facility operating inside...

Clearwater and Ashcroft emergency departments closed Friday night, due to staffing shortages

UPDATE: 4:24 p.m. The Ashcroft Emergency Department will be closed Friday night due to limited staffing. According to a news release from Interior...

Staffing limitations force closure of Ashcroft Urgent and Primary Care Centre

The Ashcroft Urgent and Primary Care Centre will see a temporary change in hours this weekend due to staffing limitations, Interior Health says....

Vanderhoof man killed in Canada Day collision near Ashcroft

A two-vehicle collision south of Ashcroft on Canada Day resulted in the death of a 51-year-old man from Vanderhoof. In a news release, police say the...

Ashcroft RCMP say vehicle struck by train, driver walked away

Ashcroft RCMP are investigating after a train collided with a vehicle Thursday and the driver walked away with non-life-threatening injuries. The man...

Fatal crash near Ashcroft

Two semi-trailers crashed into each other on Highway 1 this afternoon claiming one life. The driver of the northbound semi was killed at the junction...

Ashcroft RCMP investigate after driver hit by train, survives

Four-year-old boy assaulted at Ashcroft soccer tournament: RCMP

Ashcroft emergency services closed for two nights over May long weekend

Ashcroft emergency department will be closed tonight

IH: emergency statement

Interior Health CEO Chris Mazurkewich has issued the following statement on the B.C. wildfire crisis and IH's response to keep patients safe:...

Interior Health announces more emergency room closures

More hospital emergency department closures in B.C. Interior Interior Health has announced the Ashcroft emergency department will be closed this...

4-year-old boy assaulted

RCMP are investigating an assault on a four-year-old boy who was taken to hospital with serious injuries. Police say a woman reported to an off-duty...

IH moves patients, long-term care residents from Merritt facilities

UPDATE: 5:01 p.m. With the Coldwater River surging, Interior Health is moving hospital patients and long-term care facility residents out of Merritt...

Logan Lake, Ashcroft residents warned of looming shortage of X-ray technologists

Residents in two Kamloops-area communities are being told they may have to travel further for X-rays in the coming months due to staffing shortages....

Kamloops Mounties surround Ashcroft apartment building, arrest man after threats to police

An Ashcroft man was arrested Wednesday night after allegedly threatening police. Kamloops Mounties were called just before 10 p.m.with “a threat...

Highway crash kills 2

Two people have lost their lives after a head-on crash near Ashcroft. The two-vehicle crash happened Tuesday evening on the Trans-Canada Highway near...

Interior Health makes temporary cuts in rural locations due to staffing shortage

Omicron-related staffing challenges have forced Interior Health to make a number of temporary service cuts, as healthcare workers call in sick at...

Interior Health seeking clinical staff to fill in at local care homes

The healthcare staffing shortage across Interior Health is also impacting Central Okanagan long-term care homes. In a June 17 internal memo to all...

BC Nurses' Union discusses staffing shortage with members

Representatives of the BC Nurses' Union are in Cranbrook Thursday discussing staffing shortages at East Kootenay Regional Hospital. The region is...

Campaigns in crisis mode as B.C. mayors pivot from parks and potholes to big picture

When Merlin Blackwell ran for mayor four years ago in the small community of Clearwater in British Columbia's North Thompson River valley, the...