Island Health is making an urgent plea to its staff to fill shifts at West Coast General or else patients will be diverted to ...

An intensive care unit that serves all of Vancouver Island’s west coast is closed because of a staffing shortage. The ...

PORT ALBERNI, British Columbia, Nov. 25, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- More than 50 community supporters joined unionized workers ...

The threat from a wildfire that engulfed a mountain in western Canada was downgraded Wednesday, with local officials saying there was "no longer a risk to life and safety" in the area. The Mount ...

A desperate meeting convened at the B.C. Legislature Wednesday, where the union representing laid-off Crofton mill workers, ...

Nearly 20,000 residents of a community in western Canada were on standby Wednesday as a wildfire engulfed a mountain overlooking the city of Port Alberni, the latest area threatened in the country's ...

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Island Health says the intensive care unit (ICU) at West Coast General Hospital in Port Alberni, B.C., has been closed ...