The struggle to obtain medical and nursing help for pioneer communities in the north, even as late as the 1930’s, was one of determined effort and personal sacrifice on the part of the community, the nurses and staff and the doctors. This well-researched account by Kathy Hoskin tells of one of the first hospitals to… Read More

Recent History – 1998 By Mark Nielsen, Daily News Staff, July 14, 1998 Local resident Jim Bacon had the honor on Monday of becoming the first patient ever to undergo a CT scan at the Dawson Creek and District Hospital. What made him really happy, however, was the fact that he will no longer have… Read More

Recent History – 1998 By Alethea Wiesner, Daily News Staff, Dec. 11, 1998 A $43,000 donation from the B.C. Tuberculosis Veterans Association has purchased of a state-of-the-art ventilator for the Dawson Creek hospital. This doubles the number of ventilators at the hospital to two, the last one purchased in the 1960’s. The second machine helps… Read More

Recent History – 1998 By Daily News Staff, Dec. 29, 1998 The Chetwynd General Hospital received a Christmas present from provincial Health Minister Penny Priddy last week. Priddy announced a $907,779 upgrade intended to allow seniors receiving extended care to remain in their community even as their health care needs change. “This project affirms our… Read More

Recent History – 1998 By Mark Nielsen, Daily News Staff Provincial Health Minister Penny Priddy appointed two new people to the South Peace Health Council (SPHC) on Wednesday. George Caisley and Isabelle Friesen, both of Dawson Creek, will join 10 others who were reappointed by Priddy. SPHC chair Sheila Barnes said both Caisley and Friesen… Read More

Recent History – 1998 By Mark Nielsen, Daily News Staff, Jan. 4, 1999 Provincial Health Minister Penny Priddy appointed two new people to the South Peace Health Council (SPHC) on Wednesday. George Caisley and Isabelle Friesen, both of Dawson Creek, will join 10 others who were reappointed by Priddy. SPHC chair Sheila Barnes said both… Read More

Recent History – 1999 Jan. 11, 1999, By Mike Leschart, Daily News Staff Three new magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) units in Alberta hospitals should see the province’s dangerously long waiting list shrink — along with allowing Peace patients to have scans done locally. Hospitals in Lethbridge, Red Deer and Grande Prairie have received $1 million… Read More

Recent History – 1999Jan. 11, 1999, By Mark Nielsen, Daily News Staff The South Peace Health Council (SPHC) wants to build a 30-unit seniors independent housing project on the same land where the new Rotary Manor will be constructed. But whether or not SPHC can get enough funding from B.C. Housing for the $3.5 million… Read More

Recent History – 1999Feb. 15, 1999, By Mike Leschart, Daily News Staff The Dawson Creek and District Hospital will suspend its beleaguered orthopedic program for three months, the South Peace Health Council announced today. Provincial under-funding has the program running about $400,000 to $500,000 short or about 50 per cent of what it needs. Because of… Read More

Recent History – 1999Feb. 18, 1999 Fay Olichny has been a resident and businesswoman in Dawson Creek for the last 37 years. She is the mother of three grown children and now has three grandchildren who are a joy in her life. In 1997, Fay was looking for something new and interesting to do with… Read More