Recent History – 1999 April 9, 1999 In 1974, the province decided that Resource Boards to manage the contracted social services of the community would not be continued. A group of community members, headed by Sheila Welsh believed that communities should have input into social service spending in their area. A Board of Directors was… Read More

Recent History – 1999 May 11, 1999, By Mark Nielsen, Daily News Staff Patients will be able to turn to the Internet to find shorter wait lists for surgical procedures. Health Minister Penny Priddy announced Friday that a new web site will be established that will provide patients and doctors with wait times for specialists across… Read More

Recent History – 1999 Aug. 13, 1999, By Kelly Henschel, Daily News Staff It’s very difficult to feed a person on only $1.10 per plate. However, that’s about all the current budget allows for the meal program at the On Our Own Drop-In Centre in Dawson Creek. The centre has been in operation for five years… Read More

Recent History – 1999 Sept. 30, 1999, By Charity Wallace, Daily News Staff Dawson Creek Physiotherapy Clinic is currently the number one clinic in the province for Work Conditioning. The clinic received the award from the Workers Compensation Board after an Angus Reid survey ranked them first out of 70 clinics working with the WCB program…. Read More

Recent History – 1999 Nov. 8, 1999, By Mark Nielsen, Daily News Staff Signs of both encouragement and concern about the prevalence of drugs and alcohol amongst South Peace youth have been unveiled in a recently-completed survey. The number of youths 12 and under who answered yes when asked if they’ve ever used drugs or alcohol… Read More

Recent History – 1999 Dec. 16, 1999, By Mark Nielsen, Daily News Staff Health care in the South Peace will face some big challenges over the next few years unless the provincial government makes some major changes according to South Peace Health Council (SPHC) chief executive officer Rick Robinson. Responding to a highly-critical report about health… Read More

Recent History – 2000 Feb. 2, 2000, By Mark Nielsen, Daily News Staff The South Peace Health Council (SPHC) is planning to make some major changes to the food service operation as part of the new Rotary Manor.The SPHC will be asking the Ministry of Health to consolidate the service at the site, currently spread between… Read More

Recent History – 2000 March 9, 2000, By Mark Nielsen, Daily News Staff The Dawson Creek and District Hospital is in line to get a new computerized tomography (CT) scanner within the next one to three years. Sheila Barnes, director of development for the Dawson Creek and District Hospital Foundation, said Tuesday that the hospital is… Read More

Recent History – 2000 March 14, 2000, By Christine Podmore, Daily News Staff March is Epilepsy Month across Canada and Dawson Creek’s epilepsy counsellor Bob Clapp is striving to educate the public of the neurological disorder. There are 20,000 people in northern Alberta, northern B.C., and the N.W.T. with epilepsy, which translates to more cases than… Read More

Recent History – 2000 June 22, 2000 DAWSON CREEK — Dawson Creek and District Hospital may repeat a popular on-site operating room training program to ease a continuing hospital nursing shortage. And the program, sponsored by a joint labour-management health agency, may be broadened to include registered nurses from other hospitals according to South Peace… Read More