Environment and Climate Change Canada has issued heat warnings for the BC Peace River and Fort Nelson regions. Daytime high temperatures in the 30’s combined with overnight lows in the mid-teens are expected from Sunday, through next week. More details on the alert are available here.
The Province has not declared an extreme heat emergency for these regions.
With elevated temperatures, the risk of heat-related illness increases.
Environment and Climate Change Canada has issued heat warnings for the North Coast-inland, including Terrace and Kitimat. Daytime high temperatures near 30 degrees Celsius combined with overnight lows near 13 degrees are expected from Saturday until Tuesday night.
The Province has not declared an extreme heat emergency for this region.
With elevated temperatures, the risk of heat-related illness increases.
Fort Nelson General Hospital has resumed outpatient laboratory and medical imaging services, as the process of returning to full operations continues following the Parker Lake wildfire evacuation.
Northern Health has been taking a phased approach to restarting services at Fort Nelson Hospital since Monday’s lifting of the evacuation order by Northern Rockies Regional Municipality and Fort Nelson First Nation. The first of those services was the Emergency Department, which reopened on Monday, May 28.
Northern Health is issuing an overdose advisory for Dawson Creek due to an increase in drug poisoning/overdose events. These overdoses may be associated with smoking a substance sold as heroin with crystals in it.
Emergency department services at Fort Nelson General Hospital are resuming on Monday, May 27, as community members begin to return following the Parker Lake wildfire evacuation.
Fort Nelson General Hospital has been safely evacuated and patients relocated to Northern Health facilities in Fort St. John and Dawson Creek. Fort Nelson General Hospital is currently closed, and staff have also safely left the community due to the Parker Lake wildfire evacuation order for the Northern Rockies Regional Municipality.
Fort Nelson and area residents are advised that Fort Nelson General Hospital is closed effective immediately, due to the expanded evacuation orders resulting from wildfire activity in the region.
Northern Health is issuing an overdose advisory for the community of Quesnel due to an increase in drug poisoning/overdose events.
Take care, drugs move throughout the North, please share this alert widely. We have included safety recommendations below.
