There will be no emergency medical services available in Alert Bay, B.C., this long weekend.
Health authorities on Vancouver Island say the Cormorant Island Community Health Centre (CIHC) will remain closed due to a staff shortage from 7 p.m. Thursday until 8 a.m. Tuesday.
North Island residents gathered in Port McNeill Saturday morning to show their support for health-care workers and voice their frustration with the provincial government s response to staff shortages in the region.