Northern Health reports new measles exposures in Fort St. John

FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. — The region’s health authority is reporting four new locations where measles was present in Fort St. John.

In a Facebook post on Tuesday, November 18th at 4:54 p.m., Northern Health outlined the exposure locations between Wednesday, November 12th and Saturday, November 15th:

• Olympus Cards And Collectibles, 9129 96a Street, from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. on November 12th.
• Walmart Supercentre, 9007 96a Street, from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. on November 14th.
• North Peace Leisure Pool, 9505 100th Street, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. on November 14th.
• Fort St. John Hospital emergency room from 6:15 p.m. on November 14th to 2:35 a.m on November 15th.

This comes soon after a range of other measles exposure warnings around Fort St. John:

• The Fort St. John Hospital emergency room from 8:08 p.m. to 1:10 a.m. on October 26th to 27th.
• Beem Credit Union, 10344 100th Street, from 9:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. on October 27th.
• Scotiabank, 9910 100th Street, from 9:45 a.m. to 12 p.m. on October 27th.
• Humpty’s Big Plate Diner, 11724 Alaska Road North, from 10 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. on October 27th.
• No Frills, 9831 98A Avenue, from 11:25 a.m. to 1:40 p.m.​ on October 27th.
• Packaging Depot Fort St. John, 6419 B Airport Road, 11:30 a.m. to 1:40 p.m. on October 27th.
• Mama Panda, 9608 100th Street, from 6 p.m. to 9:55 p.m. on October 27th.
• The Fort St. John Hospital emergency room from 7:45 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. on October 29th.
• The Fort St. John Hospital emergency room from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on October 30th.
• The Fort St. John Curling Club from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. on November 2nd.
• Fort St. John’s Ecole Central Elementary School from November 5th to 7th. 
• Fort St. John Hospital emergency room from 7:10 p.m. to 11 p.m. on November 4th.
• Fort St. John Hospital emergency room from midnight to 1 a.m. on November 5th. 

Northern Health warned anyone who was in these areas to monitor for the symptoms of measles.

Symptoms of the disease include coughing, runny nose, fever and red and inflamed eyes that are sensitive to light.

A rash may also appear on the face and neck before spreading to the torso. People who have been exposed to measles are infectious even before symptoms form, and measles can easily spread via air droplets created when an infected person coughs, sneezes or breathes.

According to the BC Centre for Disease Control’s (BCCDC) latest case count, there have been 343 confirmed cases in the province in 2025, with about 75 per cent of those in the Northern Health region.

Anyone who thinks they may have measles is urged to contact their primary care provider to get tested, because the virus can be a dangerous illness for vulnerable people, including pregnant women, infants and the unvaccinated.

For more information on measles, exposure locations and how to stop the spread of the disease, visit the BCCDC’s website.

To stay up to date with the outbreak in northeast B.C., read Energeticcity.ca’s measles coverage here.