ER closure cancelled at Dawson Creek hospital

Northern Health has cancelled an emergency room closure for the Dawson Creek and District Hospital for the first time this year.

By Caitlin Coombes

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July 11, 2025

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An emergency room closure for the Dawson Creek and District Hospital has been cancelled for the first time in 2025. (Northern Health)

FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. — Northern Health has cancelled a temporary closure of a Peace River region emergency department.

In a July 11th Facebook post at around 8:45 a.m., Northern Health cancelled a 10-hour closure at the Dawson Creek and District Hospital emergency department.

The closure, set to run from 5 a.m. to 3 p.m. today, was originally caused by “staffing challenges.”

According to Northern Health, staffing was arranged and the closure cancelled.

This would have been the first temporary closure of a Northern Health-operated emergency department in the Peace River region, and is the first closure this year to be announced and then cancelled.

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Caitlin Coombes

A newcomer to the Peace region, Caitlin flew from Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, to be the Civic Reporter at Energeticcity.

Wanting to make a career of writing, Caitlin graduated from Carleton University’s School of Journalism and moved to P.E.I. to begin writing for a local newspaper in Charlottetown.

Caitlin has been an avid outdoorswoman for most of her life, skiing, horseback riding and scuba diving around the world.

In her downtime, Caitlin enjoys reading, playing video games, gardening, and cuddling up with her cat by the window to birdwatch.