The strain on the health-care system in northern B.C. is extreme, with new numbers showing demand for nurses especially is far beyond supply. The crunch is leaving patients without access to basic services and waiting years for surgeries.

BC First Nations seek funding for Indigenous-led essential services
Nits’ilʔin of Xeni Gwet’in Roger William (right) listed three actions to address the toxic drug crisis in Tsilhqot’in communities. To his left are Sierra William,