For the third time this month, the emergency room at Nicola Valley Hospital in Merritt is closed due to what Interior Health is calling an “unexpected physician vacancy.” As Travis Prasad reports, residents are fed up and are demanding an explanation.

Concern out-of-town patients receiving Vancouver medical care won’t find accommodations during the World Cup
By Shannon Paterson Published: October 20, 2025 at 8:38PM EDT When Jacqueline Podewils learned her mother had reached the top of the waitlist for a life-saving double


