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Cariboo region emergency department closures & healthcare access

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Coverage of recurring emergency-room closures and healthcare staffing shortages across the Cariboo region, including 100 Mile House, Williams Lake, and related Interior Health service disruptions affecting regional healthcare accessibility.

Coverage Timeline

  1. Jul 18 Clearwater ER faces eighth July closure ↗ CFJC Today details
  2. Jul 16 Merritt emergency department experiences sudden, temporary overnight closure ↗ CFJC Today details
  3. Clearwater, Merritt battle additional overnight ER shutdowns into Thursday ↗ Radio NL details
  4. Clearwater ER to close for seventh time in July ↗ CFJC Today details
  5. Jul 15 Five more closures totalling 89 hours planned for 100 Mile emergency department in coming week ↗ CFJC Today details
  6. District of Clearwater looking into funding medical clinic to aid doctor recruitment ↗ CFJC Today details
  7. Jul 14 Merritt mayor speaks out after ER closure during music festival and major wildfires ↗ CFJC Today details
  8. Jul 13 Two 13 hour daytime closures coming to 100 Mile House ER this week ↗ CFJC Today details
  9. Jul 12 Sixth overnight closure in July coming to Clearwater ER ↗ CFJC Today details
  10. Jul 11 Second July closure at Merritt coinciding with Bass Coast festival ↗ CFJC Today details
  11. Jul 7 Fifth overnight ER closure in past 7 days for Clearwater ↗ CFJC Today details
  12. Jul 6 Interior Health says progress made to address 100 Mile House ER staffing ↗ CFJC Today details
  13. Clearwater ER to close for third consecutive night; fourth in five nights ↗ CFJC Today details
  14. Jul 5 Summer staffing, not job action, cited as three separate ER closures hit around Kamloops ↗ Radio NL details
  15. Jul 4 Emergency room in Merritt’s Nicola Valley Hospital faces 25-hour closure ↗ CFJC Today details
  16. Clearwater ER to face two more closures in under one week ↗ CFJC Today details
  17. Jul 3 Interior Health announces pair of upcoming emergency room closures in 100 Mile House ↗ CFJC Today details
  18. Second 13-hour overnight closure coming to Clearwater ER this week ↗ CFJC Today details
  19. Jun 27 100 Mile House ER to close for 13 hours Sunday ↗ CFJC Today details
  20. Jun 21 Twentieth 100 Mile House ER closure of 2026 to last for three hours ↗ CFJC Today details
  21. Jun 19 Merritt ER shutdown through Friday in first closure of 2026 ↗ Radio NL details
  22. Jun 18 Merritt’s Nicola Valley Hospital faces 25-hour emergency room closure ↗ CFJC Today details
  23. Recruitment efforts underway as Clearwater set to lose 4 physicians by September ↗ CFJC Today details
  24. Jun 4 100 Mile House ER faces 18th closure of 2026 ↗ CFJC Today details

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