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Bow Island ED extending hours for long weekend

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BOW ISLAND – The Bow Island Health Centre emergency department (ED) will open at 7 a.m. on Friday, May 16, and remain open until 7 a.m. on Tuesday, May 20, thanks to locum coverage over the May long weekend. There is still an ongoing clinical personnel shortage and an inability to secure regular and consistent coverage during the remainder of the week. The ED will resume… Read More »

Grade 10 student at Senator Gershaw to receive post-secondary certificateBy Samantha Johnson Prairie Rose Public Schools Content Writer

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