Northern Health Connections holiday schedule released

Due to a reduction in demand, Northern Health’s Connections program, providing transportation for clients travelling to non-emergent health services outside their home communities, will run on a modified schedule over the holiday season.

Beginning Tuesday, December 16 the Northern Health Connections buses will begin their last routes for 2014. The regular schedule begins again on January 1, with all routes will fully operational as of January 8, 2015. The call centre will close atnoon on Wednesday, December 24 and reopen on Monday December 29; then will be closed January 1, 2015 and reopen on January 2, 2015.

Last Routes for 2014 are:

Prince George to Vancouver – December 21
Vancouver to Prince George December 23
Prince George to Prince Rupert – December 21
Prince Rupert to Prince George – December 22
Prince George to Fort St John – December 21
Fort St. John to Prince George – December 23
Valemount to Prince George – December 23
McBride, Valemount to Kamloops – December 18
Burns Lake to Terrace – December 18
Fort Nelson to Dawson Creek – December 16
Dawson Creek to Fort Nelson December 18
Prince George to Mackenzie – December 17
Quesnel to Prince George – December 23
Burns Lake to Prince George – December 23

Regular schedule begins:

· Prince George to Prince Rupert – January 2, 2015

· Prince Rupert to Prince George – January 3, 2015

Fort St John to Prince George – January 3, 2015
Prince George to Vancouver – January 1, 2015
Valemount to Prince George – January 6, 2015
McBride, Valemount to Kamloops – January 8, 2015
Burns Lake to Prince George – January 6, 2015
Fort Nelson to Dawson Creek – January 6, 2015
Prince George to Mackenzie – January 7, 2015
Prince George to Quesnel – January 6, 2015

Full details on the Northern Health Connections holiday schedule and more information on the program are available through the Northern Health Connections booking centre at 1-888-647-4997, via e-mail at [email protected] or visit at nhconnections.ca.

(Image courtesy Northern Health).