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UPDATE: More overnight closures for local ERs

More weekend and evening closures have been announced for the long weekend.

Arichat’s Saint Anne Centre Emergency Room will close at 7 p.m. Thursday and will re-open Friday at 7 a.m.

The Strait Richmond Hospital ER in Evanston will be closed Saturday at 7 a.m. and will remain closed until Monday at 8 a.m.

Guysborough Memorial Hospital’s Emergency Room will be closed overnight from Saturday at 4 p.m. until Sunday at 8 a.m.

The Victoria County Memorial Hospital ER in Baddeck will be closed overnight for the long weekend.

The closures start Friday afternoon and last until Tuesday morning.

They run from 4 p.m. until 8 a.m., except Saturday when the ER closes an hour later at 5 p.m.

The closures are due to staff unavailability.

For emergency services you can call 911 or go to the nearest open emergency department.

For non-emergency advice you can call 811.

  • Kelly MacMillan lives in Port Hawkesbury with her husband and son. She has been part of the team at 101.5 The Hawk for more than 25 years, sharing stories from around the region. You can join her weekdays from 10am until 2pm.

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