June 2025

“Courtney Howard, an emergency physician at Stanton Hospital in Yellowknife and president of the Northwest Territories Medical Association, says climate change is already disrupting healthcare delivery. During the 2023 wildfires, her hospital had to evacuate along with the entire city — something she believes will happen more often in the future.”

“This is simply unacceptable for a level 3 trauma centre,” said Dr. Courtney Howard, an emergency room physician in Yellowknife and the president of the medical association — in part, she said, because Stanton serves the entire territory, is a hub for a “structurally disadvantaged population” and has agreements to provide a standard of care to the Kitikmeot region of Nunavut as well.