Shene Catholique-Valpy was nearly seven months pregnant when she learned she wasn’t going to be able to deliver her fourth baby at Yellowknife’s Stanton Territorial Hospital.
In November, the Northwest Territories Health and Social Services Authority announced it would temporarily suspend most services at its obstetrics unit from Dec. 10 to Feb. 21 due to a shortage of staff, and that almost everyone would be transferred to Edmonton to give birth.
The decision was surprising and disappointing for Catholique-Valpy, who lives in Yellowknife. Though pregnant people in smaller N.W.T. communities often travel to give birth, those in Yellowknife traditionally have not had
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