Cassandra Lee is getting ready to pack up her home and family to move more than 3,200 kilometres across the Canada-U.S. border, in search of more "support" and "stability." She’s one of more than 400 health-care professionals from the U.S. that have accepted jobs in B.C. LISTEN | Why Cassandra Lee is moving to Nanaimo: All Points West 12:15 Kentucky nurse practitioner explains why she is moving to Nanaimo 414 American health-care workers have accepted jobs in British Columbia over the past year. She lives in Kentucky but she'll soon be living and working in Nanaimo, where she has accepted a job as a nurse practitioner. Having visited Vancouver Island several times, she feels like Nanaimo will be a great fit for her and her son.

Source: CBC News March 23, 2026 07:11 UTC