Health

NACI: Provinces should prep to offer 2nd COVID-19 booster shots

OTTAWA - The National Advisory Committee on Immunization says provinces and territories should rapidly prepare to offer fourth doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the coming weeks. The committee says govern...

Apr 05, 2022

VIDEO: 90-year-old Nanaimo gardener takes landscaping to another level

NANAIMO - Maintaining his flawless half acre Nanaimo property offers Leo Katila the gift of being excited to wake up every morning.The 90-year-old's lot is often mistaken for a public park, where a wi...

Apr 04, 2022

50 years later, BGC Central Vancouver Island continually evolves

NANAMO - A heavily leaned on non-profit celebrating 50 years of service has come a long way from a meet up club at a Nanaimo home.BGC Central Vancouver Island (BGCCVI) formally known as the Boys and G...

Mar 31, 2022

'Minutes can count in that situation:' Nanaimo blood packed and ready to go on Island Air Ambulances

NANAIMO - Donated and collected blood is now more readily available for an express flight where it's needed most.A partnership between Island Health and BC Emergency Health Services (BC EHS) is seeing...

Mar 31, 2022

Nanaimo RCMP investigating possible hate crime after assault on LGBTQ+ student

NANAIMO - An investigation is underway following an apparent targeted attack against a local student.Police say a 19-year-old man, attending the Nanaimo campus of Vancouver Island University, was assa...

Mar 29, 2022

Free rapid tests for adults 18+ now available at B.C. pharmacies

NANAIMO - Any adult in B.C. can now get a free rapid antigen COVID-19 test kit through community pharmacies. The provincial government said starting Wednesday, March 23 any B.C resident 18 years of ag...

Mar 23, 2022

Vaccinated travellers won't need COVID-19 test to enter Canada as of April 1

OTTAWA - Federal Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos says vaccinated travellers will no longer need to show a COVID-19 test to enter Canada beginning April 1. Incoming tourists will still need to be vacc...

Mar 17, 2022

One person ejected from SUV after stunt driving rollover in Ladysmith

LADYSMITH - An occupant of a vehicle had to be flown to hospital after a rollover in rural Ladysmith.Cpl. Alex Brub of the BC RCMP told NanaimoNewsNOW one of three passengers of an SUV doing donuts ro...

Mar 12, 2022

VIDEO: New Fire Rescue trucks to provide response and safety upgrades amid increasing call-outs

NANAIMO - Local fire crews are readying the debut of two new fire engines billed to help response more effectively to emergencies across the city.The vehicles, dubbed the new engines one and two, will...

Mar 11, 2022

Worker seriously injured while tearing down ship on Nanaimo's waterfront

NANAIMO - A man was taken to hospital with significant lower body injuries after a metal beam fell on him at a worksite.The incident happened at Nanaimo Shipyard around 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 10...

Mar 10, 2022