Tag Archives: Health
Canada's top doctor says severe illness trends are still rising in most jurisdictions
Canada's top doctor says even though the average daily COVID-19 case count across the country is down 30 per cent compared to last week, it's not an accurate reflection of the state of the pandemic. D...
Jan 27, 2022
Vaccine card program extended through June as hospitalizations remain high
NANAIMO - B.C.'s provincial health officer still believes the province is on a downward slide from the fifth wave of COVID-19.Dr. Bonnie Henry said the trend of new cases is continuing to work down, h...
Jan 25, 2022
'We cannot eliminate all risk:' province shifts gears away from COVID-19 management staples
NANAIMO - It's not a shift to an endemic, but the latest media briefing from the province's health officer represented a major shift in B.C.'s COVID-19 response.Dr. Bonnie Henry said during a media av...
Jan 21, 2022
School District 68 to implement COVID vaccine mandate for all staff
NANAIMO - Local school board trustees voted in favour of creating a vaccine mandate for all of its employees in district 68.At a Thursday, Jan 20 special board meeting, school board trustees requested...
Jan 21, 2022
Officials optimistic treatments will help ease COVID strain on Canada's health system
With COVID-19 hospitalizations in Canada still threatening to overwhelm the health-care system, officials hope two antiviral treatments could help ease the strain. A new study published in the Canadia...
Jan 20, 2022
Island Health pushes back elective surgeries at NRGH as part of 'temporary service adjustments'
NANAIMO - Staffing levels are behind a planned reduction of certain services at hospitals across Vancouver Island, according to the local health authority.A statement from Island Health issued Tuesday...
Jan 18, 2022
Province to lift restrictions on gyms & fitness centres, one day after extending
NANAIMO - A return to the iron paradise is coming sooner than first thought.A day after provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry indefinitely extended orders put in place in late December which forc...
Jan 18, 2022
The 22 Day Challenge
Bestie and I are at it again – this time we decided to do a 22 Day Challenge to honour 2022. The idea is to do action items for 22 days in a row. Personally, I love the chemical rush of ch...
Jan 18, 2022
New round of neighbourhood safety audits coming to Nanaimo
NANAIMO -First of its kind safety audits introduced last year are being repeated to include new areas of the city to gauge how safe people feel in their local neighbourhood. Christy Wood, the City's c...
Jan 15, 2022
B.C. faring better than most amid fifth COVID wave
NANAIMO - The worst may be over in the fifth wave of COVID-19 cases, driven by the Omicron variant.Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry presented another round of detailed case and hospitalizati...
Jan 14, 2022