Tag Archives: Health
Nanaimo St. John Ambulance official hopes flooding leads to increased preparedness
NANAIMO - Damaging floods in parts of B.C. has a local emergency preparedness advocate stressing the importance of being ready for natural disasters.Six people have been confirmed killed or missing, w...
Nov 26, 2021
COVID-19 vaccine doses becoming available for five to 11 age cohort
NANAIMO - The province is beginning its distribution of COVID-19 vaccinations for kids aged five to 11.Beginning Monday, Nov. 29, invitations will go out to those registered to receive a dose of the s...
Nov 23, 2021
City of Nanaimo issues vaccine mandate for employees
NANAIMO - All City of Nanaimo employees and contractors are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by January 10, 2022. Employees who fail to provide proof of vaccination will be given furth...
Nov 23, 2021
Drug toxicity call volumes continue testing local emergency responders
NANAIMO - Reviving people falling victim to Nanaimo's ongoing drug toxicity crisis is having an increased impact on emergency responders. Updated Nanaimo Fire Rescue (NFR) data stated their crews resp...
Nov 23, 2021
COVID-19 outbreaks declared over at NRGH, Chartwell Malaspina care home
NANAIMO - COVID-19 outbreaks are no longer impacting a pair of Nanaimo healthcare facilities. Island Health reported Monday, Nov. 22 outbreaks at the Transitional Care Unit of NRGH and Chartwell Malas...
Nov 22, 2021
24-bed cold weather shelter set to open in Nanaimo
NANAIMO - A place designed to provide shelter from the harsh winter months is opening again for another year.The Nanaimo Family Life Association, in partnership with the Nanaimo Region John Howard Soc...
Nov 18, 2021
COVID outbreak doubles at NRGH, additional case detected at Nanaimo care home
NANAIMO - Several more people have tested positive for COVID-19 as part of an ever-growing outbreak at Nanaimo Hospital. Island Health revealed eight new cases in the hospital's Transitional Care Unit...
Nov 09, 2021
New advocacy group for vulnerable Nanaimo area women gains early traction
NANAIMO - A local woman decided to harness online chatter about a popular Netflix series into tangible positive change.Kerri Isham, a Nanaimo based sexual health educator, was moved by the series MAID...
Nov 07, 2021
Pilot seriously injured in helicopter crash near Nanoose Bay
NANOOSE BAY - One person was airlifted to hospital with serious but non-life threatening injuries following a helicopter crash near Nanoose Bay. BC Emergency Health Services dispatched paramedics a fo...
Nov 04, 2021
Planning underway for promised cancer centre in Nanaimo
NANAIMO - While details are thin on what services will be provided, conceptual work is happening to establish a new cancer facility in Nanaimo.The project is part of a John Horgan re-election promise ...
Nov 02, 2021