Health

Island Health breaks another COVID-19 record

NANAIMO - The third wave of COVID-19 within Island Health continues to spike. The health authority confirmed 60 new cases on Thursday, April 1. It's the highest number of cases yet within Island Healt...

Apr 01, 2021

AstraZeneca vaccine doses ready for use as Canada approves U.S. manufacturing sites

OTTAWA - More than 1.5 million doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine are on their way to provinces now that Health Canada has authorized the U.S. sites where they were made. It remains to be seen ho...

Apr 01, 2021

SD68 confirms first COVID-19 school exposure after spring break

NANAIMO - The first exposure event at a Nanaimo school following spring break began the first day students returned to the classroom. SD68 confirmed Wellington Secondary suffered an exposure event on ...

Mar 31, 2021

2nd worst day ever in Island Health, masks now mandatory indoors for grades 4 to 12

NANAIMO - Island Health suffered the second worst day on record in the fight against COVID-19. The health authority recorded 57 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, March 31. The worst day was only less t...

Mar 31, 2021

COVID-19 outbreak at Longlake Chateau 'blunted' by vaccine

NANAIMO - Island Health's top doctor says the most recent outbreak at a care facility was successfully mitigated by the COVID-19 vaccine. Dr. Richard Stanwick said the eight residents of Longlake Chat...

Mar 30, 2021

Oceanside region gaining COVID-19 cases, 40 new across Island Health

NANAIMO - The Oceanside region, which has some of the highest populations of seniors in Canada, is rapidly gaining COVID-19 cases. Island Health's chief medical health officer Dr. Richard Stanwick sai...

Mar 30, 2021

City of Nanaimo applying for $2.5M grant to tackle homelessness

NANAIMO - The City of Nanaimo is putting its hat into the ring for a substantial amount of money to tackle an ongoing problem. City of Nanaimo councillors unanimously approved applying for up to $2.5 ...

Mar 30, 2021

Canadians far more wary of AstraZeneca than other COVID-19 vaccines: Poll

OTTAWA - Canadians are much more wary about being injected with the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine than they are about receiving other vaccines approved for use in Canada, a new poll suggests. Just 53 per...

Mar 30, 2021

New COVID-19 restrictions introduced as new cases surge

NANAIMO - New restrictions are being implemented across B.C. after a sharp rise in COVID-19 cases. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry on Monday, March 29 announced 2,518 new cases since Friday...

Mar 29, 2021

Outbreak expands at independent living facility in Nanaimo

NANAIMO - More COVID-19 cases were discovered at the most recent outbreak within Island Health. Three additional residents were discovered to have COVID-19 through tests performed on Thursday, March 2...

Mar 26, 2021