Health

COVID mass vaccination clinics underway in Nanaimo and Parksville

NANAIMO - Seniors with appointments are rolling up their sleeves to get their first COVID-19 shots.Seniors at least 90-years-old living at home and Indigenous elders 65-years-old and up began receivin...

Mar 15, 2021

Coming week will see trickle of COVID-19 vaccine doses before floodgates open

OTTAWA - The Public Health Agency of Canada is expecting a smaller-than-normal shipment of COVID-19 vaccines this week, with fewer than 445,000 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech shots scheduled for delivery ov...

Mar 15, 2021

Nanaimo RMT's breast cancer journey inspired by mother's own battle

NANAIMO - When Meaghan Tadei felt a lump in her breast during a routine self-exam shortly after her 36th birthday, she was already well-versed in what to do and how quick to do it."My sister and I hav...

Mar 14, 2021

First restrictions ease, outdoor gatherings up to 10 allowed

NANAIMO - British Columbians have been given the all clear for small safe outdoor social gatherings.Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry on Thursday, March 11 announced outdoor get-togethers of ...

Mar 11, 2021

Canada to mark national day of observance to commemorate those who died of COVID-19

OTTAWA - Canada will mark the one-year anniversary today of the World Health Organization declaring COVID-19 a global pandemic. Earlier this week Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who is to deliver a sta...

Mar 11, 2021

Nearly 12,000 people given first COVID-19 vaccine dose in last 24 hours

NANAIMO - B.C.'s shift away from second doses of COVID-19 vaccine is in full swing.Ahead of the opening of mass vaccination clinics on March 15, the province said it had administered 355,340 doses of ...

Mar 10, 2021

Number of new COVID-19 cases drops significantly in Island Health

NANAIMO - The number of new COVID-19 cases plummeted for Island Health but it remains to be seen if it's a fluke or beginning of a trend. Island Health confirmed only eight new COVID-19 cases were fou...

Mar 09, 2021

Restrictions on gathering, activities set to loosen slowly over coming weeks

NANAIMO - The province is eyeing a deliberate return to normal as the winter weather subsides and temperatures increase.Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said current restrictions banning gat...

Mar 08, 2021

Canada set to receive more than 910,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines this week

OTTAWA - Canada is set to receive 910,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses this week as pharmaceutical companies ramp up deliveries to make good on their contractual obligations by the end of the month. The Pub...

Mar 08, 2021

COVID-19 vaccination clinics confirmed for Nanaimo, Parksville

NANAIMO - New COVID-19 vaccination clinics are coming to the mid-Island. Two clinics in Nanaimo, at Beban Park Social Centre and Cedar Community Centre, will work in conjunction with one at Aggie Hall...

Alex Rawnsley Mar 07, 2021