Health

COVID-19 vaccination registration begins for people aged 18-40+

NANAIMO - The province's age-based program for the COVID-19 vaccine registration is expanding. B.C. residents 18 years of age and older in the general population who had been not previously included i...

Apr 18, 2021

Pleasant Valley elementary sees additional COVID exposure

NANAIMO - A Nanaimo elementary school experienced another COVID-19 exposure. SD68 announced on Saturday, April 17 Pleasant Valley suffered its second exposure event from April 13 to 15. The first was ...

Apr 17, 2021

COVID-19 outbreak at NRGH expands, one additional patient tests positive

NANAIMO - An outbreak at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital has expanded.Island Health confirmed one additional case linked to the outbreak declared on Wednesday, April 14 in the hospital's high intens...

Apr 16, 2021

Vaccination efforts top 46k in last day, cases maintain third wave volumes

NANAIMO - British Columbia is maintaining its pace of over 1,000 new COVID-19 cases a day.A joint statement from public health and the province announced 1,005 new cases across B.C. Island Health anno...

Apr 16, 2021

Kenney sowing distrust with misleading COVID-19 anecdotes, statements: NDP

EDMONTON - Alberta's Opposition says Premier Jason Kenney is sowing distrust by recounting misleading anecdotes to illustrate COVID-19 policy decisions. "I think this is about trust. I think this is a...

Apr 16, 2021

Trudeau sending help to Ontario as Pfizer vaccine supply bolstered by 8 million doses

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says more doses of COVID-19 vaccines are coming soon from Pfizer-BioNTech, and the federal government will deploy the Canadian Red Cross to help Ontario with their mobile...

Apr 16, 2021

Nanaimo Hospital sees birth rate surge, new parents seek more support

NANAIMO - 2021 has proven to be a popular time to have a baby on mid Vancouver Island.Island Health data showed 315 babies were born at Nanaimo Hospital in the first three months of the year, up more ...

Apr 16, 2021

Island case counts continue downward slide, province gives detailed look at school transmission and VOC's

NANAIMO - Island Health's three day average of COVID-19 case counts has dropped substantially.It reported 48 new cases of COVID-19 cases on Thursday, April 15. The three day average sits at 150, down ...

Apr 15, 2021

New COVID-19 outbreak confirmed in NRGH rehab unit

NANAIMO - The Nanaimo Regional General Hospital is once again the site of a COVID-19 outbreak. Island Health on Wednesday, April 14 confirmed three patients in the High Intensity Rehab unit within the...

Apr 14, 2021

Nearly 200 lives lost in Nanaimo by fifth anniversary of illicit substance crisis

NANAIMO - April 14, 2021 is a grim day for Nanaimo peer worker Jessy Knight. "I woke up crying, with this heaviness and grief in my heart," she told NanaimoNewsNOW. "I'm mostly just taking this day to...

Apr 14, 2021