Health

Island Health confirms 29 new COVID-19 cases, central Island dips below 100 active

NANAIMO - New COVID-19 cases in B.C. and the Island Health region continue outpacing recent averages.Island Health confirmed 29 new cases on Tuesday, March 16, including 18 within the central Island r...

Mar 16, 2021

Half of Canadians want first COVID-19 vaccine available: Poll

OTTAWA - A new poll suggests about half of Canadians are willing to get immunized against COVID-19 with the first vaccine they're offered, while one quarter would be willing to wait to get a shot they...

Mar 16, 2021

B.C.'s Astrazeneca vaccine supply declared safe following blood clot reports in Europe

NANAIMO - The province is downplaying concerns around the safety of the Astrazeneca vaccine in B.C., after reports of blood clots developing in vaccinated people throughout Europe.Provincial health of...

Mar 15, 2021

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