Health

COVID-19 outbreak expands at Nanaimo's Eden Gardens care home

NANAIMO - Island Health has confirmed an additional COVID-19 case connected to a local care home.One senior resident of the Eden Gardens facility on Northfield Rd. tested positive on Sunday, Feb. 14. ...

Feb 15, 2021

Fish, traditional Indigenous recipes added to valuable Good Food Box program

NANAIMO - A valuable program providing weekly food deliveries to those in need now comes with more. The Good Food Box, distributed by Nanaimo Foodshare with many community partners, now includes 250 b...

Feb 14, 2021

Canada's top doctors warn escalating COVID-19 variant spread threatens third wave

OTTAWA - Canada's top doctors say COVID-19 infections appear to be on a downward trend but worrisome variants are posing an increasing threat to containing the pandemic.Chief Public Health Officer The...

Feb 13, 2021

COVID-19 variant threat eases in B.C. as other provinces grapple with high numbers

NANAIMO - Public health officials aren't seeing the widespread transmission of two COVID-19 variants throughout B.C. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry on Friday, Feb. 12 said three cases of t...

Feb 12, 2021

Canada's top doctors warn escalating COVID-19 variant spread threatens third wave

OTTAWA - Canada's top doctors say COVID-19 infections appear to be on a downward trend but worrisome variants are posing an increasing threat to containing the pandemic.Chief Public Health Officer The...

Feb 12, 2021

COVID-19 cases in Nanaimo nearly double in 1 week, area leads Island Health in cases

NANAIMO - The central Vancouver Island area continues to remain a COVID-19 hotspot, especially in the Greater Nanaimo area. Data from Island Health showed 17 new cases on Feb. 11, with 152 out of 220 ...

Feb 11, 2021

Deliveries of COVID-19 vaccine doses to Canada set to more than quadruple next week

OTTAWA - A month-long slowdown in Canada's COVID-19 vaccine deliveries should end next week, with the single biggest shipment of vaccines from Pfizer and BioNTech to date.Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin, the mi...

Feb 11, 2021

Island Health suffers worst year ever amid fatal overdose epidemic

NANAIMO - 2020 was a brutal year in the fight against the ongoing overdose epidemic. B.C.'s chief coroner Lisa LaPointe announced more than 1,700 fatally overdosed in B.C. in 2020, making it the deadl...

Feb 11, 2021

Ladysmith Secondary added to Island Health COVID-19 exposure list

NANAIMO - A sixth school in SD68 has made its way to Island Health's COVID-19 exposure list.School District 68 confirmed Ladysmith Secondary had a confirmed case linked to the school with a single exp...

Feb 10, 2021

Nearly 30 new COVID cases reported in Island Health

NANAIMO - A rise in new COVID-19 cases across both the province and Island Health.The province announced 469 new COVID cases on Wednesday, Feb. 10, coinciding with a rise in new cases reported on Vanc...

Feb 10, 2021