Health

Island Health ends 2020 with 928 total COVID-19 cases

NANAIMO - Island Health remained the least affected health authority in B.C. throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. By Thursday, Dec. 31, 928 COVID-19 cases were confirmed within the health authority cover...

Dec 31, 2020

55 Alive – Don’t do this Challenge!

My Inchipinchi (my bestie) and I are starting a challenge for the new year and I know I’m probably going to get a lot of flak for this and it is going to be overwhelming for many of yo...

yourlife Dec 30, 2020

B.C. mom who gave birth in a coma due to COVID-19 discharged from hospital

ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - A mother who had an emergency C-section in British Columbia while in a coma due to complications from COVID-19 returned home to her family in time for Christmas. Gillian McIntosh wa...

Dec 30, 2020

Province implementing one-day public health order for New Year's Eve

NANAIMO - Liquor sales are being banned after 8 p.m. on New Year's Eve to hopefully curb gatherings as 2020 comes to a close. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry ordered the sale of liquor must...

Dec 30, 2020

Wearable tech a defence against COVID-19 in world junior tournament "bubble"

What looks like a thin pack of gum is attached to Braden Schneider's event credential at the world junior hockey championship in Edmonton. It's a beacon providing both contact-tracing capability shoul...

Dec 30, 2020

COVID-19 outbreak at Nanaimo care home continues to expand

NANAIMO - The number of residents at a Nanaimo care home with COVID-19 has more than doubled. Island Health announcing an additional three additional cases of COVID-19 at the Chartwell Malaspina Care ...

Dec 29, 2020

Roughly 9 new COVID-19 cases per day within Island Health over Christmas holiday

NANAIMO - There was little change in Island Health COVID-19 trends over the Christmas holiday.Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry announced 44 new cases of COVID-19 in Island Health from Christ...

Dec 29, 2020

'If not now, then when?' COVID-19 spurs some Canadians to make big changes

TORONTO - The COVID-19 pandemic has upended the lives of Canadians across the country, causing many to lose their jobs or businesses, or to adapt to a new life spent mostly at home. Some are leaning i...

Dec 29, 2020

COVID stress dominates as crisis line operators wrap busy year

NANAIMO - Increasingly relied upon crisis line staff serving Vancouver Island are seeing first-hand effects COVID-19 is having on the people they serve.Nanaimo based Vancouver Island Crisis Society (V...

Dec 29, 2020

One additional COVID-19 case confirmed in long-term care home outbreak

NANAIMO - Island Health has confirmed COVID-19 spread within one unit of a long-term care home in Nanaimo.A release just before 5:30 on Monday, Dec. 28 said an additional case of COVID-19 was found at...

Dec 28, 2020