Health

COVID-19 outbreak declared in Nanaimo long-term care home

NANAIMO - A COVID-19 outbreak has been declared at a Nanaimo long-term care home for the first time. Island Health announced late on Sunday, Dec. 27 one resident at the Chartwell Malaspina Care Reside...

Dec 27, 2020

B.C.'s first case of more contagious U.K. COVID-19 strain found in Island Health

NANAIMO - Island Health is home to the first identified case in B.C. of a more contagious COVID-19 strain. "The individual, who resides in the Island Health region, returned to B.C. from the U.K. on f...

Dec 27, 2020

New lockdown measures begin in Ontario as some provinces move Boxing Day online

MONTREAL - Ontario began a provincewide lockdown on Saturday as several provinces are opting for online or scaled-down Boxing Day shopping to limit the spread of COVID-19. The province has reported mo...

Dec 26, 2020

10 new COVID-19 cases in Island Health on Christmas Eve

NANAIMO - 10 people within Island Health received an unfortunate Christmas present on Christmas Eve. Island Health reporting 10 new cases of COVID-19 within the health authority on Thursday, Dec. 24. ...

Dec 24, 2020

Top Stories of 2020: Hundreds of supportive housing units announced for Nanaimo, temporary housing sites to close

NANAIMO - Hundreds of new supportive housing units were announced for Nanaimo after years of calls for more supports. The province announced in mid-July upwards of 190 supportive housing units and 125...

Dec 23, 2020

New COVID-19 cases dropping by more than half in Nanaimo & Oceanside areas

NANAIMO - New data shows how restrictions are limiting COVID-19 transmission in the Nanaimo and Oceanside areas. The BC CDC showed there were six new cases of COVID-19 within Nanaimo and one in Oceans...

Dec 23, 2020

Health Canada authorizes Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine

OTTAWA - Health Canada says the COVID-19 vaccine from U.S. biotech firm Moderna is safe for use in Canada. The vaccine is the second to be greenlit in Canada, following the Pfizer-BioNtech vaccine on ...

Dec 23, 2020

First COVID-19 vaccinations occur on Vancouver Island, nine new cases announced

NANAIMO - Efforts to vaccinate frontline health care workers in Island Health have officially begun.The first of 1,950 doses of the approved Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine was administered to Dena Scriven, a...

Dec 22, 2020

2020 now tied for second deadliest year in Nanaimo throughout overdose epidemic

NANAIMO - 2020 is now tied for the second most fatal year in Nanaimo for overdoses. Data from the BC Coroners Service on Monday, Dec. 21 showed 37 people fatally overdosed in Nanaimo by the end of Nov...

Dec 21, 2020

2nd COVID-19 vaccine authorized in US preparing to ship out

OLIVE BRANCH, Miss. - Workers on Sunday began packaging shipments of the second COVID-19 vaccine authorized in the U.S., a desperately needed boost to efforts to bring the coronavirus pandemic under c...

Dec 20, 2020