Health

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

Influx of recovery & treatment beds expected in Nanaimo

NANAIMO - A suite a new treatment and recovery beds are inbound for the Nanaimo area. The ministry of mental health and addictions announced on Tuesday, Feb. 9 there will be 15 new beds operated by th...

Feb 10, 2021

COVID-19 continues to spread in south Nanaimo high school

NANAIMO - The Nanaimo-Ladysmith School District is once again warning of a COVID-19 exposure. SD68 confirmed an additional exposure at NDSS, the second such announcement in as many days, the evening o...

Feb 09, 2021