Health

First doses of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, not yet approved, to land in Canada next week

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says up to 249,000 doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine will arrive on Canadian soil by the end of the month, with the first doses delivered next week.Health Canad...

Dec 07, 2020

School meals program in Nanaimo sees huge surge in users

NANAIMO - Significantly more students in School District 68 are relying on a critical program to ensure they have enough food to get through the day.Crystal Dennison, executive director of the Nanaimo...

Dec 07, 2020

Wellington Secondary, Forest Park elementary report COVID-19 exposure

NANAIMO - School District 68 is back on Island Health's COVID-19 exposures list.The district announced late Sunday, Dec. 6 there was an exposure at Wellington Secondary school Dec. 3 and Dec. 4, with ...

Dec 06, 2020

VIDEO: Wesley St. residents left with nowhere to go, dispersed into bushes and parks around Nanaimo

NANAIMO - A sizable number of people living rough in a downtown Nanaimo encampment are now displaced into the bush. Their former home on Wesley St. was cleared by City of Nanaimo staff and Nanaimo Fir...

Dec 04, 2020

Wesley St. tent encampment closed after fire destroys tents

NANAIMO - The largest tent encampment in Nanaimo is now closed after a fire. Between 60 and 100 people who lived on Wesley St. in downtown Nanaimo are forced to find new housing after the large fire o...

Dec 03, 2020

Province prepares for COVID-19 vaccine delivery; 10 new Island Health cases

NANAIMO - Another day of lower than average case counts for Island Health in the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry confirmed 10 new cases within the Island Health au...

Dec 03, 2020

Valuable Good Food Box program expanding to help medical patients

NANAIMO - Health care patients can now be prescribed a better diet to improve their condition. The Good Food Box program from Nanaimo Foodshare Society was prescribed by local physicians, dietitians a...

Alex Rawnsley Dec 02, 2020

Island Health COVID-19 cases fluctuate back to near record high

NANAIMO - A down turn in new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday isn't the beginning of a trend. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry announced 20 new cases on Wednesday, Dec. 2, compared to the 10 the da...

Dec 02, 2020

Island Health posts lowest COVID-19 increase since early November

NANAIMO - Island Health has reported its lowest increase in COVID-19 numbers in three weeks.Ten new cases were added to Island Health's total number of cases, with 639 cases confirmed regionally throu...

Dec 01, 2020

Capacity for COVID-19 tests doubles in Nanaimo with new site

NANAIMO - A COVID-19 testing site in Nanaimo has moved and expanded.Island Health announced on Tuesday, Dec. 1 a collection site moved from Grant Ave. in mid-Nanaimo to the Vancouver Island University...

Dec 01, 2020