Health

Two warming centres opening to help Nanaimo's homeless during winter months

NANAIMO - Those experiencing homelessness in Nanaimo during the soggy winter months will have a place to go during the day.Two warming centres opened Monday, Jan. 18 and will remain open until March 3...

Jan 18, 2021

Popular park closed for maintenance, other improvements planned this year

NANAIMO - Well used Kinsmen Participark will be closed this week, signifying the first of a few overhauls expected in 2021.The city's manager of parks operations Charlotte Davis said the forested park...

Jan 18, 2021

Province claims residents seeing light at end of the COVID-19 tunnel

NANAIMO - The province says B.C. residents are "finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel" despite the number of new daily COVID-19 cases remaining high. The claim made in Dr. Bonnie Henry's s...

Jan 15, 2021

Harvest Meats recalls sausages over undercooking

OTTAWA - Harvest Meats is recalling a brand of Polish sausages due to undercooking that may make them unsafe to eat. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says the recall affects customers in Alberta, B...

Jan 15, 2021

Dr. Henry combatting discrimination & racism against Island First Nations

NANAIMO - Disparaging comments against Vancouver Island Indigenous bands are of great concern to B.C.'s provincial health officer. Dr. Bonnie Henry addressed reports of racism and discrimination again...

Alex Rawnsley Jan 14, 2021

Emergency doctors call for greater transparency on vaccine rollout

OTTAWA - The professional group for emergency doctors in Canada wants more transparency about COVID-19 vaccine distribution. The Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians is calling for a clear des...

Jan 14, 2021

Island Health bounces back to near record high of new cases found

NANAIMO - A dip in new cases of COVID-19 discovered within Island Health was temporary. Another 28 new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed by Island Health on Wednesday, Jan. 13. This is up significantly...

Jan 13, 2021

Vaccine panel says Canada can delay second dose of COVID-19 vaccine if shortage

OTTAWA - Canada's national panel of vaccine experts says the second COVID-19 vaccine dose can be delayed briefly in a bid to get more people a first dose faster. The National Advisory Committee on Imm...

Jan 13, 2021

Island Health reports lower-than-average increase for COVID-19 infections

NANAIMO - Island Health recorded its lowest number of cases in a single reporting period in the last week.Seventeen new cases were confirmed by the health authority on Tuesday, Jan. 12 taking the tota...

Jan 12, 2021

Former garbage truck driver sentenced for stunning mid island crime spree

NANAIMO - A man with an out of control cocaine addiction used his employer's garbage truck to scope out businesses to rob throughout the Nanaimo and Oceanside region. Ian Archibald Mactavish, 54, was ...

Jan 12, 2021