Health

Moderna ends frozen requirements for vaccine, easing logistics of shipping

OTTAWA - American biotech firm Moderna says its COVID-19 vaccine can now be shipped locally without it needing to be frozen at all. The messenger RNA vaccine from the Massachusetts-based company is on...

Dec 18, 2020

Top Stories of 2020: Major tent encampment sprawls downtown, forcibly displaced in rainy winter

NANAIMO - A large tent encampment in Nanaimo captured headlines for the second time in two years. Up to 100 people lived at the Wesley St. encampment, directly behind the City of Nanaimo's Services an...

Dec 17, 2020

Construction of delayed ICU for critically ill patients at NRGH expected in new year

NANAIMO - Staff at Nanaimo Hospital are excited construction will soon begin for a new Intensive Care Unit helping patients with life-threatening illnesses or injuries. A Ministry of Health statement ...

Dec 17, 2020

Advocates share fear of worsening overdose crisis in 2021, want national safe supply

VANCOUVER - With overdose deaths rising across Canada, advocates for drug users are calling for the implementation of a national safe supply program as part of an effort to save lives. Failing to do s...

Dec 17, 2020

5 new COVID-19 cases in Island Health, another deadly day for B.C.

NANAIMO - The number of new COVID-19 cases within Island Health continues to lag behind other health authorities as the province begins to plateau. Five new cases were confirmed by the province on Wed...

Alex Rawnsley Dec 16, 2020

'Feisty' Calgary infant gaining weight and alert after recovering from COVID-19

CALGARY - When five-day-old Nora Forrest was first hospitalized with COVID-19, her parents didn't know if she would survive. "We weren't sure that we're bringing her back home or we're going to bring ...

Dec 16, 2020

CP NewsAlert: Front-line workers named Canada's Newsmaker of the Year by editors

VANCOUVER - Shortly after COVID-19 reached Canada, the meaning of "essential work" began to crystalize as people like nurses and grocery store clerks remained on the job at great risk to themselves an...

Dec 16, 2020

New pilot program helping Nanaimo seniors navigate how to receive assistance

NANAIMO - A new program is guiding Nanaimo's seniors, who often struggle with digital literacy, find the help they need online. The Seniors Housing Information and Navigation Ease program is run throu...

Dec 16, 2020

Seven new Island Health COVID-19 cases, part of B.C.'s lowest daily total in weeks

NANAIMO - British Columbia reported its best day in the COVID-19 pandemic since late November.A joint statement from the province confirmed 522 new cases of the virus in B.C., the lowest daily increas...

Dec 15, 2020

Majority of Canadians support holiday lockdown to fight COVID-19: Poll

OTTAWA - A new poll suggests a majority of Canadians support the idea of a lockdown on non-essential businesses and services during the holidays to fight a surge in new COVID-19 cases across the count...

Dec 15, 2020