Health

Community transmission of COVID-19 remains below threshold across Island & B.C.

NANAIMO - No change for the Island Health region, but the province provided a detailed look at community transmission of COVID-19 on Thursday.Eighty-nine new cases were confirmed elsewhere in B.C. as ...

Sep 03, 2020

Server saves man's life at Nanaimo burger restaurant

NANAIMO - What a Nanaimo server at first thought was a joke turned serious and saw her take heroic action. Jillian Baird, a server at Top Notch Burgers in downtown Nanaimo, went to check on a customer...

Sep 03, 2020

3 new COVID-19 cases confirmed in Island Health

NANAIMO - A high mid-week surge in new COVID-19 cases brought three new to the Island Health region. A joint statement from provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and health minister Adrian Dix on...

Sep 02, 2020

City of Nanaimo signals to province for a 60-bed supportive shelter

NANAIMO - City council is throwing its weight behind a possible 60-bed supportive shelter in Nanaimo.. Councillors voted 7-2 on Monday, Aug. 31 to send a letter to the province expressing interest in ...

Sep 01, 2020

'Superheroes' needed to manage COVID-19 as province heads into flu season

NANAIMO - The province has shone the bat signal for 'superheroes' to be the ones who lead BC through a tricky fall and winter flu season amid the COVID-19 pandemic.Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie...

Aug 31, 2020

Canada signs deal with Novovax to get 76 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine

OTTAWA - The federal government has a deal with a third vaccine developer to get access to an experimental COVID-19 vaccine as early as next spring. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is in Montreal t...

Aug 31, 2020

Memorial wall created as overdose crisis in Nanaimo takes heavy toll

NANAIMO - The International Overdose Awareness Day event in Nanaimo will have a markedly more solemn tone in 2020.Though the event on Monday, Aug. 31 has always commemorated the hundreds lost to fatal...

Aug 31, 2020

Nanaimo curlers gearing up for modified COVID-19 season

NANAIMO - Local curlers will see a host of tweaks and changes in a bid to have a COVID-free year.The Nanaimo Curling Club has instituted many rules and mandates designed to comply and exceed COVID-19 ...

Aug 30, 2020

Local COVID-19 numbers shared by health ministry

NANAIMO - New data from the Ministry of Health shows how COVID-19 impacted the mid island region. The map provided during a Thursday, Aug. 27 news conference showed there were 15 confirmed COVID-19 ca...

Aug 27, 2020

Island COVID-19 cases climb to 170 as active cases drop province-wide

NANAIMO - After cresting to a record high earlier this week, the number of active COVID-19 cases has dropped below 900. A total of 62 new cases were confirmed by the province in a statement Wednesday ...

Alex Rawnsley Aug 26, 2020