Health

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

2 new COVID-19 cases confirmed for Island Health as smaller number of new cases announced

NANAIMO - The number of new COVID-19 cases confirmed by the province has dipped from recent alarming highs. A joint statement from provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and health minister Adrian...

Aug 25, 2020

Nanaimo close to exceeding total 2019 overdose deaths

NANAIMO - The toll of the illicit overdose crisis continues to skyrocket. Chief coroner Lisa Lapointe announced 175 people fatally overdosed in B.C. in July, a 136 per cent increase in fatalities comp...

Aug 25, 2020

Undetected transmission remains low in B.C. as six new COVID-19 cases found in Island Health

NANAIMO - The BC Government remains unfazed by rising COVID-19 case counts.Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry confirmed 269 new cases were detected since Friday afternoon, including six in the...

Aug 24, 2020