Tag Archives: Health
Nanaimo volunteers taking time to help vulnerable seniors
NANAIMO - Vulnerable Vancouver Island seniors stuck indoors during COVID-19 are not alone.Data from the United Way showed volunteers in central and northern Vancouver Island reached out to seniors by ...
Jun 04, 2020
Low number of Nanaimo's housing insecure requiring hotel rooms
NANAIMO - Less hotel rooms and housing sites than anticipated were needed in Nanaimo to provide shelter to the city's vulnerable during the COVID-19 pandemic. BC Housing confirmed to NanaimoNewsNOW 33...
Jun 04, 2020
Vancouver Island nearing one month of no new COVID-19 cases
NANAIMO - For nearly one month, the number of active or resolved cases of COVID-19 on Vancouver Island has held steady. A joint statement from provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and health min...
Jun 03, 2020
Parksville's controversial needle bylaw officially struck down by health minister
PARKSVILLE - Efforts by City of Parksville councillors to control the distribution of needles and prevent sharps from being found in the community have come to an end. A statement from the ministry of...
Jun 02, 2020
Vancouver Island COVID-19 cases remain stagnant, four confirmed across B.C.
NANAIMO - The good news continues to flow for Vancouver Island and British Columbia in its battle against COVID-19.Just four new cases were announced by provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry on T...
Jun 02, 2020
RDN elevates push for pedestrian link between Parksville and Rathtrevor Beach
PARKSVILLE - Officials with the Regional District of Nanaimo are building a case to improve pedestrian and cycling access between Parksville and Rathtrevor Beach Provincial Park.The RDN board has aske...
May 30, 2020
Province posts four new COVID-19 cases, none on Vancouver Island
NANAIMO - Vancouver Island continues to avoid new, active COVID-19 cases.In a joint statement, provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and health minister Adrian Dix confirmed four new cases of nov...
May 29, 2020
Vancouver Island overdose advisory extended for second time
NANAIMO - Island Health officials are seeing an "unprecedented" response to an overdose advisory but it's not the one they'd hoped. Medical health officer Dr. Paul Hasselback told NanaimoNewsNOW subst...
May 28, 2020
RDN replacing handyDART buses to improve customer accessibility
NANAIMO - Vastly improved service for public transit riders with physical disabilities is coming to mid Vancouver Island.Daniel Pearce the RDN's director of transportation services told NanaimoNewsNOW...
May 28, 2020
Island fentanyl dealer gets federal prison sentence from Nanaimo judge
NANAIMO - A Campbell River man with a lengthy criminal past received a federal prison sentence for dealing high-potency fentanyl and other hard drugs.David Anthony Lucas, 34, was sentenced recently vi...
May 28, 2020