Health

Halifax lab team to conduct first Canadian trials for possible COVID-19 vaccine

HALIFAX - The first Canadian clinical trials for a possible COVID-19 vaccine will be conducted by a Halifax research team that also was involved in trials that eventually led to a vaccine fo...

May 17, 2020

'It has changed how we deliver care:' Nanaimo nurses adjust to new normal on COVID-19 front lines

NANAIMO - Long shifts and thankless work have long been staples of nursing, however the COVID-19 pandemic has put front line hospital staff on centre stage.National Nurses Week was celebrated May 11-1...

May 17, 2020

Businesses plan to re-open as COVID-19 cases stay low, no increase on Vancouver Island

NANAIMO - The total number of COVID-19 cases continues to flatten ahead of phase two of B.C.'s restart plan coming online after the long weekend.Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry announced 21...

May 16, 2020

Five new COVID-19 fatalities recorded across B.C., no new cases confirmed for Vancouver Island

NANAIMO - The long weekend is getting started in a tragic fashion. The ministry of health and provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry announced five additional COVID-19 fatalities on Friday, May 15...

Alex Rawnsley May 15, 2020

B.C. schools to partially re-open June 1, attendance is optional

NANAIMO - Schools will be going back in session, albeit in a dramatically altered and scaled-down fashion due to COVID-19.Education minister Rob Fleming announced kindergarten to grade 12 classes will...

May 15, 2020

Lengthy streak of no COVID-19 case increases on Vancouver Island ends with data error

NANAIMO - After days of keeping the COVID-19 curve flat on Vancouver Island, the total of confirmed cases has increased by one.Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry confirmed the 126th active or ...

May 14, 2020

Another COVID-19 free day on Vancouver Island

NANAIMO - Stomping on an already flattened COVID-19 curve on Vancouver Island continues. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry announced no new cases of the virus in the Island Health region duri...

May 13, 2020

Vancouver Island again escapes new COVID-19 cases

NANAIMO - Two full days of data yielded no new diagnosed COVID-19 cases on Vancouver Island.Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry made the announcement during her Monday, May 11 briefing, which r...

May 11, 2020

Heart failure not to be forgotten during COVID-19 pandemic

NANAIMO - With COVID-19 capturing headlines about the respiratory system, it's important to remember what's at the heart of the matter. Heart failure awareness week recently ran from May 4 to May 10. ...

May 11, 2020

Confirmed COVID-19 cases drop on Vancouver Island

NANAIMO - There are less cases of COVID-19 on Vancouver Island than previously reported by government officials. The ministry of health said in a release two cases were removed from the Vancouver Isla...

May 08, 2020