Tag Archives: Health
Central Vancouver Island second in province for toxic drug deaths in April
NANAIMO - Five people lost their lives to toxic drugs in Nanaimo in April, as the total number of deaths related to the unregulated drug supply starts to increase once again after declining. This brin...
Jun 24, 2025
Control zones set up in Fraser Valley, B.C., after Newcastle disease detected
CHILLIWACK - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has put up controls on the movements of birds around two commercial poultry farms experiencing the first outbreaks of virulent Newcastle disease in Can...
Jun 20, 2025
Ottawa shows no signs of limiting MAID after UN panel calls for reversal
OTTAWA - Ottawa is giving no sign that it intends to amend existing legislation on medical assistance in dying - something a UN committee called for earlier this spring. The federal minister responsib...
Jun 19, 2025
Victoria council backs plan to tackle declining social order in B.C.'s capital
VICTORIA - Victoria Mayor Marianne Alto says she's "thrilled" councillors have signalled support for a plan to address declining social order caused by homelessness, addiction and a fraying health car...
Jun 19, 2025
Quebec bans transport of some wild animals in nearly 100 communities over rabies risk
MONTREAL - The Quebec government is temporarily banning the transportation of some wild animal species in nearly 100 municipalities located close to areas where raccoon rabies has been detected. The b...
Jun 18, 2025
New Qualicum Beach skateboard park opens with rave reviews
QUALICUM BEACH - New life has been injected into the community following the recent opening of a highly anticipated skateboard park. Replacing an aging 25-year-old facility deconstructed earlier this ...
Jun 16, 2025
New funding helping train 10 Practical Nurses in Nanaimo
NANAIMO - Senior government funding is helping the BC Care Providers Association get more nurses to work in the healthcare industry.Ten spots are open in Nanaimo, another 10 in Vernon, for qualified h...
Jun 16, 2025
Dollarama-sold Oracare Baby Brush toothbrush recalled for choking hazard
Health Canada has recalled a baby toothbrush sold in Dollarama stores across the country due to a possible choking hazard. The federal health agency says the Oracare Baby Brush toothbrush has a manufa...
Jun 14, 2025
Health authority issues warning as measles circulates in northeastern B.C. community
FORT ST. JOHN - A health authority in northern British Columbia says measles is officially circulating in a remote community in the province's northeast. Northern Health says multiple lab-confirmed ca...
Jun 14, 2025
Alberta government to start charging residents for COVID-19 shots this fall
EDMONTON - Alberta's government announced Friday residents who are not immunocompromised or on social programs will soon have to pay to get the COVID-19 vaccine. In a late afternoon news release, the ...
Jun 13, 2025