Health

One additional death at Jubilee Lodge

PRINCE GEORGE - There has been one additional death at the Jubliee Lodge as a result of COVID.To date, 48 residents have tested positive for COVID-19, which represents no change from previous updates....

Jan 04, 2021

UK ramps up inoculations with Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine

LONDON - Britain on Monday took another giant step in the fight against COVID-19, ramping up its immunization program by giving the first shots in the world from the vaccine created by Oxford Universi...

Jan 04, 2021

55 Alive - Don't do this Challenge!

My Inchipinchi (my bestie) and I are starting a challenge for the new year and I know I’m probably going to get a lot of flak for this and it is going to be overwhelming for many of yo...

yourlife Dec 30, 2020

B.C. mom who gave birth in a coma due to COVID-19 discharged from hospital

ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - A mother who had an emergency C-section in British Columbia while in a coma due to complications from COVID-19 returned home to her family in time for Christmas. Gillian McIntosh wa...

Dec 30, 2020

Community steps up for PG boy hit by chronic diseases

PRINCE GEORGE - It's a battle no parents wants to see their child have to endure.For Randi Dery, 2020 has been a rollercoaster as her son Brody battles through Crohn's disease and recently diagnosed w...

Dec 30, 2020

Wearable tech a defence against COVID-19 in world junior tournament "bubble"

What looks like a thin pack of gum is attached to Braden Schneider's event credential at the world junior hockey championship in Edmonton. It's a beacon providing both contact-tracing capability shoul...

Dec 30, 2020

'If not now, then when?' COVID-19 spurs some Canadians to make big changes

TORONTO - The COVID-19 pandemic has upended the lives of Canadians across the country, causing many to lose their jobs or businesses, or to adapt to a new life spent mostly at home. Some are leaning i...

Dec 29, 2020

Canada surpasses 15,000 deaths related to COVID-19 with 37 new deaths in Quebec

Canada has surpassed 15,000 deaths related to COVID-19.The grim milestone was reached with the reporting of 37 new deaths in Quebec.A total of 15,001 Canadians have now died from COVID-19 since the pa...

Dec 28, 2020

B.C. reports first case of new COVID-19 strain

PRINCE GEORGE - The new strain of the COVID-19 virus has officially been confirmed in the Island Health Region as per BC health officials on Sunday.The individual, returned to B.C. from the U.K. on fl...

Dec 27, 2020

Visit restrictions contributed to depression among care home residents: doctor

VANCOUVER - A plastic barrier sits on a table between Debbie Drew and her father during their visits in the reception area of a long-term care home where the first Canadian died of COVID-19.Nine month...

Dec 27, 2020