Health

Half of Canadians want first COVID-19 vaccine available: Poll

OTTAWA - A new poll suggests about half of Canadians are willing to get immunized against COVID-19 with the first vaccine they're offered, while one quarter would be willing to wait to get a shot they...

Mar 16, 2021

Coming week will see trickle of COVID-19 vaccine doses before floodgates open

OTTAWA - The Public Health Agency of Canada is expecting a smaller-than-normal shipment of COVID-19 vaccines this week, with fewer than 445,000 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech shots scheduled for delivery ov...

Mar 15, 2021

WATCH: Take a sneak peek at the Prince George vaccination centre

PRINCE GEORGE - As the opening date nears for the vaccine clinic at the Prince George Conference and Civic Centre, CKPG News got a sneak peek of how the clinic is set up.The way the clinic is structur...

Mar 13, 2021

BC eases restrictions to allow outdoor gatherings up to 10 people

PRINCE GEORGE - As the temperatures warm up, and vaccination efforts continue, BC Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry has tweaked some restrictions.BC Health Officials now allow gatherings of u...

Mar 11, 2021

Vaccine rollout messaging causing confusion in Northern Health

PRINCE GEORGE - The messaging from the BC Minister of Health Adrian Dix has confused many seniors across Northern BC according to multiple seniors centres in Prince George, and the PG Council of Senio...

Mar 11, 2021

Canada to mark national day of observance to commemorate those who died of COVID-19

OTTAWA - Canada will mark the one-year anniversary today of the World Health Organization declaring COVID-19 a global pandemic. Earlier this week Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who is to deliver a sta...

Mar 11, 2021

Call centres overwhelmed on first day of BC COVID-19 vaccine booking

PRINCE GEORGE - It was felt across BC, call centres flooded with calls from over 1.5 million British Columbians trying to register to get their COVID-19 vaccines in the first few hours the phone lines...

Andrew Snook Mar 8, 2021

Canada set to receive more than 910,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines this week

OTTAWA - Canada is set to receive 910,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses this week as pharmaceutical companies ramp up deliveries to make good on their contractual obligations by the end of the month. The Pub...

Mar 8, 2021

First shipment of AstraZeneca vaccine arrives amid confusion over its use for seniors

OTTAWA - The first doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine are set to arrive in Canada today as confusion persists over who should get it.Canada is to receive 500,000 doses of the vaccine, th...

Mar 3, 2021

Province seeks variety of professionals to aid immunization efforts

PRINCE GEORGE - There are few details to exactly how many healthcare professionals will be needed for mass immunizations in the months ahead.Dr. Bonnie Henry would not confirm nor deny the report of a...

Mar 2, 2021