Health

Drug toxicity call volumes continue testing local emergency responders

NANAIMO - Reviving people falling victim to Nanaimo's ongoing drug toxicity crisis is having an increased impact on emergency responders. Updated Nanaimo Fire Rescue (NFR) data stated their crews resp...

Nov 23, 2021

Children COVID shots anticipated

PRINCE GEORGE - It is anticipated that Health Canada has approved the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID vaccine for children between the ages of five to 11 tomorrow. "This is a version that is designed specifical...

Nov 18, 2021

Cariboo Memorial Hospital Foundation's online auction fundraising for Deni House

WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - For the second year in a row, the annual Cariboo Memorial Hospital Foundation (CMHF) Gala will not take place.However, there's another way for residents to assist in fundraising....

Nov 13, 2021

B.C. reports 992 new COVID-19 cases, 166 of them in Northern Health

PRINCE GEORGE - The province reported 992 new COVID-19 cases for Thursday and Friday (Nov. 11 and 12), with 166 of them in Northern Health.Active cases slightly decreased to 4,265 in the province (dow...

Nov 13, 2021

COVID outbreak doubles at NRGH, additonal case detected at Nanaimo care home

NANAIMO - Several more people have tested positive for COVID-19 as part of an ever-growing outbreak at Nanaimo Hospital.Island Health revealed eight new cases in the hospital's Transitional Care Unit ...

Nov 09, 2021

New advocacy group for vulnerable Nanaimo area women gains early traction

NANAIMO - A local woman decided to harness online chatter about a popular Netflix series into tangible positive change.Kerri Isham, a Nanaimo based sexual health educator, was moved by the series MAID...

Nov 07, 2021

Helicopter crashes in Nanoose Bay

NANOOSE BAY - One person was airlifted to hospital with serious but non-life threatening injuries following a helicopter crash near Nanoose Bay.BC Emergency Health Services dispatched paramedics a for...

Nov 04, 2021

Planning underway for promised cancer centre in Nanaimo

NANAIMO - While details are thin on what services will be provided, conceptual work is happening to establish a new cancer facility in Nanaimo.The project is part of a John Horgan re-election promise ...

Nov 02, 2021

Province lobbies to decriminalize small amounts of illicit drugs

NANAIMO - Amid no sign the drug toxicity crisis is improving in B.C., the province wants criminal penalities wiped out for people possessing small amounts of illicit drugs.Mental health and addictions...

Nov 01, 2021

Government release details around unvaccinated in health care

PRINCE GEORGE - Of the 127,448 health care workers in BC, 122,059 have been fully vaccinated. That leaves 2.6% or 3,326 health care professionals who are now on unpaid leave in the province. That incl...

Nov 01, 2021