Health

COVID-19 vaccine to be mandatory for federal employees, many travellers

Ottawa will require federal employees, workers in federally regulated industries and many travellers to be vaccinated against COVID-19, marking an "evolution" in the government's position on vaccine m...

Aug 13, 2021

Island Health nears 200 active COVID-19 cases

NANAIMO - The number of active COVID-19 cases with Island Health continues to climb. There are 193 active cases as of Thursday, Aug. 12, a rise of eight from the day before. There were significantly m...

Aug 12, 2021

New daily COVID-19 case amount reaches half a thousand for second consecutive day

PRINCE GEORGE - B.C. is reporting 513 new cases of COVID-19, for a total of 154,362 cases in the province, since the pandemic began.There are 3,834 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, and 148,70...

Aug 12, 2021

Mandatory masks in seniors care homes

PRINCE GEORGE - Because of the number of variants turning up on long term care facilities, transmitted primarily by people who are not fully vaccinated, the Provincial Health Office has issued new hea...

Aug 12, 2021

BCGEU encourages vaccination, re-issuing of single-site and mask orders

BURNABY - Following today's provincial government announcement regarding vaccines for health care workers, the B.C. General Employees' Union (BCGEU) encourages all British Columbians to get vaccinated...

Aug 12, 2021

Outdoor Play Day brings smiles, laughter at Westwood Lake

NANAIMO - A trip along the trails of Westwood Lake was life changing for a young Nanaimo boy with mobility issues. Noah Thompson traded his walker for a carrier and was taken on a guided tour of the t...

Aug 10, 2021

Care home residents returning to 100 Mile House

100 MILE HOUSE - Interior Health has begun returning care home residents to the District of 100 Mile House.The comes after 100 Mile House rescinded its evacuation alert in response to the Flat Lake wi...

Aug 08, 2021

Irregular planned diversions at Dawson Creek Hospital this week

DAWSON CREEK - Challenges with physician and nursing staff coverage are expected to require irregular planned diversions of the emergency department at Dawson Creek and District Hospital between Aug. ...

Aug 08, 2021

'A real struggle:' Nursing shortage leading to health centre closures in Nunavut

IQALUIT, Nunavut - A nursing shortage is affecting the country's most northern communities, with eight health centres run by nurses expectedto temporarily shut their doors if staff aren't found to kee...

Aug 08, 2021

Repeat Nanaimo fentanyl trafficker serving back-to-back jail sentences

NANAIMO - A drug trafficker caught red-handed by Nanaimo RCMP was sentenced to an additional three and a half years in jail, less than three months after he was put away for separate local drug offenc...

Aug 05, 2021