Coronavirus (COVID-19) Local News

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Nanaimo social-service agencies and governments are going flat-out to arrange for extra services and beds as homeless numbers jump by more than 25 per cent.

Those returning to B.C. by air or land are required to present a self-isolation plan to officials when they arrive, or face being sent to a quarantine site, says Premier John Horgan. “This self-isolation plan is not just a suggestion,” Horgan said.

There are 45 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in B.C. and five additional deaths

Island Health has scrapped plans to use Royal Athletic Park as a temporary tenting site for people without homes as it ramps up efforts to move people indoors during the COVID-19 outbreak. The health authority said it’s working with Victoria and B.C.

One ferry route to Salt Spring Island will be cancelled while service to the rest of the Southern Gulf Islands will be streamlined starting this weekend, as B.C. Ferries further reduces service amid the COVID-19 pandemic. B.C.

A commentary by a legend in local retail, on behalf of his family. Hello everyone. I hope that you and your loved ones are safe, healthy and able to stay at home.

With thousands of people in Greater Victoria facing job losses amid the COVID-19 pandemic, financial experts say there are ways to mitigate the resulting problems.

The cost of fighting COVID-19 is far beyond anything imagined in B.C.’s planning for the economic disaster that accompanies a pandemic.

Some students are returning to eight elementary schools in the Cowichan Valley School District this week as part of a plan to accommodate the children of essential-service workers dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic.