Coronavirus (COVID-19) Local News

They’re not a stereotypical couple, so it stands to reason that they wouldn’t have a stereotypical honeymoon. Archdeacon Alastair McCollum is the English-born, motorcycle-riding, Ozzy Osbourne-loving minister at Victoria’s St.

Victoria police are warning citizens of scam artists who are using tales of COVID-19 to commit their crimes.

B.C. paramedics are reporting that 75 per cent of recent calls to 911 ambulance dispatch are related to suspicions of COVID-19 or other influenza-type symptoms.

The country’s largest association of language schools, Languages Canada, is warning that without major financial assistance, a significant number of its members are likely to close — and possibly never reopen.

There have been two more deaths in British Columbia as a result of the novel coronavirus and the government says staff members at two more long-term care homes have confirmed cases of COVID-19. A statement from the B.C.

Four people have died on a cruise ship on which more than 1,800 passengers and crew are stranded, including several people from Vancouver Island.

Helping our neighbours: Donate online at rapidrelieffund.ca Why are thousands of people donating to the Rapid Relief Fund, which was set up to help people in need because of the COVID-19 pandemic? There are many reasons.

Hundreds of South Island doctors are urging the public to take social distancing and self-isolation measures seriously in the fight to slow the spread of COVID-19.

With the impact of the COVID-19 crisis forcing many into isolation, Courtenay singer-songwriter Sue Pyper wanted to make a music video that would lift the spirits of those feeling overwhelmed by it all.

The City of Victoria has abandoned plans to use Beacon Hill Park as a temporary tenting site for people without homes during the COVID-19 outbreak. Mayor Lisa Helps said on Thursday that the city and B.C.