Coronavirus (COVID-19) Local News

The number of positive COVID-19 cases in B.C. has surpassed 1,500, with 27 new cases announced on Tuesday. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said a total of 1,517 people have tested positive for COVID-19.

First, there was carpooling. Now, with the COVID-19 pandemic, there’s plane-pooling. Last weekend, members of three Canadian political parties hopped on a government jet to travel to Ottawa to pass emergency economic legislation.

We’re at the finger-pointing stage of the pandemic now. That’s the part where we demand to know why our leaders A) didn’t see this coming, or B) saw it coming but failed to react quickly or decisively enough to head it off.

For many British Columbians holing up in their homes, watching COVID-19 spread through seniors’ care homes and communities across the globe, hearing provincial health officer Dr.

A paper Dr. Bonnie Henry co-authored nine years ago illustrates how far beyond the conventional limits in public health thinking COVID-19 has pushed authorities. B.C.

Single-use face masks are washing up on Hong Kong beaches, threatening marine life and raising questions about hygienic disposal of the masks, says a Saanich researcher in marine plastic pollution.

Testing the theory that there is no ideal time to do anything, a local cannabis company is planning to open its first retail location in Victoria’s Fairfield neighbourhood at the end of this week.

Some of Vancouver Island’s top musical talent will be coming together — virtually, of course — to raise money for people in need during the COVID-19 crisis.

A commentary by the CEO of the Victoria Innovation, Advanced Technology and Entrepreneurship Council. Every morning, I watch our prime minister update the nation on Canada’s COVID-19 response. “Save lives by staying apart,” he pleads.

If you’re feeling a little bit slower these days, you might be able to blame it on biology. That’s because isolation is bad for the brain, says University of Victoria neuroscientist Olav Krigolson. “People have trouble focusing.