Health Canada is asking Canadians to look out for fake COVID-19 rapid test kits, after some were found in Ontario. In a statement issued Friday, the health agency said counterfeit Rapid Response test kits had been sold online….
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If not for migration, Greater Victoria’s population would have otherwise shrunk in 2021. Over 1,600 more people died than were born in the Capital Region from July 2020 to July…
Good news from Seniors Advocate Isobel Mackenzie: 90 per cent of BC seniors live independently in their own homes and 80 per cent of seniors over 85 don’t have dementia….
As fear over COVID-19 dissipates, Canadians’ focus is turning to the health-care system, and most are not impressed by what they see. New data from the non-profit Angus Reid Institute…
The Island Corridor Foundation has released a “Business Case” highlighting detailed analysis, including data from the provincial and federal governments in support of the full restoration of rail service on…
Seniors aged 85 and older are growing in number and as a proportion of the population, Stats Canada is reporting. Despite being impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, this population continues to…
With a doctor shortage crippling Vancouver Island, Victoria has the dubious honour of experiencing the longest walk-in clinic wait times in Canada. That’s according to tech company Medimap, as it…
Vancouver Island’s first in-person clinic for people suffering from post-COVID complications has opened at the Royal Jubilee Hospital in Victoria. This is the fifth long COVID clinic in BC and…
Jim Hume died peacefully at 3 a.m. Wednesday at Royal Jubilee Hospice with son Nic at his side holding his hand. He was 98. For more than 30 years Jim…
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