COVID-19

As COVID cases surge once again, parents are asking how clean is the air in our schools?

Most BC residents think pandemic was not managed well: independent review

BC quietly removes all requirement to self-isolate when COVID-positive

Island teachers, parents report high absences, illnesses amid lack of public health data

Emails show Dr. Bonnie Henry knew of concerns over BC’s COVID-19 data and school exposures while publicly downplaying them

Island hospitals, schools already facing impact of COVID-19, respiratory virus surge

BC announces bivalent COVID-19 vaccine rollout ahead of “uncertain” fall respiratory illness season

No mask requirements for Greater Victoria post-secondary schools as semester returns

Third Omicron wave will bring an onslaught of new COVID-19 patients by end of July: new expert report

Victoria nursing student kicked out of program for staying home while COVID-positive

BC offers fourth COVID-19 vaccine doses this summer—but discourages uptake until fall

‘Never seen it this bad’: new long COVID clinic opens in Victoria, as emergency rooms fill up

Capital Letters: COVID-19 mandates lifting in BC amid 6th wave

BC removing vaccine card, daily reports despite signs of 6th wave

Experts, critics urge caution as BC lifts mask mandate and other restrictions

Vaccinated or not, on Lasqueti Island, everyone has to get along

‘Mass disabling event’: advocates fear tsunami of long COVID patients as Omicron spreads unchecked

Advocates and researchers say people with disabilities are left out of BC COVID strategy

Omicron is upending Vancouver Island hospitals and schools

Victoria healthcare workers brace for Omicron’s impact on nearly full hospitals

BC parents look to US pharmacies to find COVID vaccines for under-12 kids

Inside the COVID isolation units for unhoused patients in Victoria

‘This was the worst case scenario’: No plan for COVID-positive unhoused people in Victoria

Leaked documents show 225 COVID-19 cases among Victoria’s unsheltered population

COVID cases surge in Victoria temporary housing—but residents and staff say they have only ‘whispers and rumours’ for information

UPDATED: What the BC vaccine card is—and what it isn't

Family-run charity Fateh Care brings free access to food, medical care, and more to hundreds of Vancouver Island residents

The beginning of Vancouver Island’s fourth wave is here

Businesses opt to continue mask policies as province moves ahead in restart plan

Marginalized groups reeling from unequal financial impacts of COVID-19 restrictions in BC: report

You asked, he answered: our reader-driven Q&A with Richard Stanwick

The Avoidable Tragedy: How Canadian Public Health Failed to Curb the Carnage of COVID-19