Province believes “emergency phase” of COVID is ending, but critics argue long-term effects mean continued danger

Around 20% of an Island elementary school is absent every day due to illness, according to its principal

During what officials called a ‘daunting’ spike in school exposures, the provincial health officer maintained that spring break drove infections, not in-school transmission

New subvariants that can get past antibodies are on the rise in BC, while new research shows reinfections increase overall health risks

At the Saanich Peninsula Hospital ER, a doctor says more patients without family doctors are showing up with post-COVID complications and other, worsening afflictions

Cases and hospitalizations are ticking upward, but BC is staying the course by removing restrictions and data sharing

There’s room for optimism as the province announces its plan to remove restrictions, but this comes with new risks: BA.2 and the need to protect the most vulnerable

The island made headlines recently for its hardline anti-vax community, but there’s more to running a community than fighting over vaccines