KBRH gets $38.8 million boost
Construction is underway at Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital (KBRH) for a new ambulatory care clinic and expanded pharmacy. “Our government recognized the critical importance of upgrading KBRH so people in the West Kootenay-Boundary area could get better care, so it’s exciting to see work get started on the next phase of...
445 new cases overnight in BC, 44 in IHA
Dr. Bonnie Henry, B.C.’s provincial health officer, and Adrian Dix, Minister of Health, have issued the following joint statement regarding updates on the COVID-19 response in British Columbia: “Today, we are reporting a total of 445 new cases, including six epi-linked cases, for a total of 72,750 cases in British Columbia....
BC Coroners Service: More than 1,700 lives lost in 2020 due to toxic illicit drugs
As the five-year anniversary of the province’s illicit drug toxicity public health emergency approaches, the BC Coroners Service reports 2020 was B.C.’s worst year yet in terms of number of lives lost due to the effects of toxic illicit drugs. There were 1,716 deaths due to illicit drugs in 2020 in B.C., representing a 74% ...
BC records 449 new cases overnight, 58 in IHA
Dr. Bonnie Henry, B.C.’s provincial health officer, and Adrian Dix, Minister of Health, have issued the following joint statement regarding updates on the COVID-19 response in British Columbia: “Today, we are reporting 449 new cases, including three epi-linked cases, for a total of 72,305 cases in British Columbia. “There are...
BC records 414 new cases overnight, 63 in IHA
Dr. Bonnie Henry, B.C.’s provincial health officer, and Adrian Dix, Minister of Health, have issued the following joint statement regarding updates on the COVID-19 response in British Columbia: “Today, we are reporting 414 new cases, including seven epi-linked cases, for a total of 68,780 cases in British Columbia. “There are...
Funds support access to addictions treatment, recovery services during COVID-19
Treatment and recovery providers who have been financially challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic are benefiting from grants to ensure ongoing support for people struggling with addictions throughout B.C. Fifty-three eligible grant applications came in and all were awarded, totalling just over $2 million. The grants support...
Column: The lessons of COVID -- are we good students?
“Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.” All in this together, but not all suffering together The coronavirus pandemic has been rich in lessons. We have been told one lesson over and over as a kind of mantra, by authorities in government, science, and medicine, and we know what we are supposed to have learned:...
Update on Covid-19 cluster in Fernie
Interior Health has identified an additional ten cases of COVID-19 linked to a community cluster in the Fernie area since the cluster was declared on Jan. 27. Since Jan. 1, 2021, a total of 91 people have tested positive for COVID-19 in this region and 60 cases are currently active. Most of the transmission occurred at recent...
Jan. 29: 514 new cases overnight in BC, 71 in IHA
Dr. Bonnie Henry, B.C.’s provincial health officer, and Adrian Dix, Minister of Health, have issued the following joint statement regarding updates on the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) response in British Columbia: “Today, we are reporting 514 new cases, including six epi-linked cases, for a total of 66,779 cases in British ...
Jan. 28: BC records 546 new cases, 70 in IHA
Dr. Bonnie Henry, B.C.’s provincial health officer, and Adrian Dix, Minister of Health, have issued the following joint statement regarding updates on the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) response in British Columbia: "Today, we are reporting 546 new cases, including five epi-linked cases, for a total of 66,265 cases in British...
