Coronavirus (COVID-19) Local News

Free rapid antigen tests now available to B.C. residents aged 40+

You'll need your personal health number if you're picking up a kit.

Mar 15, 2022 4:00 PM Read more >

B.C. COVID-19 hospitalizations keep falling

No new COVID-19 deaths or active outbreaks were discovered in past day.

Mar 15, 2022 3:20 PM Read more >

A look at COVID-19's social and economic impacts on Canadians, two years later

The pandemic has altered the world we once knew, and its impact will be felt for years.

Mar 15, 2022 9:00 AM Read more >

B.C. records 14 COVID-19 deaths in past three days

COVID-19 hospitalizations fall to 359 – the lowest total since January.

Mar 14, 2022 3:33 PM Read more >

COVID’s arrival caught B.C. deeply unprepared, documents show

Provincial government overwhelmed by PPE shortage and pandemic supply-chain chaos in 2020, briefing notes reveal.

Mar 14, 2022 1:55 PM Read more >

CMHA, UBC research found majority of people have ongoing COVID concerns

“We’re seeing the signs of chronic stress on the population,” said Margaret Eaton, National CEO of CMHA.

Mar 14, 2022 7:58 AM Read more >

B.C. ICUs have fewest COVID-19 patients in seven months

Three more deaths raise B.C.'s pandemic death toll to 2,935

Mar 11, 2022 3:59 PM Read more >

B.C. to provide free rapid antigen tests to those older than 50

People are eligible for one kit containing five tests every 28 days.

Mar 10, 2022 5:27 PM Read more >

Dr. Henry making changes to previously announced vaccine requirement for private health-care workers

B.C.'s top doc says specifics are being worked out with each regulatory college.

Mar 10, 2022 4:39 PM Read more >

Will COVID-19 restrictions come back in the fall? Here's what B.C.'s top doc had to say.

"We have to be ready to bring some tools back," said Dr. Bonnie Henry.

Mar 10, 2022 3:56 PM Read more >