Coronavirus (COVID-19) Local News

Disappointment expressed over vaccination strategy

BC’s ministry of health will not be forthcoming with detailed information about COVID-19 cases in the Powell River area.

Money will be disbursed to help organizations cope with pandemic

First doses administered today, physicians look forward to rollout

Willingdon Creek Village staff and residents first to receive shots

Directors will be looking at how to spend grant money

A new, highly transmissible COVID-19 variant that has spread across the United Kingdom has been confirmed in B.C., involving a person who lives on Vancouver Island. It is the province’s first case of a person infected with the U.K. variant.

Council will have a measured response in expending safe restart grant funds

Does anyone like getting a needle? Even those who don’t suffer from trypanophobia (extreme fear of medical procedures involving injections or hypodermic needles) are unlikely to enjoy being pierced by an ultra-sharp object, but in 2020, and into 2021

Holiday decorations were just one of the glimmers that brightened our community last week. A long-awaited announcement about Health Canada’s approval of the first COVID-19 vaccine has given us new hope in our struggle to end the pandemic.