December 2020

“We may seem like a few people here, but there’s hundreds of people behind us. But as a crowd, we cannot gather,” said Holly Heppner, PCCS president.

During this time period the Oceanside RCMP received 246 complaints.

From Jan. 1 – Dec. 17, 2020, there were 39,322 babies born in the province.

There are 79 active cases of COVID-19 in the Island Health region, including 16 reported today.

Three more residents at the Chartwell Malaspina Residence long-term care home in Nanaimo have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total number to five.

There are 76 active cases of COVID-19 in the Island Health regincluding 44 reported since Dec. 24.

From January to September, hate-crime incidents increased 116 per cent and anti-Asian hate crime increased by 878 per cent over the same time period last year, according to crime statistics from the Vancouver Police Department.

Island Health has identified a second COVID-19 case at the Chartwell Malaspina Residence long-term care home in Nanaimo.