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After lagging behind other countries in the early months of vaccination, Canada is now among the leaders when it comes to the percentage of the population vaccinated against COVID-19 with at least one dose. But the next steps could get harder.

The PNE may be cancelled — but theres optimism your summer wont be There’s a number of emerging signals that things in B.C. might begin looking more “normal” over the next few months.  Social Sharing

Is it enough for the province to return to some semblance of normalcy? Not likely. Not yet anyways. The B.C. government has not said when restrictions might be lifted. Recent modelling released by the Canadian government shows that lifting restrictions by the summer would need 75 per cent of adults to get at least a first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine and 20 per cent of Canadians their second shot. In B.C., only two per cent of British Columbians have a second dose. The vaccine uptake has been goo...

The Christian County Grand Jury returned several indictments Friday including for assault, rape and sodomy. Shequita Buckner, of Hopkinsville, was indicted for first-degree assault in connection to a March shooting on Kenwood Drive where police reported she shot 36-year old Kimberly Harrell in the arm. Harrell was flown to Skyline Medical Center for treatment. Daniel Coombs mugshot The grand jury indicted Daniel Coombs, of Wyoming, on charges of first-degree rape of a victim under 12 years old ...

The group, which has been together for more than a year, plans to begin releasing regular reports. The report’s modelling found that hospitalization numbers are projected to rise above capacity in May unless virus transmission, driven by a rise in virus variants that spread more easily and cause worse outcomes, is brought under control. It is possible that measures already taken by the province such as shutting down indoor dining and targeting vaccinations at hotspots such as Whistler and Pri...

Article content B.C. is drastically undercounting variants of concern, according to several prominent epidemiologists and data analysts, all of whom say these highly contagious strains now make up more than half of COVID-19 cases in the province. Internal slides from the B.C. Centre for Disease Control, leaked to Postmedia News, show that presumptive variant cases made up at least 40 per cent of all positive COVID-19 cases as of March 27. That’s double the estimate given by provincial health ...

Minnesota recorded more than 2,600 new daily cases on Monday, according to the Minnesota Department of Health, its highest tally since January. Hospitalizations were up 37% from two weeks earlier, the New York Times reported. British Columbia (BC), the province on the west coast of Canada that shares a 1,300-mile land border with the US, recorded more than 1,000 daily cases on Tuesday for the first time since January, Adrian Dix, BC minister of health, said on Twitter.  Michael T. Osterholm, t...

Matt and Rebecca Dell with their children Sophie, 4, and Corbin 8 in front of their home in Oak Bay on Monday, April 5, 2021. The Dells plan to keep the kids out of school and daycare for two weeks as COVID-19 case counts rise. ADRIAN LAM, TIMES COLONIST Five Greater Victoria schools had COVID-19 exposures during the first week back after spring break — compared to just one in all of February — heightening parents’ anxiety and leading some to pull their children from school. Island Heal...

Article content Health Minister Adrian Dix faces calls to release more information on where COVID-19 variants are spreading, who is becoming infected and what sectors of the economy are hardest hit after the number of cases of the highly contagious P1 variant nearly doubled over the Easter weekend. Dix did not commit to releasing the figures, but said Monday he expects the more-transmissible variants to eventually replace earlier strains of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. “What we know ...

Heres your daily update with everything you need to know on the novel coronavirus situation in B.C.