New service strengthens team-based support for parents throughout their pregnancy journey Expectant parents will benefit from improved access to comprehensive pregnancy care at the new Encompass…
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Rapid tests available for people 40+ at pharmacies
As of Tuesday, March 15, rapid antigen test kits are available through community pharmacies to people aged 40 and older. Eligible individuals can pick up…
B.C.’s mask mandate ends at midnight
Vaccine cards being eliminated April 8 Starting tomorrow (March 11), British Columbians no longer must wear masks in public indoor spaces. Face coverings will be…
Rapid tests for people 60+ at pharmacies
Starting March 7, rapid antigen test kits are now available through community pharmacies to people aged 60 and older. Eligible individuals can pick up one…
PHO finalizes order for health-care professionals
The Office of the Provincial Health Officer (PHO) this morning announced it has posted a new provincial health officer order requiring the reporting of health-care…
COVID-19 treatment outpatient virtual service launches
A new online assessment tool and virtual service has launched for people to see if they could receive and benefit from COVID-19 anti-viral treatments. Two…
COTR gets eight new nursing training seats
Six hundred and two new nursing seats are being added to public post-secondary institutions throughout the province, including eight at College of the Rockies (COTR),…
Work-from-home order removed
The provincial health officer (PHO) today updated the Provincial Health Officer Order on Workplace Safety, to support the transition of employees back into the workplace….
Health professionals must be vaccinated by March 24
B.C.’s Provincial Health Officer is finalizing, in consultation with all health professional colleges, an order that requires all regulated health professionals to be vaccinated by…
SD6 included in rapid antigen test kit rollout
The B.C. government today announced that 300,000 rapid antigen test kits are to be delivered in phases to schools/students in the province. The first phase…