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The B.C. SPCA is significantly restricting public access to its shelters to protect its staff, volunteers and members of the public during the COVID-19 pandemic.

As people spend more time at home to reduce the spread of COVID-19, some are finding creative ways to stay connected.

The cancellation of elective surgeries has freed up 371 acute care beds and reduced the critical-care bed occupancy rate to 60 per cent on 91Ô­´´ Island, Health Minister Adrian Dix said Saturday.

B.C.'s provincial health officer issued a new order to close personal service establishments such as salons, spas, massage and tattoo parlours. Dr.

91Ô­´´ Island’s construction sector is continuing to build — typically with fewer workers on sites — as it focuses on how to face COVID-19-related challenges today and plans for the future.

In all honesty, says Metchosin’s David Kirkham, there are worse places to be trapped than a cruise ship off the coast of South America. There has been no sign of COVID-19 aboard Holland America’s MS Zaandam.

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Today we are launching the most important fundraising campaign in the 161-year history of this newspaper. The need is unprecedented and it is immediate. The sky is not falling. It is spring. Birds are singing. There is hope for the future.

B.C. is suspending camping in provincial parks, at least until the end of April. It’s also ending park services and closing facilities, citing the need to maintain social distancing.

A Victoria-based St. Michaels University School student has tested positive for COVID-19, according to deputy head of school Andy Rodford.