19 new COVID-19 cases confirmed on Vancouver Island
Health officials have identified 19 new cases of COVID-19 in the Vancouver Island region Tuesday.

Health officials have identified 19 new cases of COVID-19 in the Vancouver Island region Tuesday.
By March 31, the City of Victoria and the province have committed to housing all unsheltered people living in the city.
The investigation into a recent Duncan homicide continues, after the death was first reported by police on Monday.
The Qualicum School District (SD69) is notifying community members of a COVID-19 exposure at a Parksville elementary school.
The City of Victoria is petitioning the B.C. Supreme Court to clarify whether Beacon Hill Park can be used to shelter homeless people in temporary structures.
Students in the Comox Valley School District have launched an online petition calling for a transition to full online learning after multiple schools reported COVID-19 exposures over the past two weeks.
British Columbia's record-breaking state of emergency has been in effect for almost a year.
The City of Victoria has picked a Vancouver-based team to lead design and construction of a multi-million dollar skate and bike park in Topaz Park.
A man has been arrested after a dramatic incident took place aboard a BC Transit bus on Tuesday morning.
The first doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine are set to arrive in Canada Wednesday as confusion persists over who should get it.
Federal officials stress the fact Canada now has three vaccines that can drive down hospitalizations and deaths due to COVID-19.
As some provinces open COVID-19 vaccinations to their oldest residents, experts say meeting up with older loved ones who’ve received the vaccine remains a dilemma.
Canada has administered the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine to 3.87 per cent of the country's population.
Attorney General Christian Porter has outed himself as the Australian cabinet minister at the center of a historical rape allegation that has caused a storm of speculation in the nation's Parliament.
Reggae pioneer Bunny Wailer's death at age 73 closes an incredible chapter of music history.
A driver doing doughnuts in the middle of a street in Los Angeles hit a pedestrian, put her in the car, then fled from police.
Scientists used a particle accelerator to learn more about Little Foot, a 3.67-million-year-old Australopithecus fossil.
This artist garnered three million views after she narrowly escaped ruining a prized painting of her grandfather.
Montrealer Carlos Viani shares his 'confinement diaries' – images of how the COVID-19 pandemic is shaping the city.
A 10-second video was sold for US$6.6 million last week, showing just how much the non-fungible token market is booming.
Indonesia's Mount Sinabung sent a plume of ash over 11,000 feet above sea level, the country's volcanic monitoring agency, said.
A Toronto photographer is working with Ugandan girls to preserve their history in pictures.