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.
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.
The latest data released by the province suggests B.C. will collect thousands of dollars from pandemic-related fines, if the alleged violators pay up.
By March 31, the City of Victoria and the province have committed to housing all unsheltered people living in the city.
British Columbia health officials say their plan to delay the second dose of COVID-19 vaccine to four months is based on scientific evidence and real-world experience, as Ontario and Alberta consider following the province's lead.
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.
A judge has ruled that Alek Minassian is criminally responsible for the 2018 Toronto van attack, finding him guilty of 10 counts of first-degree murder and 16 counts of attempted murder.
Many scientists say they now believe that SARS-CoV-2 will not only remain with us as an endemic virus, continuing to circulate in communities, but will likely cause a significant burden of illness and death for years to come.
Experts say delaying the second dose of a COVID-19 vaccine would 'make sense' for Canada amid its slow rollout, despite there being limited data about how long protection lasts until a second shot is needed.
The owner of a scallop trawler that caught fire at sea south of Yarmouth, N.S., Tuesday night says all 32 crew members are safely off the boat.
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.
Reports of residents in Toronto getting bitten and scratched by raccoons are up over 60 per cent.
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.
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.