Title: Vancouver Island nurses' testimonials | Capital Daily

URL: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeUAVELgOz9Hmjk1U90IV2HKTwmJ6w3t7f1bMO5Bbr8PoDmQw/viewform

Description: As this 5th wave progresses and hospitalizations reach new peaks every day, we're hearing more than ever that nurses are burnt out, overworked, subjected to unsafe conditions, and more. For anyone who wants to share their experiences and would like to do so safely and without fear of professional consequences, I'd like to invite you to fill out this form.

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Subject:   Island Health,  Capital Daily

Title: [COVID-19 case curve for the Island Health region] | April 28, 2021

URL: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E0GLo2nVkAEbr8r?format=jpg&name=large

Description: Brishti Basu on Twitter: "#NEW: There are now 269 (+6) active cases in the Island Health region Active/Total cases by region: South: 172 (+2) / 1,709 (+21) Central: 79 (+5) / 2,256 (+10) North: 18 (-1) / 611 (+1) Case curve: @CapitalDailyVic #COVID19BC"

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Subject:   Island Health

Title: Number of new cases per day [on Vancouver Island] | June 8, 2021

URL: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E3eelL1VgAA1_Yw?format=jpg&name=medium

Description: Brishti Basu on Twitter: "#NEW: There are now 41 (+12) active cases in the Island Health region. Active/total case breakdown by region: South: 24 (+7) | 1,926 (+7) Central: 8 (no change) | 2,448 (+1) North: 9 (+5) | 699 (+5) Cases trending up but still very low numbers @CapitalDailyVic #COVID19BC"

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Subject:   Island Health

Title: "I got my vaccine!"

URL: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E7qrHv0VkAUvIbi?format=jpg&name=4096x4096

Description: Brishti Basu on Twitter: "Plus side: got a sticker!!!"

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Subject:   Vaccinations

Title: [Image 1: Victoria Police Department officers in close conversation with protestors while unmasked]

URL: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E_MaHbNVEAA6OBm?format=jpg&name=4096x4096

Description: Brishti Basu on Twitter: "At today’s anti-vax rally in downtown #yyj: 2 unmasked @vicpdcanada officers standing very close to + having a conversation with 2 protestors I’ve reached out to VicPD to inquire about mask policy for officers. From where I was, it didn’t look like these men were 2m apart."

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Subject:   Victoria Police Department

Title: [Image 2: Victoria Police Department officers in close conversation with protestors while unmasked]

URL: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E_MaHbOVEAEoewy?format=jpg&name=4096x4096

Description: Brishti Basu on Twitter: "At today’s anti-vax rally in downtown #yyj: 2 unmasked @vicpdcanada officers standing very close to + having a conversation with 2 protestors I’ve reached out to VicPD to inquire about mask policy for officers. From where I was, it didn’t look like these men were 2m apart."

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Subject:   Victoria Police Department

Title: [COVID-19 case curve for the Island Health region| January 6, 2021]

URL: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ErFn2WdVoAABgJj?format=jpg&name=large

Description: Brishti Basu on Twitter: "#NEW: There are now 142 (+20) active cases in Vancouver Island Health region. Active/Total cases by region: South: 58 (+4) / 360 (+8) Central: 55 (+15) / 441 (+15) North: 29 (+1) / 228 (+5) Cases driven by Central and South Island. Case curve: @CapitalDailyVic #covid19bc"

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Subject:   Island Health

Title: First Nations COVID-19 cases by health authority | January 19, 2021

URL: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EsTDmNUVkAAt-Yi?format=jpg&name=large

Description: Brishti Basu on Twitter: "Island Health + First Nation Health Authority data: Between Jan 4 and Jan 21, Island Health had 390 new COVID-19 cases. Of these, 168 were among First Nations, or approx 43%. Breakdown from FNHA situation report released today: @CapitalDailyVic #COVID19BC"

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Subject:   First Nations Health Authority,  Island Health,  Fraser Health,  Interior Health,  Northern Health,  Vancouver Coastal Health

Title: [COVID-19 case curve for the Island Health region] | February 9, 2021

URL: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Et0uE-XVcAA4DRX?format=jpg&name=large

Description: Brishti Basu on Twitter: "#NEW: There are now 235 (-5) active cases in the Island Health region. Active/Total cases by region: South: 64 (+1) / 525 (+7) Central: 162 (-6) / 1,061 (+13) North: 9 / 289 (+2) Case curve: @CapitalDailyVic #COVID19BC"

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Subject:   Island Health

Title: [COVID-19 case curve for the Island Health region | February 19, 2021]

URL: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EuoQnaVVkAQMrlV?format=jpg&name=large

Description: Brishti Basu on Twitter: "#NEW: There are now 159 (+6) active cases in the Island Health region. Active/Total cases by region: South: 43 (-1) / 574 (+2) Central: 96 (-1) / 1,172 (+8) North: 20 (+8) / 310 (+9) Case curve: @CapitalDailyVic #COVID19BC"

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Subject:   Island Health

Title: [COVID-19 case curve for the Island Health region | March 19, 2021]

URL: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ew4M9SuVoAEicPM?format=jpg&name=large

Description: Brishti Basu on Twitter: "#NEW: There are now 217 (+20) active cases in the Island Health region Active/Total cases by region: South: 83 (+11) / 769 (+18) Central: 105 (+8) / 1,612 (+16) North: 29 (+1) / 478 (+3) Case curve: @CapitalDailyVic #COVID19BC"

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Subject:   Island Health

Title: [COVID-19 case curve for the Island Health region | March 31, 2021]

URL: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ex2IEPUUYAMTs6u?format=jpg&name=large

Description: Brishti Basu on Twitter: "#NEW: There are now 364 (+25) active cases in the Island Health region Active/Total cases by region: South: 181 (+11) / 993 (+30) Central: 156 (+12) / 1,813 (+24) North: 27 (+4) / 510 (+3) Case curve: @CapitalDailyVic #COVID19BC"

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Subject:   Island Health

Title: [COVID-19 case curve for the Island Health region] | March 26, 2021

URL: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ExcPBGFUYAMo6hd?format=jpg&name=large

Description: Brishti Basu on Twitter: "#NEW: There are now 266 (+33) active cases in the Island Health region Active/Total cases by region: South: 117 (+12) / 864 (+23) Central: 128 (+19) / 1,721 (+30) North: 21 (+2) / 496 (+6) Case curve: @CapitalDailyVic #COVID19BC"

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Subject:   Island Health

Title: [COVID-19 case curve for the Island Health region | April 13, 2021]

URL: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ey48NG-UcAEtEPb?format=jpg&name=large

Description: Brishti Basu on Twitter: "#NEW: Island Health is reporting 52 new COVID-19 cases today. There are now 467 (-27) active cases in the region Active/Total cases by region: South: 250 (-25) / 1,411 (+27) Central: 190 (-1) / 2,110 (+20) North: 27 (-1) / 554 (+5) Case curve: @CapitalDailyVic #COVID19BC"

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Subject:   Island Health

Title: [COVID-19 case curve for the Island Health region | April 9, 2021]

URL: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EykVLsEU8AIVScn?format=jpg&name=900x900

Description: Brishti Basu on Twitter: "#NEW: There are now 508 (+4) active cases in the Island Health region Active/Total cases by region: South: 270 (-1) / 1,284 (+25) Central: 212 (+11) / 2,029 (+23) North: 26 (-6) / 541 (+2) Case curve: @CapitalDailyVic #COVID19BC"

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Subject:   Island Health

Title: [COVID-19 case curve for the Island Health region | April 20, 2021]

URL: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ezc-NCsVkAMKL83?format=jpg&name=large

Description: Brishti Basu on Twitter: "#NEW: Island Health reporting 32 new cases today. There are now 326 (-20) active cases in the region. Active/Total cases by region: South: 194 (-13) / 1,561 (+14) Central: 94 (-8) / 2,188 (+14) North: 38 (+1) / 595 (+4) Case curve: @CapitalDailyVic #COVID19BC"

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Subject:   Island Health

Title: "Some positive personal news: Just got boosted!!!"

URL: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FKdfUDMUUAgFQ1p?format=jpg&name=small

Description: Brishti Basu on Twitter: "Some positive personal news: Just got boosted!!!"

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Subject:   Basu, Brishti,  Vaccinations

Title: How do you feel about BC lifting all public health restrictions today? | Capital Daily

URL: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FP2UKfAXoAIMIMM?format=png&name=small

Description: Capital Daily on Twitter: "On Wednesday, we asked you, our readers, to share your thoughts about public health restrictions ending today, and you did not disappoint! Here's a breakdown of those responses: (Graphs: @brish_ti/Capital Daily)"

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Subject:   Province of British Columbia

Title: Reasons for not supporting end of restrictions | Capital Daily

URL: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FP2UKfAXsAQVwdn?format=png&name=small

Description: Capital Daily on Twitter: "On Wednesday, we asked you, our readers, to share your thoughts about public health restrictions ending today, and you did not disappoint! Here's a breakdown of those responses: (Graphs: @brish_ti/Capital Daily)"

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Subject:   Long COVID

Title: Reasons for supporting end of restrictions | Capital Daily

URL: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FP2UKfEWUAE6mg0?format=png&name=small

Description: Capital Daily on Twitter: "On Wednesday, we asked you, our readers, to share your thoughts about public health restrictions ending today, and you did not disappoint! Here's a breakdown of those responses: (Graphs: @brish_ti/Capital Daily)"

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Subject:   Vaccinations

Title: [Capital Daily article updated to include comments from Adrian Dix]

URL: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FRTN8jnVsAAZuOq?format=jpg&name=4096x4096

Description: Brishti Basu on Twitter: "This article has been updated to include health minister Adrian Dix’s comments this afternoon. @CapitalDailyVic https://capitaldaily.ca/news/greater-victoria-hospitals-considering-hotels-for-patients"

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Subject:   Dix, Adrian,  Furstenau, Sonia,  Island Health

Title: Growing discontent among frontline health care workers on Vancouver Island | Ricochet Media

URL: https://ricochet.media/en/3954/growing-discontent-among-frontline-health-care-workers-on-vancouver-island/

Description: Comments from an internal forum show employees pushing back against claims of workplace excellence.

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Subject:   Island Health,  MacNeil, Kathy,  Mediacorp Canada,  Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions,  Queen Alexandra Centre for Children's Health,  BC Nurses' Union,  Flint, Kent,  Grewal, Aman

Title: Inside Victoria's escalating hospital staffing crisis | The Tyee

URL: https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/07/18/Victoria-Hospitals-Lack-Of-Staff/

Description: The Tyee has obtained documents revealing operating room shutdowns amid a ‘critical lack’ of workers in southern Vancouver Island.

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Subject:   Island Health,  Victoria General Hospital,  Saanich Peninsula Hospital,  Unger, Jeff,  Royal Jubilee Hospital,  South Island Surgical Centre,  Gandhi, Sanjiv,  Dix, Adrian,  Province of British Columbia,  Province of British Columbia | Ministry of Health,  Port Hardy Hospital,  Nanaimo Regional General Hospital

Title: Long COVID patients say WorkSafeBC is making life worse | The Tyee

URL: https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/03/11/Long-COVID-Patients-WorkSafeBC/

Description: Efforts to enforce return-to-work policies increase harm done by chronic illnesses, say advocates.

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Subject:   WorkSafeBC,  Long COVID,  Andrew, Maryanne,  Statistics Canada,  Campbell River School District,  Goulding, Susie,  COVID Long-Haulers Support Group Canada,  Graves, Lorraine,  Long COVID Web

Title: [Comments on vaccination rates of young people in BC]

URL: https://twitter.com/brish_ti/status/1418311472866725888?s=09

Description: Brishti Basu on Twitter: "My partner and I, both in our 20s, weren’t able to book our 2nd doses until this week. Strange and a little condescending to imply that the low rate of double vax among young people is somehow because young people don’t want to get vaccinated, when we have an age-based rollout. https://twitter.com/HedyFry/status/1418298559514939393 / Feels a little like more of what we’ve seen from the Premier throughout the pandemic: blaming us for rising cases, when it’s been documented that younger people faced some of the worst impacts of the pandemic."

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Subject:   Vaccinations,  Horgan, John

Title: Latest COVID-19 update in B.C. | July 23, 2021

URL: https://twitter.com/brish_ti/status/1418709916504576000?s=09

Description: Brishti Basu on Twitter: "#NEW: Latest #COVID19 update in B.C. - 112 new cases today - 148,842 total cases - +5 in Island Health region - 4 new deaths, death toll is at 1,767 - 46 (-7) in hospital, 17 (+2) in ICU @CapitalDailyVic #COVID19BC / New + active cases by region: Vancouver Coastal: 15 new | 110 active Fraser: +30 | 199 active Vancouver Island: +5 | 22 active Interior: +59 |256 active Northern: +3 | 10 active Residing outside Canada: +0 | 6 active Active cases: 603 (-178) #COVID19BC / 80.3% of all eligible residents (aged 12+) with one dose of vaccine 58.1% of everyone aged 12 and older have received their second dose. #covid19bc / BCCDC data shows that 76% of cases in June were in completely unvaccinated people. 98% were people who were either unvaccinated or had had one dose of vaccine. Min. of Health staff says they're looking into vaccination status of people in hospital with COVID @CapitalDailyVic / .@VanIslandHealth says there are now 21 (+4) active cases in Island Health. Active/total case breakdown by region: South: 15 (+3) | 2,006 (+7) Central: 4 (+1) | 2,496 (+2) North: 2 | 709 By Island Health counts, there were 9 new cases today. #COVID19BC @CapitalDailyVic

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Subject:   Island Health,  Vancouver Coastal Health,  Fraser Health,  Interior Health,  Northern Health,  Vaccinations

Title: [Comments on the difference in COVID-19 case reporting between Island Health and the Ministry of Health]

URL: https://twitter.com/brish_ti/status/1423076715929034759

Description: Brishti Basu on Twitter: "Essentially, Island Health is reporting almost half the number of cases today than the Ministry of Health. By VIHA counts, there are 20 fewer active cases here than what the province says. Time to try and reconcile these differences..."

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Subject:   Island Health,  Province of British Columbia,  Province of British Columbia | Ministry of Health

Title: [First time off Vancouver Island since March 2020]

URL: https://twitter.com/brish_ti/status/1428062670175961093?t=g27LGHA7JhWcBoKUAoybmA&s=09

Description: Brishti Basu on Twitter: "Just now realizing this birthday day trip to Salt Spring Island is the first time I’ve been on a ferry/left Van Isl since March 2020. Forever grateful to call this beautiful place home ✨ #25herewego"

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Subject:   Basu, Brishti,  BC Ferries

Title: [Island Health declares COVID-19 outbreak at Sunset Lodge]

URL: https://twitter.com/brish_ti/status/1431389331873091584/

Description: Brishti Basu on Twitter: "#NEW: Island Health has just declared a COVID-19 outbreak at Sunset Lodge long term care home in Victoria after 3 staff members tested positive. No residents are experiencing symptoms and VIHA says the "risk remains low". @CapitalDailyVic #COVID19BC"

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Subject:   Sunset Lodge,  Salvation Army,  Island Health

Title: Latest COVID-19 update in B.C. | September 7, 2021

URL: https://twitter.com/brish_ti/status/1435384070339317765/

Description: Brishti Basu on Twitter: "#NEW: Latest #COVID19 update in B.C. - 2,425 new cases since Friday - 170,750 total cases - +202 in Island Health region - 15 more deaths, death toll is at 1,842 - 255 (+40) in hospital, 126 (+8) in ICU @CapitalDailyVic #COVID19BC / Case breakdown by day: Fri-Sat: 695 Sat-Sun: 634 Sun-Mon: 563 Mon-Tues: 533 #COVID19BC / Vancouver Coastal: 368 new | 1,010 active Fraser: +705 | 1,530 active Vancouver Island: +202 | 501 active Interior: +838 | 1,714 active Northern: +312 | 703 active Residing outside Canada: +0 | 7 active Active cases: 5,465 (-407) @CapitalDailyVic / 85.1% of all eligible BC residents (aged 12+) has had one dose of vaccine, while 77.6% have had both shots. There are 21 active outbreaks in LTC and assisted living facilities, 3 new over the long weekend. #COVID19C / Once again, as on Friday, there is no updated breakdown of cases and hospitalizations by vaccination status today. Of the 15 people who died over the long weekend, 4 were in Island Health, 6 in Interior, 3 in Fraser, 2 in Vancouver Coastal @CapitalDailyVic #COVID19BC / . @VanIslandHealth says there are now 384 (-71) active cases in Island Health Active/total case breakdown by region: South: 157 (-62) | 2,751 (+70) Central: 160 (-8) | 3,142 (+103) North: 67 (-1) | 943 (+40) @CapitalDailyVic"

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Subject:   Island Health,  Vancouver Coastal Health,  Fraser Health,  Interior Health,  Northern Health,  Vaccinations

Title: Latest COVID-19 update in B.C. | September 8, 2021

URL: https://twitter.com/brish_ti/status/1435715070680440833/

Description: Brishti Basu on Twitter: "#NEW: Latest #COVID19 update in B.C. - 814 new cases today - 171,564 total cases - +90 in Island Health region (NEW RECORD) - no more deaths, death toll is at 1,842 - 261 (+6) in hospital, 129 (+3) in ICU @CapitalDailyVic #COVID19BC / New + active cases by region Vancouver Coastal: 135 new | 939 active Fraser: +241 | 1,601 active Vancouver Island: +90 | 485 active Interior: +272 | 1,793 active Northern: +72 | 721 active Residing outside Canada: +4 | 11 active Active cases: 5,550(+85) @CapitalDailyVic / 85.2% of all eligible BC residents (aged 12+) has had one dose of vaccine, while 77.7% have had both shots. There remain 21 active outbreaks in LTC and assisted living facilities, none new today #COVID19C / Cases (Aug. 31-Sept 6) (Total: 4,691) Unvaxxed: 3,247 (69.2%) Half-vaxxed: 403 (8.6%) Fully-vaxxed: 1,041 (22.2%) Hospitalizations (Aug. 24-Sept6) (Total: 233) Unvaxxed: 184 (79%) Half-vaxxed: 16 (6.9%) Fully-vaxxed: 33 (14.2%) @CapitalDailyVic / . @VanIslandHealth says there are now 385 (+1) active cases in Island Health Active/total case breakdown by region: South: 159 (+2) | 2,777 (+26) Central: 163 (+3) | 3,172 (+30) North: 63 (-4) | 949 (+6) @CapitalDailyVic"

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Subject:   Island Health,  Vancouver Coastal Health,  Fraser Health,  Interior Health,  Northern Health,  Vaccinations

Title: [Challenges of COVID-19 outbreaks at shelter facilities]

URL: https://twitter.com/brish_ti/status/1441504851150585862/

Description: Brishti Basu on Twitter: "#NEW: . @VanIslandHealth CMHO Dr. Stanwick says they've been "caught totally unawares" by lack of self-isolation spots for unhoused COVIDpositive people "The rooms we used for isolation have now been repurposed by the hotel industry into rooms for paying guests." #yyj / I asked why VIHA hasn't declare outbreaks at temporary housing facilities, while they do at LTCs: Dr Dee Hoyano said temp housing facilities are people's homes and it would be an invasion of privacy to declare outbreaks there, like it would be at apartment buildings. #yyj / I was also told by orgs like @VicCoolAid and @ourplacesociety that VIHA asked them not to share COVID case counts with residents and staff at shelters. Dr. Stanwick today: "I have no knowledge of such instruction. Each organization has its own policy" @CapitalDailyVic #yyj / he word "privacy" thrown around many times at this briefing as excuse for why residents at shelters aren't allowed to know how many cases are in their own building. Stanwick/Hoyano kept saying "this info is not for the public" in response to my q about why not tell residents / . @cindyeharnett asked about ICU at 170% capacity at Royal Jubilee. Stanwick says he’s not the right person to answer that; he's here to talk about community clusters. "We're all being stretched and stressed" due to personnel limits, not equipment/resources limit #yyj"

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Subject:   Stanwick, Richard,  Island Health,  Hoyano, Dee,  Victoria Cool Aid Society,  Our Place Society,  Royal Jubilee Hospital

Title: [Questions about shelter spaces for COVID-positive unhoused people]

URL: https://twitter.com/brish_ti/status/1442592093709299712/

Description: Brishti Basu on Twitter: "Last week I asked @BC_Housing where unhoused COVID-positive can self-isolate in #yyj. They told me they’re working to find spaces Yesterday ppl werent allowed to isolate at Topaz Park. So once again, I asked where they’re supposed to go Sent them a yes or no question. Reply: / I also asked @CityOfVictoria mayor Lisa Helps where unhoused ppl can go without being forcibly displaced by bylaw officers. Her response contradicts everything frontline workers (see @TheBackPackPro1 ) have been saying. / Last week @VanIslandHealth CMHO Dr. Richard Stanwick said, "A tent is a not a place to isolate" as an argument against setting them up. So instead of a tent, I'm hearing a COVID-positive person had to sleep on a bench last night in the rain. #yyj / Stanwick's response was odd imo, considering there've been no outbreaks among the unhoused community in #yyj while most were living in tents, but cases are rampant now. Regardless, if a tent is not a safe space to isolate, will someone tell us where people are expected to go?"

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Subject:   BC Housing,  Topaz Park,  City of Victoria,  Island Health,  Helps, Lisa,  Stanwick, Richard

Title: [Update on Omicron outbreak linked to UVic]

URL: https://twitter.com/brish_ti/status/1470563024805109760/

Description: Brishti Basu on Twitter: "#NEW: At least 4 cases of #omicron variant have been identified as part of cluster of cases linked to off-campus @uvic parties, according to joint statement from VIHA and UVic. Last week, Dr. Stanwick said ~30 cases linked to that cluster. As of Dec. 13, it's up to 124 cases / . @VanIslandHealth says they're working with UVIC to distribute rapid test kits to "individuals deemed by Public Health as close contacts to confirmed cases." Expected to be available "in the coming days" @CapitalDailyVic #COVID19BC #yyj #yyjnews / Statement from VIHA says all cases so far are "mild" since they're in a highly vaccinated community. No one has been hospitalized with COVID as a result of this cluster. Transmission happening in indoor household/social settings. #COVID19BC / Last week, UVic didn't send out a public notification, citing Island Health's policy. Local media + public at large wouldn't have known about this cluster at all without reporting from @overloaded_writ , who broke the story of cases among BCom students on Dec. 8 #COVID19BC / #NEW: BC reporting 1,129 new cases in the last 72 hours. Island Health had the 2nd highest number of new cases out of all 5 health regions, and 2nd highest number of active cases after Fraser Health. 5 people died of COVID, 1 in Island Health @CapitalDailyVic #COVID19BC"

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Subject:   Omicron Variant,  Variants of Concern,  University of Victoria,  Island Health,  Stanwick, Richard,  Rapid Antigen Tests,  University of Victoria | Business

Title: [Update on Omicron cases in BC] | December 17, 2021

URL: https://twitter.com/brish_ti/status/1471986695600218113/

Description: Brishti Basu on Twitter: "#NEW: There are now 302 sequenced cases of #omicron variant in BC—more than double from yesterday, when there were 135 known cases. 145 of these cases are in Island Health (up from 71 identified yesterday) 93 in VCH 58 in Fraser 5 in Interior 1 in Northern #COVID19BC"

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Subject:   Omicron Variant,  Variants of Concern,  Island Health,  Vancouver Coastal Health,  Fraser Health,  Northern Health,  Interior Health

Title: [COVID-19 update] | December 21, 2021

URL: https://twitter.com/brish_ti/status/1473447667107651585/

Description: Brishti Basu on Twitter: "#COVID19BC: 1,308 new cases today. 202 of those are in Island Health region. There are now 756 sequenced (meaning there's likely way more) cases of #omicron in BC, out of which 204 are in Island Health."

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Subject:   Island Health,  Omicron Variant,  Variants of Concern

Title: [Reporting on Omicron's impact on Greater Victoria hospitals]

URL: https://twitter.com/brish_ti/status/1474230304206630916/

Description: Brishti Basu on Twitter: "Latest for @CapitalDailyVic : I spoke to two doctors who work in Island Health/#yyj hospitals who say public health has not communicated any plans regarding what will happen when the predicted surge of #omicron cases hits BC hospitals: / Hospitals across the Island are nearly full already & care is already being compromised due to shortages @bcCOVID19group modelling shows even in best case scenario, BC expects 700 hospitalizations and 400 ICU by Jan 8 (For context, today there were 195 active cases in hospital) / “It’s a double whammy because not only are we over-capacity for patients, we’re short-staffed on nurses,” said @AmyTanMD “People are burnt out, people have retired, people have quit. It's actually worse than March 2020 because the system is so burnt out from two years of this. / With more #omicron patients on the way, she and James, an emergency physician at VGH and Jubilee, fear more and more healthcare workers will get infected. Consequences: more nurse/doctor shortages while they isolate + staff inadvertently spreading COVID to other patients. / One simple step they want, which ON and AB have taken: N95 masks for hospital staff to wear when in contact with COVID-positive or suspected COVID-positive patients. To do this, BC public health would have to acknowledge airborne transmission. / Anecdotally, more HCWs have been infected recently than before. But, James says, public health still says transmission doesn't happen at hospitals. The lack of adequate PPE is contributing to heightened risk + HCWs feeling like govt and public health don't have their back. / “We know if the virus is transmitted in the air, it doesn't matter where you are,” James said. “The virus doesn't know whether you're in church or whether you're in a gym or whether you're in a shopping mall, or in a restaurant.” Full story: #COVID19BC"

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Subject:   Island Health,  Omicron Variant,  Variants of Concern,  BC COVID-19 Modelling Group,  Tan, Amy,  Province of British Columbia

Title: [Questions about PPE for health-care workers]

URL: https://twitter.com/brish_ti/status/1476341313708511234/

Description: Brishti Basu on Twitter: "Will you change PPE policy to allow HCWs to decide when to use an N95 mask? DBH: Says N95s are allowed to be used in COVID wards, in ICUs, and high risk settings (This is not what VIHA docs have told me) / Not all HCWs have access to N95s. Why? DBH says that's not true; says all HCWs have access to N95s in high risk settings."

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Subject:   Island Health,  Henry, Bonnie

Title: "Fact check from an ER physician in Island Health"

URL: https://twitter.com/brish_ti/status/1476344636398456832/

Description: Brishti Basu on Twitter: "Fact check from an ER physician in Island Health: HCWs got an email last week saying they may wear N95 masks for "aerosol generating procedures" (like intubation and CPR). But NOT when treating/being around COVID+ patients. Details in this story: https://capitaldaily.ca/news/victoria-healthcare-workers-brace-omicron-full-hospitals"

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Subject:   Island Health

Title: [Comment on people staying home from work when sick]

URL: https://twitter.com/brish_ti/status/1476345753123450884/

Description: Brishti Basu on Twitter: "anyone else detect that chilling shift in tone from encouraging anyone who's sick to stay home from work in March 2020, to decrying 'absenteeism' among people with mild symptoms in December 2021"

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Title: "More on PPE for healthcare workers"

URL: https://twitter.com/brish_ti/status/1476624905995096108/

Description: Brishti Basu on Twitter: "More on PPE for healthcare workers: On Dec. 24, ER staff at Royal Jubilee in #yyj were sent this email saying they can use whatever mask they feel comfortable with, even while stating there's no clear evidence to suggest N95s are better than surgical masks. 1/4 #covid19bc / From James, the ER physician who spoke to me for this article: "You now have a situation where the patient is flagged as being droplet spread and the nurses follow droplet precautions but personally I get an N95 when assessing the same patient." 2/4 / Other doctors at other Island Health hospitals (including ERs and palliative care with COVID+ patients) were sent a different email on Dec. 24 and 29, telling them the status quo on PPE guidance has not changed and N95s are only required for aerosol generating procedures. 3/4 / So while the official policy on N95s hasn't changed, SOME healthcare workers in Island Health are being allowed to wear N95s if they want. Not sure if this disjointed approach is also happening in other health authorities. 4/4"

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Subject:   Royal Jubilee Hospital,  Island Health,  Omicron Variant,  Variants of Concern

Title: [COVID-19 outbreak declared at Victoria General Hospital]

URL: https://twitter.com/brish_ti/status/1477391305839767552/

Description: Brishti Basu on Twitter: "2 hours before midnight on Dec. 31, @VanIslandHealth sent out a press release announcing a COVID-19 outbreak in two rooms on the general medicine unit on 4B at Victoria General Hospital, after 2 patients tested positive. 'no other areas of the hospital are currently affected.'"

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Subject:   Victoria General Hospital,  Island Health

Title: [Experience with COVID-19 testing on Vancouver Island]

URL: https://twitter.com/brish_ti/status/1478095510645133312/

Description: Brishti Basu on Twitter: "Over the past 2 days, I've had symptoms of COVID-19 tht aren't getting better: headaches, body aches, sore throat, a cough. This morning I called the Island Health testing line and, to their credit, only had to hold for 5 minutes before getting through. 1/ / After I requested a PCR test, the lady on the line asked me a number of questions and determined that even though I have symptoms, I only qualify for a Rapid Test Kit. PCR tests right now are reserved for frontline workers/vulnerable people. Ok, I get that. 2/ / So I went to the website to book a pickup time/location for the RAT kit. I chose the closest option: the Victoria Conference Centre. Turns out, there are no RATs at this site today, tomorrow, or Wednesday. The calendar wouldn't let me go beyond that. 3/ / The next best option: the former Blanshard Elementary School site. Even there, no RATs available until Wednesday. I don't know if I have COVID or not, but personally, I'm isolating for the next 10 days (except Wednesday, when I have to go pick up this test). 4/ / It's almost laughable that BC is now basing their guidance on whether or not people should isolate on the results of Rapid Tests. These are the same tests we've been told over and over are not accurate, not a panacea, not a silver bullet, etc. etc. 5/ / And if Rapid Tests are now being used widely as part of provincial policy, why not make them available at pharmacies and other locations? Why force people who may be sick to go get them personally, days after they realize they're sick? Anyway, that's my rant. 6/ / Last tweet: Just minutes after I posted this thread, I had several extremely kind people reach out and offer to share their own rapid test kits with me. I'm blown away by your generosity, and thanks to you, I'll be able to test today. Thank you thank you thank you."

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Subject:   Island Health,  Rapid Antigen Tests

Title: [Island Health discontinues COVID-19 dashboard]

URL: https://twitter.com/brish_ti/status/1478906555714072577/

Description: Brishti Basu on Twitter: "#NEW: Island Health has discontinued its dashboard that contained breakdowns of active cases by south/central/north island regions; last update was Dec. 24. Reason: info on symptom onset, end of isolation and exposure info no longer collected for all cases. @CapitalDailyVic"

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Subject:   Island Health

Title: "Jan 10-16: 17,958 healthcare workers called in sick due to COVID and other illnesses"

URL: https://twitter.com/brish_ti/status/1483559929755492358/

Description: Brishti Basu on Twitter: "Jan 10-16: 17,958 healthcare workers called in sick due to COVID and other illnesses Total includes: 2,973 in VCH 3,069 Interior 3,317 Island Health 827 PHSA 1,359 Northern 4,440 Fraser (Sorry for any mistakes; these numbers were rattled off at high speed) @CapitalDailyVic"

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Subject:   Vancouver Coastal Health,  Interior Health,  Island Health,  Provincial Health Services Authority,  Northern Health,  Fraser Health

Title: "Island Health just announced multiple service changes due to continued staffing shortages."

URL: https://twitter.com/brish_ti/status/1483562992323096582/

Description: Brishti Basu on Twitter: "#NEW: Island Health just announced multiple service changes due to continued staffing shortages. Nanaimo General, Royal Jubilee, and Vic General will continue to have surgeries postponed until the end of the month. @CapitalDailyVic #yyj / Ambulances already diverted from Saanich Peninsula Hospital, will also happen on a rotating basis from hospitals in Port Hardy and Port McNeill. New admissions to services like Psychiatric Emergency Services may be temporarily paused w/ patients diverted to main emergency dept. / Admirals Walk outpatient lab shut down from Jan. 17 to April 1; patients will be redirected to VGH in the meantime Hours reduced at Sidney outpatient lab; it'll be closed Saturdays and open 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. weekdays. Saanich Peninsula hospital outpatient lab to reopen Saturdays / 'These are not actions we want to take, and we don’t take them lightly knowing the impact they have on those we serve', said Kathy MacNeil, @VanIslandHealth president and CEO, in a statement"

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Subject:   Island Health,  Nanaimo Regional General Hospital,  Royal Jubilee Hospital,  Victoria General Hospital,  Saanich Peninsula Hospital,  Port Hardy Hospital,  Port McNeill Hospital,  Admirals Walk Medical Laboratory,  Sidney Satellite Medical Laboratory,  MacNeil, Kathy

Title: [Adrian Dix reports on number of sick health-care workers]

URL: https://twitter.com/brish_ti/status/1493706705913344000/

Description: Brishti Basu on Twitter: "Dix: There's been a decrease in the number of healthcare workers who called in sick for all illnesses including COVID last week, compared to previous weeks 15,534 workers were sick in the week of Feb 7-13 ( includes 3,273 in Island Health) Previous week, it was 17,158"

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Subject:   Dix, Adrian,  Island Health

Title: [Masks no longer required on BC Transit buses]

URL: https://twitter.com/brish_ti/status/1502049328600428546/

Description: Brishti Basu on Twitter: "#NEW: Masks will no longer be required on @BCTransit buses, as the crown corp aligns itself with the province. Protective barriers will stay in place. "The organization supports riders who choose to continue wearing a face covering on board." Statement: @CapitalDailyVic #yyj / UPDATE from @BCFerries : They'll be doing the same. No masks required starting tomorrow."

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Subject:   BC Transit,  BC Ferries

Title: [Comment on Victoria convoy:] "This is a fun new reality..."

URL: https://twitter.com/brish_ti/status/1503491855358455812/

Description: Brishti Basu on Twitter: "three cars and a truck, all sporting Canada flags + blaring their horns AND the national anthem, have been driving around and around my neighbourhood in downtown victoria for the past hour, this is a fun new reality..."

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Title: [Island Health has the highest test positivity rate in B.C.]

URL: https://twitter.com/brish_ti/status/1511385471162613761/

Description: Brishti Basu on Twitter: "2 weeks after BC lifted the mask mandate, test positivity rates started to rise, now at 7.3%, after dropping to 5.6% on Mar. 20. Island Health has the highest rate in BC rn, with 18.4% of tests being positive as of Mar. 31. #COVID19BC / The 7-day moving average for hospitalizations is also starting to creep up this month, across every health authority in BC. @CapitalDailyVic / This afternoon, DBH/Dix are expected to talk about 2 things: removing the vax passport on April 8, and a second booster shot for immunocompromised/elderly/people with higher risk. The latter is something they've been planning for months. This is what MoH told me on Dec. 22. / There's a technical briefing before the announcement at 1 p.m., so we're also expecting epidemiological modelling. Stay tuned. #covid19bc #bcpoli"

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Subject:   Island Health

Title: "Wastewater surveillance will be expanded to Victoria, Nanaimo, Comox in the coming weeks"

URL: https://twitter.com/brish_ti/status/1575221380383383553/

Description: Brishti Basu on Twitter: "#NEW: Wastewater surveillance will be expanded to Victoria, Nanaimo, Comox in the coming weeks, after finding that COVID in wastewater aligns with hospitalization numbers by about a week. (Zoomed in to this plot, which was part of one slide. Blue=wastewater, yellow=hospital)"

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Subject:   Wastewater Surveillance

Title: BC parents look to US pharmacies to find COVID vaccines for under-12 kids | Capital Daily

URL: https://www.capitaldaily.ca/news/bc-parents-vaccines-us-pharmacies/

Description: Children in BC are expected to be able to get vaccinated before the holiday season, but pharmacies in Washington are already vaccinating Canadian kids.

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Subject:   Vaccinations,  Cote, Elise,  Tillicum Community School,  Greater Victoria School District,  Jim’s Pharmacy,  Berner, Geoff,  Washington State Department of Health,  Health Canada,  Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine,  Henry, Bonnie,  Interior Health,  Northern Health,  Island Health,  BC Vaccine Card,  Province of British Columbia,  Province of British Columbia | Ministry of Health

Title: BC removing vaccine card, daily reports despite signs of 6th wave | Capital Daily

URL: https://www.capitaldaily.ca/news/bc-removing-vaccine-card-daily-reports-despite-signs-of-6th-wave/

Description: Cases and hospitalizations are ticking upward, but BC is staying the course by removing restrictions and data sharing.

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Subject:   BC Vaccine Card,  Vaccinations,  Province of British Columbia,  Wastewater Surveillance,  Island Health,  Province of British Columbia | Ministry of Health,  Omicron Variant,  Variants of Concern,  Henry, Bonnie,  Dix, Adrian,  National Advisory Committee on Immunization,  Helm, Britt,  Nanaimo Regional General Hospital,  Furstenau, Sonia

Title: COVID-19 hospitalization data is being misunderstood as next wave begins: BC modelling group | Capital Daily

URL: https://www.capitaldaily.ca/news/covid-19-hospitalization-data-is-being-misunderstood-as-next-wave-begins-bc-modelling-group/

Description: The BC COVID-19 modelling group’s latest report highlights a mistake in the way people are interpreting the province’s COVID-19 hospitalization data, which appears to incorrectly indicate hospitalizations are declining.

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Subject:   BC COVID-19 Modelling Group,  BC Centre for Disease Control,  Otto, Sarah,  Vaccinations,  Omicron Variant,  Variants of Concern,  Long COVID,  Tan, Amy,  Times Colonist

Title: What we know (and don’t) about how COVID-19 affets racial minorities on Vancouver Island | Capital Daily

URL: https://www.capitaldaily.ca/news/covid-19-race-based-data-collection-vancouver-island-bc/

Description: Experts say collecting race-based data could help drive better public health decisions, but that isn't happening.

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Subject:   Cowichan Tribes,  Furstenau, Sonia,  First Nations Health Authority,  Island Health,  Ahousaht First Nation,  Nuu-chah-nulth First Nations,  Louie, Greg,  Heiltsuk Nation,  Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council,  Tŝilhqot'in National Government,  Tŝilhqot'in Nation,  Office of the Information & Privacy Commissioner for British Columbia,  Province of British Columbia,  Province of British Columbia | Ministry of Health,  Snuneymuxw First Nation,  Govender, Kasari,  Henry, Bonnie,  Kobayashi, Karen,  Brown, Boma,  BC Centre for Disease Control,  Gustafson, Réka

Title: Third wave of COVID-19 crashes over Vancouver Island | Capital Daily

URL: https://www.capitaldaily.ca/news/covid-19-third-wave-vancouver-island/

Description: After escaping the brunt of COVID-19 illnesses and fatalities for most of last year, the third wave of the pandemic is now starting to strain public health workers in the Island Health region.

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Subject:   Variants of Concern,  Island Health,  Stanwick, Richard,  Whistler Blackcomb Ski Resort,  Gamma Variant,  Law, Dan,  Vaccinations,  Alpha Variant,  BC Ferries,  Beta Variant,  Karlen, Dean,  Henry, Bonnie,  Province of British Columbia,  BC Centre for Disease Control

Title: Vancouver Island's race between variants and vaccines | Capital Daily

URL: https://www.capitaldaily.ca/news/covid-variants-vancouver-island/

Description: The Island has contained the variant cases that it knows of so far, but vaccination is still in the early stages.

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Subject:   Variants of Concern,  Vaccinations,  Alpha Variant,  Beta Variant,  Gamma Variant,  Island Health,  Benusic, Mike,  Henry, Bonnie,  Fraser Health,  Brunt, Howard,  Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine,  Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine,  Vancouver Coastal Health,  Simon Fraser University,  AstraZeneca/COVISHIELD Vaccine,  Interior Health,  Northern Health,  Janssen (Johnson & Johnson) COVID-19 Vaccine

Title: Updated: Greater Victoria hospitals considering hotels for patients as capacity limits reached | Capital Daily

URL: https://www.capitaldaily.ca/news/greater-victoria-hospitals-considering-hotels-for-patients/

Description: An internal memo sent to staff at Victoria General Hospital on Monday warns that hospitals in the region are too full to accept any new admissions and that emergency steps, like renting hotel rooms, are being considered.

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Subject:   Victoria General Hospital,  Island Health,  Unger, Jeff,  Saanich Peninsula Hospital,  Royal Jubilee Hospital,  Furstenau, Sonia,  Dix, Adrian

Title: Emails show Dr. Bonnie Henry knew of concerns over BC’s COVID-19 data and school exposures while publicly downplaying them | Capital Daily

URL: https://www.capitaldaily.ca/news/henry-stanwick-covid-school-exposures-emails/

Description: Internal emails show BC public health leaders, including provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry, had concerns about the quality of COVID-19 transmission data collected in schools—and that those concerns persisted in private, months after officials had started making claims to the media and the public on a regular basis that the risk of transmission in schools was very low.

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Subject:   Henry, Bonnie,  Capital Daily,  Burnaby Beacon,  Province of British Columbia,  Province of British Columbia | Ministry of Health,  Gustafson, Réka,  Daly, Patricia,  Brodkin, Elizabeth,  Galanis, Eleni,  Docking, Christine,  Interior Health,  Northern Health,  Vancouver Coastal Health,  Fraser Health,  Howe, Carolyn,  Greater Victoria School District,  Island Health,  Stanwick, Richard,  Hoyano, Dee,  British Columbia Teachers' Federation,  Greater Victoria Teachers' Association,  BC Centre for Disease Control,  Mooring, Teri,  Waldron, Winona,  Ventilation

Title: Island hospitals, schools already facing impact of COVID-19, respiratory virus surge | Capital Daily

URL: https://www.capitaldaily.ca/news/island-hospitals-schools-covid-19-respiratory-virus-surge/

Description: BC is expecting a surge of hospitalizations this fall, but won’t instate any public health measures.

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Subject:   Influenza,  Henry, Bonnie,  Dix, Adrian,  Vaccinations,  Saanich Peninsula Hospital,  Island Health,  Unger, Jeff,  Tan, Amy,  Breingan, Merle-Ann,  Omicron Variant,  Variants of Concern,  Wastewater Surveillance,  BC Centre for Disease Control,  BC COVID-19 Modelling Group,  Karlen, Dean

Title: Island school absence and illness rates continue to rise, but province plans no further action | Capital Daily

URL: https://www.capitaldaily.ca/news/island-school-absence-illness-rates-rise-province-plans-no-action/

Description: Illnesses and absences among staff and students are straining schools on the Island, but the BC health ministry said there is no threshold at which they would intervene with public health measures.

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Subject:   Province of British Columbia,  Province of British Columbia | Ministry of Health,  Turcotte, Ilda,  Greater Victoria Teachers' Association,  Greater Victoria School District,  Remembrance Day,  Province of British Columbia | Ministry of Education and Child Care,  BC School Covid Tracker,  Sooke School District,  Gulf Islands School District,  Mayne Island School,  Benwell, Scott,  Whitten, Deb,  Influenza

Title: Island teachers, parents report high absences, illnesses amid lack of public health data | Capital Daily

URL: https://www.capitaldaily.ca/news/island-teachers-parents-report-high-absences-illnesses-amid-lack-of-public-health-data/

Description: Teachers and parents on Vancouver Island are seeing widespread sickness and absences among K-12 students and staff, amid a continued lack of infection prevention measures in classrooms.

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Subject:   Influenza,  Rapid Antigen Tests,  Island Health,  Province of British Columbia,  BC School Covid Tracker,  Rossman, Andrea,  Marliss, Kathy,  Greater Victoria School District,  Greater Victoria Teachers' Association,  Capital Daily,  Burnaby Beacon,  Stanwick, Richard,  Henry, Bonnie

Title: Vaccinated or not, on Lasqueti Island, everyone has to get along | Capital Daily

URL: https://www.capitaldaily.ca/news/lasqueti-island-vaccination-debate/

Description: The island made headlines recently for its hardline anti-vax community, but there’s more to running a community than fighting over vaccines.

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Subject:   Vaccinations,  Social Media,  Enright, Adam,  False Bay Provisions,  People's Party of Canada,  Omicron Variant,  Variants of Concern,  Our Isle & Times,  Facebook,  Olsen, Dave,  de Rege, Valeria,  Peterson, Tim,  Lasqueti Island Pub and Hotel,  BC Vaccine Card,  Lasqueti Island Arts Centre,  Maher, Morgan,  Lasqueti Community Centre,  Canada Post,  Rapid Antigen Tests,  Janssen (Johnson & Johnson) COVID-19 Vaccine,  Fauci, Anthony,  Tamerius, Karin,  Bail, Chris

Title: Updated: What the leaked COVID-19 report tells us about Vancouver Island | Capital Daily

URL: https://www.capitaldaily.ca/news/leaked-covid-19-report-vancouver-island/

Description: On Thursday, the Vancouver Sun published a pair of leaked internal BC Centre for Disease Control reports that show the province has been collecting information about COVID-19 transmission and vaccinations on a neighbourhood-by-neighbourhood basis, along with other key pieces of data that experts and journalists have been requesting for months. This in-depth information has never been shared with the public.

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Subject:   Furstenau, Sonia,  Province of British Columbia,  Vancouver Sun,  BC Centre for Disease Control,  Henry, Bonnie,  Gustafson, Réka,  Vaccinations,  Fraser Health,  Island Health,  Leyne, Andrew,  Screech, David,  Variants of Concern,  Northern Health,  Alpha Variant,  Gamma Variant,  Karlen, Dean

Title: Leaked documents show 225 COVID-19 cases among Victoria’s unsheltered population | Capital Daily

URL: https://www.capitaldaily.ca/news/leaked-documents-covid-19-cases-victorias-unsheltered-population/

Description: A total of 225 people living in shelters and on the streets in Victoria have tested positive for COVID-19 throughout the first three weeks of September, according to a pair of internal public health documents leaked to Capital Daily.

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Subject:   Island Health,  Stanwick, Richard,  BC Housing,  City of Victoria,  McKenzie, Grant,  Our Place Society,  Portland Housing Society,  Johnson Street Community,  Victoria Chinatown Care Centre,  Sunset Lodge,  Salvation Army

Title: ‘Never seen it this bad’: New long COVID clinic opens in Victoria, as emergency rooms fill up | Capital Daily

URL: https://www.capitaldaily.ca/news/long-covid-clinic-opens-in-victoria/

Description: A new clinic for people who suffer from long COVID symptoms has opened at the Royal Jubilee Hospital in Victoria and is taking referrals as of this week.

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Subject:   Long COVID,  Royal Jubilee Hospital,  Island Health,  Unger, Jeff,  Saanich Peninsula Hospital,  Victoria General Hospital,  Omicron Variant,  Variants of Concern,  Rapid Antigen Tests,  Province of British Columbia,  Province of British Columbia | Ministry of Health,  Esquimalt Medical Clinic,  Shoreline Medical Clinic,  West Coast Family Medical Clinic,  West Saanich Medical Clinic

Title: ‘Mass disabling event’: Advocates fear tsunami of long COVID patients as Omicron spreads unchecked | Capital Daily

URL: https://www.capitaldaily.ca/news/long-covid-omicron/

Description: There are still a lot of unknowns about the post-viral syndrome, and COVID long haulers are struggling to find support.

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Subject:   Willis, Jan,  Long COVID,  McGarva, Jonah,  Long COVID Canada,  WorkSafeBC,  Zeidler, Karina,  Province of British Columbia,  Province of British Columbia | Ministry of Health,  Omicron Variant,  Variants of Concern,  Tam, Theresa,  Henry, Bonnie,  Vaccinations,  Delta Variant,  Provincial Health Services Authority,  Goulding, Susie,  COVID Long-Haulers Support Group Canada

Title: Marginalized groups reeling from unequal financial impacts of COVID-19 restrictions in BC: report | Capital Daily

URL: https://www.capitaldaily.ca/news/marginalized-groups-covid-impacts/

Description: Women, racialized groups, recent immigrants, and young people feeling the brunt of the COVID-caused economic recession.

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Subject:   Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives,  Ivanova, Iglika,  Economic Forecast Council,  Robinson, Selina,  Province of British Columbia,  Williams, Bruce,  Greater Victoria Chamber of Commerce,  South Island Prosperity Partnership,  Greater Victoria Harbour Authority

Title: Analyzing BC’s new restrictions amid exponential COVID-19 growth | Capital Daily

URL: https://www.capitaldaily.ca/news/new-restrictions-exponential-covid-19-growth/

Description: Vancouver Island has seen a rapid increase in cases—but variant growth remains much lower here than on mainland.

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Subject:   Variants of Concern,  Wang, Flight,  Horgan, John,  Island Health,  Henry, Bonnie,  Gamma Variant,  Whistler Blackcomb Ski Resort,  Alpha Variant,  Beta Variant,  Stanwick, Richard,  Mount Washington Alpine Ski Resort,  Brouselle, Astrid,  British Columbia Teachers’ Federation,  Mooring, Teri,  Ventilation,  Vaccinations,  AstraZeneca/COVISHIELD Vaccine,  Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine,  Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine,  Province of British Columbia,  Province of British Columbia | Ministry of Health,  Furstenau, Sonia

Title: Omicron is upending Vancouver Island hospitals and schools | Capital Daily

URL: https://www.capitaldaily.ca/news/omicron-is-upending-vancouver-island-hospitals-and-schools/

Description: Health workers say they’re stretched past the breaking point, while teachers feel their concerns are ignored.

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Subject:   Omicron Variant,  Variants of Concern,  Island Health,  Royal Jubilee Hospital,  Victoria General Hospital,  Stanwick, Richard,  Henry, Bonnie,  Gagnon, Marilou,  Rapid Antigen Tests,  BC COVID-19 Modelling Group,  Karlen, Dean,  Whiteside, Jennifer,  Greater Victoria School District,  Waldron, Winona,  Cowichan Valley School District,  Greater Victoria Teachers' Association

Title: Patients and nurses are feeling the squeeze of staffing shortages—but they don't feel free to talk about it | Capital Daily

URL: https://www.capitaldaily.ca/news/patients-and-nurses-staffing-shortages/

Description: Shortages have meant overworked staff, a slide in patient care, and even temporary hospital ward closures.

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Subject:   Royal Jubilee Hospital,  Island Health,  Port McNeill Hospital,  BC Nurses' Union,  Gear, Adriane,  Furstenau, Sonia,  Dix, Adrian,  Gagnon, Marilou

Title: Police reform could have improved Victoria airport incident response | Capital Daily

URL: https://www.capitaldaily.ca/news/police-reform-could-have-improved-victoria-airport-incident-response/

Description: The airport shutdown earlier this week could’ve been handled better if police had shared information faster and used resources close at hand, says MLA Adam Olsen.

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Subject:   Victoria International Airport,  Olsen, Adam,  Hunchak, Rod,  Royal Canadian Mounted Police,  Air Canada,  Sanchez, Andres

Title: You asked, he answered: Our reader-driven Q&A with Richard Stanwick | Capital Daily

URL: https://www.capitaldaily.ca/news/questions-with-richard-stanwick-vancouver-island-medical-health-officer/

Description: Vancouver Island's top doctor answers questions drawn up in consultation with Capital Daily readers.

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Subject:   Stanwick, Richard,  Island Health,  Variants of Concern,  Alpha Variant

Title: Investigation: RCMP misled public about pepper spray incident at Fairy Creek | Capital Daily

URL: https://www.capitaldaily.ca/news/rcmp-pepper-spray-fairy-creek-investigation/

Description: The RCMP said they had to pepper spray a crowd to evacuate an injured officer. An exhaustive review of the available evidence shows that was not true.

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Subject:   Royal Canadian Mounted Police,  Fairy Creek Old-Growth Logging Protests,  Logging Protests and Blockades,  Curran, Alexander,  Thompson, Douglas,  Gerster, Jane,  Manseau, Christopher,  BC Emergency Health Services,  Teal-Jones Group,  Gunville,, Shy-Anne,  Brewer, John,  Lambert, Shaena,  Bourne, David,  Journalism,  Ricochet Media,  Capital Daily,  Morin, Brandi,  Al-Rawi, Ahmed,  Furstenau, Sonia,  Farnworth, Mike,  Civilian Review and Complaints Commission,  Oppal, Wally,  Stewart, Hugh

Title: How safe is BC’s safe restart plan for Vancouver Island? | Capital Daily

URL: https://www.capitaldaily.ca/news/safe-restart-plan-vancouver-island-delta-variant/

Description: Uncertainties, questions, and data gaps continue to plague BC’s provincial restart plan as we inch closer and closer to pre-COVID life.

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Subject:   Province of British Columbia,  Island Health,  Variants of Concern,  Otto, Sarah,  Stanwick, Richard,  Delta Variant,  BC Centre for Disease Control,  BC COVID-19 Modelling Group,  Fraser Health,  Vaccinations,  Henry, Bonnie,  Vancouver Coastal Health

Title: Some BC hospital patients left vulnerable without COVID, flu tests | Capital Daily

URL: https://www.capitaldaily.ca/news/some-bc-hospital-patients-left-vulnerable-covid-flu-tests/

Description: A Langford woman is speaking out after her husband contracted COVID-19 at the hospital but was discharged without diagnosis.

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Subject:   Victoria General Hospital,  Island Health,  Ferguson, Sue,  Influenza,  Respiratory Syncytial Virus,  Paxlovid,  Unger, Jeff,  Gandhi, Sanjiv,  Kuo, Susan,  BC Children's Hospital,  Lions Gate Hospital,  Royal Jubilee Hospital,  Tylenol,  Province of British Columbia,  Province of British Columbia | Ministry of Health

Title: Staff limitations determine the pace of Island COVID booster shot rollout | Capital Daily

URL: https://www.capitaldaily.ca/news/staff-limitations-determine-the-pace-of-island-covid-booster-shot-rollout/

Description: School immunization programs are on pause, as staff are called to administer the bivalent shots at mass vaccination clinics.

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Subject:   Vaccinations,  Island Health,  Omicron Variant,  Variants of Concern,  Stevenson, Monica,  Influenza,  Henry, Bonnie,  Contandriopoulos, Damien,  Ventilation

Title: Victoria hospitals, long COVID clinic brace for summer wave of COVID-19 reinfections | Capital Daily

URL: https://www.capitaldaily.ca/news/summer-wave-covid-19-reinfections/

Description: New subvariants that can get past antibodies are on the rise in BC, while new research shows reinfections increase overall health risks.

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Subject:   Variants of Concern,  Island Health,  Long COVID,  Saanich Peninsula Hospital,  Unger, Jeff,  Otto, Sarah,  Omicron Variant,  Province of British Columbia,  Province of British Columbia | Ministry of Health,  Burn-Murdoch, John,  Victoria General Hospital,  Royal Jubilee Hospital,  Vaccinations,  National Advisory Committee on Immunization,  Henry, Bonnie,  Delta Variant,  BC Centre for Disease Control,  Olsen, Tyler

Title: Beleaguered restaurants pushing for patio reprieve | Capital Daily

URL: https://www.capitaldaily.ca/news/temporary-patio-extension-victoria/

Description: Temporary patio liquor licences are set to expire in June. For restaurants, they’ve been a lifeline—and owners are afraid of losing them.

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Subject:   City of Victoria,  Loveday, Jeremy,  Province of British Columbia,  Province of British Columbia | Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General,  Miller, Josh,  Pagliacci's,  Irish Times,  Bard & Banker,  MacNeil, Connor,  The Courtney Room,  Lewis, Bill,  Helps, Lisa,  BC Liquor and Cannabis Regulation Branch,  Tostenson, Ian,  BC Restaurant and Foodservices Association,  BC Liquor Distribution Branch

Title: The beginning of Vancouver Island’s fourth wave is here | Capital Daily

URL: https://www.capitaldaily.ca/news/the-beginning-of-vancouver-islands-fourth-wave-is-here/

Description: Every new case on the Island has for weeks been the faster-spreading Delta variant. Here's what that means.

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Subject:   Delta Variant,  Variants of Concern,  Otto, Sarah,  BC COVID-19 Modelling Group,  von Bergmann, Jens,  Interior Health,  Fraser Health,  Vancouver Coastal Health,  Vaccinations,  Province of British Columbia,  Province of British Columbia | Ministry of Health,  Alpha Variant,  Gamma Variant,  Karlen, Dean,  Island Health,  Henry, Bonnie,  Fisman, David

Title: Third Omicron wave will bring an onslaught of new COVID-19 patients by end of July: new expert report | Capital Daily

URL: https://www.capitaldaily.ca/news/third-omicron-wave-covid-19-bc-modelling-group-report/

Description: A predicted rise in cases driven by BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants could see 40 to 60 new hospital admissions per day.

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Subject:   Omicron Variant,  Variants of Concern,  BC COVID-19 Modelling Group,  Karlen, Dean,  Delta Variant,  Otto, Sarah,  Unger, Jeff,  Vaccinations,  Province of British Columbia,  Province of British Columbia | Ministry of Health,  Protect Our Province BC

Title: Unions representing UVic employees call for provincial mandatory mask, vaccine policies | Capital Daily

URL: https://www.capitaldaily.ca/news/uvic-employees-union-mandatory-mask-vaccine/

Description: One of the biggest questions that remains unanswered is whether staff and students at post-secondary institutions—settings where large numbers of people regularly gather indoors—will need to be vaccinated and/or wear masks when the fall term begins this September.

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Subject:   Vaccinations,  Henry, Bonnie,  Government of Canada,  Williams, Bruce,  Greater Victoria Chamber of Commerce,  British Columbia General Employees' Union,  Canadian Union of Public Employees | Local 4163,  University of Victoria Faculty Association,  Professional Employees Association,  University of Victoria Graduate Students' Society,  Koch, Matthew,  Hall, Kevin,  Rapid Antigen Tests,  Ono, Santa,  University of Victoria,  Dix, Adrian

Title: The Victoria physicist predicting the future of the pandemic | Capital Daily

URL: https://www.capitaldaily.ca/news/uvic-physicist-predicting-future-covid-pandemic/

Description: Dr. Dean Karlen has thus far accurately predicted which way the pandemic will go. We talked to him about how he's done it and what he expects now.

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Subject:   Karlen, Dean,  University of Victoria,  Henry, Bonnie,  Variants of Concern,  BC Centre for Disease Control,  Island Health,  Province of British Columbia,  Province of British Columbia | Ministry of Health,  Vaccinations,  Alpha Variant,  Beta Variant

Title: ‘We may have averted disaster’: Island COVID-19 cases decline but healthcare staff feeling the pressure | Capital Daily

URL: https://www.capitaldaily.ca/news/vancouver-island-covid-19-decline-healthcare-staff/

Description: A month after the first set of restrictions were introduced in BC, daily COVID-19 cases have dropped at a steady pace—but the province’s healthcare system is still struggling to manage the strains of the third wave.

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Subject:   Island Health,  Variants of Concern,  WorkSafeBC,  BC COVID-19 Modelling Group,  Province of British Columbia,  Province of British Columbia | Ministry of Health,  Vancouver Coastal Health,  Northern Health,  Dix, Adrian,  Doctors of BC,  Chow, Matthew,  Royal Canadian Mounted Police,  Farnworth, Mike,  BC Ferries,  Janssen (Johnson & Johnson) COVID-19 Vaccine,  Vaccinations

Title: Vancouver Island COVID-19 hospitalization rates on the rise, BC data shows | Capital Daily

URL: https://www.capitaldaily.ca/news/vancouver-island-covid-19-hospitalization-rates-rising/

Description: The latest data from the BCCDC shows COVID-19 hospitalization rates are on the rise in Island Health.

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Subject:   Island Health,  BC Centre for Disease Control,  Otto, Sarah,  Karlen, Dean,  Unger, Jeff,  Vaccinations,  Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine,  Health Canada,  Bishop, Sandra,  Quadra Village Community Centre,  Benusic, Mike

Title: Vancouver Island is doing great on COVID. Here’s how to not blow it | Capital Daily

URL: https://www.capitaldaily.ca/news/vancouver-island-covid-cases-low/

Description: Cases are the lowest they’ve been on the Island since early November, but Christmas, done wrong, could change that.

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Subject:   Island Health,  Henry, Bonnie,  BC Ferries,  Nanaimo Regional General Hospital,  West Coast General Hospital,  Saanich Peninsula Hospital,  Victoria International Airport,  Comox Airport,  Nanaimo Airport,  Mount Washington Alpine Resort

Title: ‘Significantly over capacity’: Island hospitals overwhelmed amid silence and data gaps | Capital Daily

URL: https://www.capitaldaily.ca/news/vancouver-island-hospitals-over-capacity/

Description: Respiratory and gastrointestinal illnesses are filling hospital beds, while surgeries are being postponed to make room.

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Subject:   Island Health,  Dix, Adrian,  Henry, Bonnie,  Influenza,  Respiratory Syncytial Virus,  Victoria General Hospital,  Royal Jubilee Hospital,  Nanaimo Regional General Hospital,  Otto, Sarah,  Bourdon, Sienna,  Wastewater Surveillance,  Saanich Peninsula Hospital,  Lush, Jennifer,  Variants of Concern,  "Kraken" Variant,  Long COVID,  Omicron Variant

Title: Vancouver Island is awash with Omicron. What are authorities doing to slow it? | Capital Daily

URL: https://www.capitaldaily.ca/news/vancouver-island-omicron-covid-fifth-wave/

Description: Data from other jurisdictions show the Island is in for a rough month to come, but authorities are still denying basic facts about the virus.

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Subject:   Variants of Concern,  Omicron Variant,  Henry, Bonnie,  Northgate Chuch,  University of Victoria,  Island Health,  Rapid Antigen Tests,  Vaccinations,  Contandriopoulos, Damien,  Stanwick, Richard,  University of Victoria | Centre for Athletics, Recreation and Special Abilities,  Province of British Columbia,  Dix, Adrian,  Health Canada,  National Advisory Committee on Immunization,  College of Pharmacists of British Columbia,  Province of British Columbia | Ministry of Health,  BC COVID-19 Modelling Group,  Karlen, Dean,  BC Centre for Disease Control,  Protect Our Province BC,  Filiatrault, Lyne,  Gasperowicz, Malgorzata,  Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine

Title: Vancouver Island tourism industry defends fall snowbird ads, attacks proposed travel ban | Capital Daily

URL: https://www.capitaldaily.ca/news/vancouver-island-tourism-snowbirds-covid/

Description: Border closures and a search for warmer temperatures brought snowbirds flocking to the Island. But have travellers contributed to a surge in COVID-19?

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Subject:   Tourism Vancouver Island,  British Columbia Hotel Association

Title: Emboldened by social media, Victoria businesses vow to fight vaccine passport | Capital Daily

URL: https://www.capitaldaily.ca/news/victoria-businesses-vaccine-passport-ivermectin/

Description: A lawsuit has been launched with “no chance” of winning while some clamour for horse medicine.

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Subject:   Sunnyside Cafe,  BC Vaccine Card,  Vaccinations,  Marshal, Brendan,  Social Media,  BC Businesses against Health Pass (Facebook group),  Province of British Columbia,  Province of British Columbia | Ministry of Health,  Facebook,  Instagram,  Guidos Caffe,  Silletta, Paul,  Government of Canada,  Royal Canadian Mounted Police,  Canadian Broadcasting Corporation,  Gates, Bill,  World Health Organization,  Tam, Theresa,  Henry, Bonnie,  Greschner, Donna,  Galati, Rocco,  Wong, Lawrence,  Ivermectin,  Greenhawk Equestrian Sport,  Buckerfield's,  Food and Drug Administration,  Health Canada,  Govender, Kasari,  MacNeil, Kathy,  Horgan, John

Title: Victoria healthcare workers brace for Omicron’s impact on nearly full hospitals | Capital Daily

URL: https://www.capitaldaily.ca/news/victoria-healthcare-workers-brace-omicron-full-hospitals/

Description: Island Health is pleading with workers to take extra shifts, while some doctors and nurses say the province isn’t following the science on staff protection.

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Subject:   Island Health,  Omicron Variant,  Variants of Concern,  Tan, Amy,  Delta Variant,  Otto, Sarah,  BC COVID-19 Modelling Group,  Dix, Adrian,  Karlen, Dean,  University of Victoria,  Province of British Columbia,  Province of British Columbia | Ministry of Health,  Hinshaw, Deena,  Government of Canada,  Cowichan District Hospital,  Henry, Bonnie

Title: 'On the verge of mental and physical breakdown': Why a growing number of Victoria nurses are quitting | Capital Daily

URL: https://www.capitaldaily.ca/news/victoria-nurses-are-quitting/

Description: Victoria nurses cite short staffing, payroll issues, abuse as reasons for leaving the industry. Part 3 of our labour series, Pay Check.

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Subject:   Island Health,  BC Nurses' Union,  Grewal, Aman,  Dielwart, Cassandra Lane,  Dix, Adrian,  Province of British Columbia

Title: Victoria nursing student kicked out of program for staying home while COVID-positive | Capital Daily

URL: https://www.capitaldaily.ca/news/victoria-nursing-student-kicked-out-of-program-for-staying-home-while-covid-positive/

Description: Helen missed four days of clinical work at a long term care facility to protect vulnerable patients from the virus. Sprott Shaw College failed her for it.

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Subject:   Sprott Shaw College,  Veterans Memorial Lodge,  Broadmead Care,  Island Health,  Wilkes, Anne,  Contandriopoulos, Damien,  University of Victoria,  Camosun College,  Vancouver Island University | Nursing,  Vancouver Island University,  Province of British Columbia,  Province of British Columbia | Ministry of Advanced Educations, Skills and Training,  James, Deej

Title: ‘Everything changed’: Victoria teachers, parents anxious about rising COVID-19 exposures in schools | Capital Daily

URL: https://www.capitaldaily.ca/news/victoria-rising-covid-19-exposures-schools/

Description: The level of anxiety among teachers and school staff in the Greater Victoria School District has also reached new highs during the third wave of the pandemic.

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Subject:   Burrough, Sarah,  Greater Victoria School District,  Howe, Carolyn,  Greater Victoria Teachers' Association,  South Park Family School,  Henry, Bonnie,  Vancouver Coastal Health,  Island Health,  Fraser Health,  Mooring, Teri,  British Columbia Teachers' Federation,  Variants of Concern,  Province of British Columbia,  Ventilation,  Vaccinations

Title: ‘This was the worst case scenario’: No plan for COVID-positive unhoused people in Victoria | Capital Daily

URL: https://www.capitaldaily.ca/news/worst-case-scenario-covid-positive-unhoused-people-victoria/

Description: Bylaw officers seized tents and supplies for sick people, while authorities wring hands over lack of options.

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Subject:   Island Health,  BC Housing,  City of Victoria,  Stanwick, Richard,  Topaz Park,  Ottosen, Niki,  The Back Pack Project,  Perkins, Shae,  Helps, Lisa,  Royal Jubilee Hospital,  Sobering & Assessment Centre,  Province of British Columbia,  Beacon Hill Park

Title: B.C. hospital sees fast spread of COVID-19, but no outbreak declared due to 'negative connotations' | CBC News

URL: https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/covid-vancouver-island-no-outbreak-1.6959369

Description: Health-care workers at a hospital on Vancouver Island are sounding the alarm about the fast spread of COVID-19 at the facility in the last few weeks, after public health officials said they would not declare it an outbreak because of "negative connotations.

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Subject:   Unger, Jeff,  Saanich Peninsula Hospital,  Island Health,  BC Centre for Disease Control,  Fong, Anthony,  Colijn, Caroline,  Long COVID

Title: 24 Vancouver Island mayors implore Dr. Henry to implement stricter BC Ferries travel restrictions | Victoria Buzz

URL: https://www.victoriabuzz.com/2020/04/24-vancouver-island-mayors-implore-dr-henry-to-implement-stricter-bc-ferries-travel-restrictions/

Description: Multiple mayors of Vancouver Island municipalities — including the mayors of Victoria, Saanich, View Royal, Highlands, and North Saanich — and every CRD chair member have written a letter addressed to Dr. Henry in response to her statements about long weekend travel.

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Subject:   Henry, Bonnie,  BC Ferries

Title: Helijet offers free flights for health care workers between Vancouver Island and mainland | Victoria Buzz

URL: https://www.victoriabuzz.com/2020/04/helijet-offers-free-flights-for-health-care-workers-between-vancouver-island-and-mainland/

Description: Helijet International announced on Wednesday that the company would be offering seats at no cost for health care workers travelling on business from Victoria and Nanaimo to Vancouver and vice versa.

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Subject:   Helijet,  Sitnam, Danny

Title: COVID-19 testing in Vancouver Island Health region facing delays due to technical difficulties | Victoria Buzz

URL: https://www.victoriabuzz.com/2020/08/covid-19-testing-in-vancouver-island-health-region-facing-delays-due-to-technical-difficulties/

Description: Vancouver Island residents looking to get tested for COVID-19 have been experiencing a longer waiting period than usual this week.

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Subject:   Island Health,  Bloxham, Cheryl

Title: Metchosin school plans outdoor classes at neighbouring forest and beach amid COVID-19 | Victoria Buzz

URL: https://www.victoriabuzz.com/2020/08/metchosin-school-plans-outdoor-classes-at-neighbouring-forest-and-beach-amid-covid-19/

Description: One Montessori school on Vancouver Island has devised a plan to increase physical distancing options and reduce the risk of virus transmission when students return on September 10.

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Subject:   Westmont Montessori School,  Hanton, Magnus