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Description: The Klahoose First Nation immediately went into strict lockdown Nov. 26 after getting news an elder tested positive for COVID-19.
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Subject: Klahoose First Nation
Group: Indigenous Communities
Creator: Baker, Rochelle
Publisher: Cortes Currents
Source: Canada's National Observer
Coverage: British Columbia--Cortes Island
Format: Blog post
Date: 2020-12-11
Description: After a recent rash of service disruptions due to wild weather, coastal communities relying on BC Ferries as an essential service are going to face more interruptions to their lifeline in the coming months. Absenteeism due to the Omicron variant, an ongoing labour shortage, and the impending loss of staff who oppose the company's vaccination mandate are likely to lead to additional service disruptions, particularly on the smaller inter-island routes, said BC Ferries spokesperson Deborah Marshall on Monday.
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Subject: BC Ferries, Omicron Variant, Variants of Concern, Marshall, Deborah, Vaccinations, Transport Canada, McNeely, Eric, Abram, Jim, Anderson, Noba, BC Ferry & Marine Workers' Union
Group: Transportation, Travel, & Tourism
Creator: Baker, Rochelle
Publisher: CTV News Vancouver Island
Source: Canada's National Observer
Coverage: British Columbia, British Columbia--Vancouver Island, British Columbia--Powell River, British Columbia--Sunshine Coast, British Columbia--Texada Island, British Columbia--Quadra Island, British Columbia--Cortes Island
Format: News media
Date: 2022-01-12
Description: A profound health-care crisis in North Vancouver Island is only expected to deepen this fall, according to leaked information from a meeting between doctors in Port Hardy and Island Health.
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Subject: Island Health, Port Hardy Hospital, Port McNeill Hospital, Rural and Remote Division of Family Practice North Vancouver Island, Cormorant Island Community Health Centre
Group: Health Practitioners, Services, & Authorities
Creator: Baker, Rochelle
Publisher: CTV News Vancouver Island
Source: Canada's National Observer
Coverage: British Columbia--Port Hardy, British Columbia--Port McNeill, British Columbia--Alert Bay, British Columbia--Cormorant Island, British Columbia--North Vancouver Island
Format: News media
Date: 2022-08-25
Description: Some intercity bus companies on Vancouver Island are going to be fuelled by a $10.7-million COVID-19 cash injection from the B.C. government over the next year.
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Subject: Horgan, John, Province of British Columbia, Wilson's Group of Companies, Fleming, Rob, Province of British Columbia | Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure, Tofino Bus, Vancouver Island Connector, Passenger Transportation Board, Waivin Flags Taxi, Babchuk, Michele, Smith, Angela, Greyhound
Group: Transportation, Travel, & Tourism
Creator: Baker, Rochelle
Publisher: CTV News Vancouver Island
Source: Canada's National Observer
Coverage: British Columbia--Vancouver Island, British Columbia--Northern Vancouver Island, British Columbia--Port Hardy, British Columbia--Campbell River, British Columbia--North Central Vancouver Island, British Columbia--Gold River, British Columbia--Tahsis, British Columbia--Zeballos
Format: News media
Date: 2021-03-16
Description: A remote B.C. island community is anxious as it faces a two-week overnight closure of its local emergency room due to the ongoing medical staffing crisis across the province.
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Subject: Island Health, Cormorant Island Community Health Centre, Buchanan, Dennis, Govereau, Randy, BC Emergency Health Services, Port McNeill Hospital, Chemainus Health Care Centre, Gear, Adriane, Regional District of Mount Waddington
Group: Health Practitioners, Services, & Authorities
Creator: Baker, Rochelle
Publisher: CHEK News
Source: Canada's National Observer
Coverage: British Columbia--Cormorant Island, British Columbia--Alert Bay, British Columbia--Port McNeill, British Columbia--Northern Vancouver Island, British Columbia--Chemainus, British Columbia--North Cowichan, British Columbia--Cowichan Valley
Format: News media
Date: 2022-08-07
Description: Island Health says no emergency rooms on northern Vancouver Island will permanently shutter as an ongoing staffing crisis continues to force temporary closures in small communities.
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Subject: Island Health, Cormorant Island Community Health Centre, Port Hardy Hospital, Port McNeill Hospital, Hanson, James, Longhurst, Andrew
Group: Health Practitioners, Services, & Authorities
Creator: Baker, Rochelle
Publisher: CHEK News
Source: Canada's National Observer
Coverage: British Columbia--Alert Bay, British Columbia--Cormorant Island, British Columbia--Northern Vancouver Island, British Columbia--Port McNeill, British Columbia--Port Hardy
Format: News media
Date: 2022-08-25
Description: Most of the North Island region — not only Port Hardy — is facing doctor and nursing shortages as well as significant gaps in medical imaging and lab services, a document leaked to Canada’s National Observer shows.
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Subject: Island Health, Rural and Remote Division of Family Practice North Vancouver Island, Cormorant Island Community Health Centre, BC Ferries, Port Hardy Hospital, Port McNeill Hospital, Doctors of BC, First Nations Health Authority
Group: Health Practitioners, Services, & Authorities
Creator: Baker, Rochelle
Publisher: CHEK News
Source: Canada's National Observer
Coverage: British Columbia--Northern Vancouver Island, British Columbia--Port Hardy, British Columbia--Port McNeill, British Columbia--Cormorant Island, British Columbia--Alert Bay
Format: News media
Date: 2022-08-31
Description: At least one police officer joined protesters, journalists and politicians raising alarm bells over RCMP enforcement tactics during the peak of conflict at the Fairy Creek old-growth blockades in B.C. during the summer of 2021.
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Subject: Fairy Creek Old-Growth Logging Protests, Logging Protests and Blockades, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Osborne, Jen, Teal-Jones Group, Civilian Review and Complaints Commission, Manseau, Chris
Group: Criminal, Racist, Threatening, & Non-compliant Behaviour, Protests & Activism
Creator: Baker, Rochelle
Publisher: CHEK News
Source: Canada's National Observer
Coverage: British Columbia--Fairy Creek, British Columbia--Capital Regional District
Format: News media
Date: 2022-11-30
Description: Residents of Quadra Island are worried about being stranded ashore when medical emergencies occur at night because BC Ferries can’t guarantee a crew for sailings to get ambulances across to the hospital in Campbell River.
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Subject: BC Ferries, Fleming, Rob, Province of British Columbia, Province of British Columbia | Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure, BC Emergency Health Services, Bingham, Tessa, Collins, Mark, Chang, Astrid, Canadian Coast Guard, Leong, Cindy, Imbeau, Michelle, Abram, Jim, Brent, Paul
Group: Health Practitioners, Services, & Authorities, Transportation, Travel, & Tourism
Creator: Baker, Rochelle
Publisher: CHEK News
Source: Canada's National Observer
Coverage: British Columbia--Quadra Island, British Columbia--Campbell River, British Columbia--North Central Vancouver Island
Format: News media
Date: 2022-07-21
Relation: https://www.change.org/p/bring-back-off-hour-ferry-service-for-emergency-services-on-quadra-island
Description: Most of the North Island region — not only Port Hardy — is facing doctor and nursing shortages as well as significant gaps in medical imaging and lab services, a document leaked to Canada's National Observer shows.
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Subject: Island Health, Rural and Remote Division of Family Practice North Vancouver Island, Canada's National Observer, Cormorant Island Community Health Centre, BC Ferries, Port Hardy Hospital, Port McNeill Hospital, Doctors of BC, First Nations Health Authority
Group: Health Practitioners, Services, & Authorities
Creator: Baker, Rochelle
Publisher: Coast Reporter
Source: Canada's National Observer
Coverage: British Columbia--Northern Vancouver Island, British Columbia--Port Hardy, British Columbia--Port McNeill, British Columbia--Cormorant Island, British Columbia--Alert Bay
Format: Newspaper article
Date: 2022-09-04
Description: A wave of alarm over COVID-19 hit the shores of some of B.C.’s more isolated islands after federal and provincial authorities have announced a series of wide-ranging measures to quell the spread of the virus within the last week.
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Subject: Quadra Community Centre, Manson's Community Hall, BC Ferries
Group: Food Security
Creator: Baker, Rochelle
Publisher: Canada's National Observer
Coverage: British Columbia--Quadra Island, British Columbia--Cortes Island, British Columbia--Campbell River, British Columbia--North Central Vancouver Island
Format: News media
Date: 2020-03-16
Description: Kristene Perron set up a caremongering Facebook page for Quadra Island to organize the groundswell of help offers in the community.
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Subject: Windrim, Mike, Perron, Kristene, Caremongering Quadra Island (Facebook Group), Beacon Buddies, Social Media
Group: Caremongering
Creator: Baker, Rochelle
Publisher: Canada's National Observer
Coverage: British Columbia--Quadra Island
Format: News media
Date: 2020-03-24
Description: A COVID-19 case has been confirmed in Campbell River. A retirement home in the Vancouver Island community is under quarantine after a resident fell prey to the pandemic sweeping across the globe.
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Subject: Berwick by the Sea, Berwick Retirement Communities, Lazaro, Kelly, Island Health, Sikorski, Lesley, Lynn Valley Care Centre, Henry, Bonnie
Group: Facility Outbreaks, Seniors, Elders, & Long-Term Care
Creator: Baker, Rochelle
Publisher: Canada's National Observer
Coverage: British Columbia--Campbell River, British Columbia--North Central Vancouver Island, British Columbia--North Vancouver
Format: News media
Date: 2020-03-27
Description: Susana Vijaya and Kent Macaulay share their stories about travelling back home to Canada.
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Subject: Vijaya, Susana, Brulhart, Lyle, Global Affairs Canada, Canada Border Services Agency, Macaulay, Kent, Centers of Disease Control and Prevention
Group: Transportation, Travel, & Tourism
Creator: Baker, Rochelle
Publisher: Canada's National Observer
Coverage: British Columbia--Quadra Island, Mexico, Arizona, New York
Format: News media
Date: 2020-03-30
Description: A Quadra Island, B.C., woman has hopped to it and organized a new take on a traditional Easter parade, so local kids can have some fun this weekend, despite the COVID-19 clampdown.
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Subject: Binnersley, Brenda Heppner, Easter, Bulford, Lily, Bulford, Shelanne, Horgan, John
Group: Arts & Culture, Supports for Youth, Children, & Families
Creator: Baker, Rochelle
Publisher: Canada's National Observer
Coverage: British Columbia--Quadra Island
Format: News media
Date: 2020-04-10
Description: When her sister-in-law Wendy Richardson issued a plea in mid-March for cloth masks to protect front-line social service workers on neighbouring Vancouver Island during the novel coronavirus crisis, Phillips turned to her fellow Quadra Island Quilters.
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Subject: Phillips, Terry, Richardson, Wendy, Quadra Island Quilters, Campbell River Friendship Quilters Guild, John Howard Society of the North Island, Doak, Betty, Hammell. Kerry, Aroma Specialty Coffee Roasters, Bullock, Joanne
Group: Community Organizations, PPE, Masks, Medical Supplies, & Equipment
Creator: Baker, Rochelle
Publisher: Canada's National Observer
Coverage: British Columbia--Quadra Island, British Columbia--Campbell River, British Columbia--North Central Vancouver Island, British Columbia--Courtenay, British Columbia--Comox Valley
Format: News media
Date: 2020-04-17
Description: The danger to rural women facing violence is higher than ever due to the COVID-19 crisis, but the number of victims reaching out for support is not growing apace in the North Island region, troubling the agencies that help them.
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Subject: Palmer, Diane, Campbell River and North Island Transition Society, Clelland, Julie, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Ann Elmore Transition House, Cortes Island Women's Resource Centre, Government of Canada, Bulford, Sean, Status of Women Canada, BC Housing
Group: Community Organizations, Criminal, Racist, Threatening, & Non-compliant Behaviour
Creator: Baker, Rochelle
Publisher: Canada's National Observer
Coverage: British Columbia--Campbell River, British Columbia--North Central Vancouver Island, British Columbia--Quadra Island, British Columbia--Cortes Island
Format: News media
Date: 2020-04-22
Description: Seniors are the most likely age group to be extremely worried about their health and social isolation during COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new Statistics Canada survey But the older residents on Quadra and Cortes, rural islands located off B.C.’s west coast may be bucking that trend.
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Subject: Statistics Canada, Ludgate, Jim, Verhoeve, Carina, Kobayashi, Karen, McDowell, Maureen, Quadra Circle Community Connections Society, Zoom
Group: Seniors, Elders, & Long-Term Care
Creator: Baker, Rochelle
Publisher: Canada's National Observer
Coverage: British Columbia--Quadra Island, British Columbia--Cortes Island
Format: News media
Date: 2020-04-24
Description: The shutdown of First Nations communities is more crucial than ever with the sad news that an Indigenous elder from another island has died from COVID-19, says a Quadra Island, B.C., council member.
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Subject: 'Namgis First Nation, Lewis, Ted, Whe-La-La-U Area Council Society, Cutfeet, Dan, Henry, Bonnie, Brown, Merci, Rebecca Spit Marine Park, BC Parks, Tsa Kwa Luten Lodge
Group: Community Exposures & Transmissions, Indigenous Communities, Transportation, Travel, & Tourism
Creator: Baker, Rochelle
Publisher: Canada's National Observer
Coverage: British Columbia--Quadra Island, British Columbia--Alert Bay, British Columbia--Cormorant Island
Format: News media
Date: 2020-04-28
Description: Low-income seniors, particularly in rural and remote areas, are falling through the cracks when it comes to federal response funding during the COVID-19 pandemic, NDP party whip Rachel Blaney said.
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Subject: Kidd, Derik, Blaney, Rachel, Government of Canada, Trudeau, Justin, Mackenzie, Isobel, Province of British Columbia
Group: Business Affairs, Economy, & Sustainability, Government Affairs, Seniors, Elders, & Long-Term Care
Creator: Baker, Rochelle
Publisher: Canada's National Observer
Coverage: British Columbia--Quadra Island, British Columbia, Canada
Format: News media
Date: 2020-05-02
Description: Island seafood processors on B.C.’s Pacific coast say they are working to adapt to rapidly shifting market demands and heightened safety protocols, but some companies are taking a bigger hit from COVID-19 than others.
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Subject: Pirie, Cam, Walcan Seafood, Government of Canada, Brown’s Bay Packing Company, Stover, David, Cargill, Hall, Shawn, BC Salmon Farmers Association
Group: Business Affairs, Economy, & Sustainability, Food Security
Creator: Baker, Rochelle
Publisher: Canada's National Observer
Coverage: British Columbia--Quadra Island, British Columbia--Strathcona Regional District, British Columbia--North Central Vancouver Island, Alberta--High River, British Columbia
Format: News media
Date: 2020-05-05
Description: Grocery store staff on both Cortes and Quadra Island are dedicated to serving their community and keeping their enterprises open during the pandemic.
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Subject: Jeffery, Bertha, Cortes Market, Grocery Trade, Lotnick, Wendy, Arps, Emma, Hargrave, Eric, Cortes Natural Food Co-op, BC Ferries, Pain, Rob, Tru Value Foods, Nielsen, Lena
Group: Business Affairs, Economy, & Sustainability, Food Security
Creator: Baker, Rochelle
Publisher: Canada's National Observer
Coverage: British Columbia--Cortes Island, British Columbia--Quadra Island
Format: News media
Date: 2020-05-06
Description: Youth workers are doing what they can to reach isolated children and teens living in the North Island region of Vancouver Island, B.C., and support their mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Subject: Folk, Stacy, John Howard Society of North Island, Foundry BC, Province of British Columbia, Instagram, Facebook, Zoom, Discord, Kids Help Phone, Smith, Annie, McCreary Centre Society
Group: Community Organizations, Supports for Youth, Children, & Families, Vulnerable Populations
Creator: Baker, Rochelle
Publisher: Canada's National Observer
Coverage: British Columbia--Northern Vancouver Island, British Columbia--Campbell River, British Columbia--North Central Vancouver Island, British Columbia--Sayward, British Columbia--Quadra Island, British Columbia--Cortes Island, British Columbia--Gold River
Format: News media
Date: 2020-05-12
Description: Tamara McPhail has been working the land at Linnaea Farm for 20 years, and this spring, as the COVID-19 pandemic blossomed, everything and nothing is the same.
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Subject: McPhaill, Tamara, Linnaea Farm, Schick, Adam, Farm Food Security Guild, Mullinix, Kent
Group: Business Affairs, Economy, & Sustainability, Food Security
Creator: Baker, Rochelle
Publisher: Canada's National Observer
Coverage: British Columbia--Cortes Island
Format: News media
Date: 2020-05-14
Description: Every June, the graduating classes of School District 72 gather on the ocean shoreline of Campbell River for a group portrait in their formal wear, just before prom. But not this year. In the COVID-19 era of physical distancing, the school district made official last week what students had been anticipating, and cancelled prom and its attendant group activities for the class of 2020.
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Subject: Robron Centre, Campbell River School District, Grad 2020, Nimmon, Amelia, Nickoloff, Ruby, Crosson, Kailen, Carihi Secondary School, Timberline Secondary School
Group: Education, K to 12
Creator: Baker, Rochelle
Publisher: Canada's National Observer
Coverage: British Columbia--Campbell River, British Columbia--Quadra Island, British Columbia--North Central Vancouver Island
Format: News media
Date: 2020-05-21
Description: Restaurants, pubs, businesses, resorts and marinas in the Discovery Islands off the west coast of B.C. are tentatively taking the first steps in expanding services in their communities to locals and tourists alike.
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Subject: Rose, Darryl, The Clove, McMartin, Lynden, April Point Resort, BC Liquor and Cannabis Regulation Branch, Taku Resort and Marina, Dougan, Bill, Gorge Harbour Marina Resort, Allwork, Tammy
Group: Hospitality Industry
Creator: Baker, Rochelle
Publisher: Canada's National Observer
Coverage: British Columbia--Quadra Island, British Columbia--Cortes Island
Format: News media
Date: 2020-06-01
Description: Cortes Island resident Josh Foisey is organizing a COVID-19 appropriate Pride celebration for the island's small LGBTQ2S+ community.
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Subject: Foisey, Josh, Cortes Pride
Group: Arts & Culture
Creator: Baker, Rochelle
Publisher: Canada's National Observer
Coverage: British Columbia--Cortes Island
Format: News media
Date: 2020-06-26
Description: The risk of people going hungry in small island communities on B.C.'s West Coast is likely to go from bad to worse in the fall as the pandemic and its economic symptoms linger on and COVID-19 relief benefits end, service providers and experts say.
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Subject: Statton, Samantha, Cortes Island Food Bank, Riches, Graham, Beattie, Desta, Statistics Canada, Cortes Community Health Association, Smith, Amanda, Quadra Island Food Bank
Group: Food Security
Creator: Baker, Rochelle
Publisher: Canada's National Observer
Coverage: British Columbia--Quadra Island, British Columbia--Cortes Island
Format: News media
Date: 2020-07-27
Description: Quadra Island resident Heather Kent believes her community garden cultivates space for safe but critical community interaction during the pandemic.
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Subject: Kent, Heather, Kelly, Matthew, Statistics Canada, Williams, Owen
Group: Sports, Recreation, & Leisure
Creator: Baker, Rochelle
Publisher: Canada's National Observer
Coverage: British Columbia--Quadra Island
Format: News media
Date: 2020-08-05
Description: Kayaking expedition companies and other adventure tourism operators' revenues have dropped as much as 85 per cent due to the pandemic nixing the summer season.
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Subject: Snowdon, Rick, Spirit of the West Adventures, Judas, Walt, Wilderness Tourism Association of British Columbia
Group: Sports, Recreation, & Leisure, Transportation, Travel, & Tourism
Creator: Baker, Rochelle
Publisher: Canada's National Observer
Coverage: British Columbia--Quadra Island
Format: News media
Date: 2020-09-03
Description: When COVID-19 hit, Walcan Seafood on B.C.’s Quadra Island decided to start delivering seafood directly to local customers using an online platform. Since then, Tide to Table has taken off, with Walcan planning to expand the program.
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Subject: Pirie, Cameron, Walcan Seafood
Group: Business Affairs, Economy, & Sustainability, Food Security
Creator: Baker, Rochelle
Publisher: Canada's National Observer
Coverage: British Columbia--Quadra Island
Format: News media
Date: 2020-10-16
Description: Independent oyster farmers like Richard Boucher and Victor and Kathy McLaggan of the Outlandish Shellfish Guild are struggling to stay afloat as COVID-19 ravages the restaurant industry.
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Subject: McLaggan, Victor, Outlandish Shellfish Guild, Kew, Sally, Mac's Oysters, McLaggan, Kathy, Boucher, Richard
Group: Business Affairs, Economy, & Sustainability, Food Security, Hospitality Industry
Creator: Baker, Rochelle
Publisher: Canada's National Observer
Coverage: British Columbia--Discovery Islands, British Columbia--Fanny Bay, British Columbia--Comox Valley Regional District
Format: News media
Date: 2020-10-28
Description: Mycologist Paul Stamets is currently working to establish clinical studies using agarikon mushrooms to treat COVID-19 patients in the United States.
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Subject: Stamets, Paul
Group: COVID-19 Research
Creator: Baker, Rochelle
Publisher: Canada's National Observer
Coverage: British Columbia--Cortes Island, United States
Format: News media
Date: 2020-11-25
Description: Quick action by a small, remote First Nation on the West Coast appears to have smothered the spread of COVID-19 in the tiny island community.
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Subject: Klahoose First Nation, Peacey, Kevin, Island Health, Silby, Georgina, Robinson, Michelle, Blaney, Erik, Tla'amin Nation
Group: Community Exposures & Transmissions, Indigenous Communities, Transportation, Travel, & Tourism
Creator: Baker, Rochelle
Publisher: Canada's National Observer
Coverage: British Columbia--Cortes Island
Format: News media
Date: 2020-12-15
Description: A remote First Nation community on the West Coast has extra reason to celebrate the new year after getting the all-clear from health officials on a COVID-19 cluster and news it's at the front of the line for the Moderna vaccinations.
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Subject: Klahoose First Nation, Vaccinations, Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine, Peacey, Kevin, Island Health, First Nations Health Authority, Whitmore, Amanda, Wesley, Tina, Emergency Social Services, Emergency Management BC
Group: Community Exposures & Transmissions, Indigenous Communities, Vaccinations
Creator: Baker, Rochelle
Publisher: Canada's National Observer
Coverage: British Columbia--Cortes Island
Format: News media
Date: 2021-01-04
Description: Small rural communities on Vancouver Island are under strain and individual and community health is at risk with the continued lack of intercity bus service on Vancouver Island, service providers say.
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Subject: Wilson's Group of Companies, Chowdhury, Nick, Tofino Bus, Vancouver Island Connector, Wilson, Samantha, Passenger Transportation Board, Fleming, Rob, Province of British Columbia, Province of British Columbia | Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure, Babchuk, Michele, Mowachaht/Muchalaht First Nation, Nuu-chah-nulth First Nations, O'Hara, Enid
Group: Indigenous Communities, Transportation, Travel, & Tourism
Creator: Baker, Rochelle
Publisher: Canada's National Observer
Coverage: British Columbia--Northern Vancouver Island, British Columbia--Vancouver Island, British Columbia--Gold River, British Columbia--North Central Vancouver Island, British Columbia--Tahsis, British Columbia--Zeballos, British Columbia--Kyuquot, British Columbia--Campbell River, British Columbia--Tsaxana
Format: News media
Date: 2021-02-09
Description: Sulyn Cedar is thrilled Quadra and neighbouring Cortes Island are among the 30 smaller, remote communities included in Island Health’s whole community approach to COVID-19 vaccinations.
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Subject: Vaccinations, Cedar, Sulyn, Island Health, Hughes, Steve, Quadra Island Medical Clinic, Anderson, Noba
Group: Vaccinations
Creator: Baker, Rochelle
Publisher: Canada's National Observer
Coverage: British Columbia--Cortes Island, British Columbia--Quadra Island
Format: News media
Date: 2021-03-17
Description: Many Indigenous tourism providers in B.C. are still in limbo waiting for more information from provincial health authorities before making any concrete decisions about whether they’ll open or operate this summer. But others are forging ahead and cautiously optimistic as they bank on domestic tourists to tide them over until borders shuttered by COVID-19 open again.
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Subject: Rullin, Samantha, Nuu-chah-nulth First Nations, Heiltsuk Nation, Haida Nation, Indigenous Tourism BC, Tait, Chris, Indigenous Tourism Association of Canada, Klahoose First Nation, Klahoose Wilderness Resort
Group: Indigenous Communities, Transportation, Travel, & Tourism
Creator: Baker, Rochelle
Publisher: Canada's National Observer
Coverage: British Columbia
Format: News media
Date: 2021-03-26
Description: Some Vancouver Island tourism operators say they’re paying the price because B.C. failed to act sooner to curb spiking COVID-19 case numbers.
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Subject: Horgan, John, Province of British Columbia, BC Ferries, Farnworth, Mike, Gorge Harbour Marina Resort, Dougan, Bill, McMartin, Lynden, Taku Resort and Marina, Island Health, Everett, Anthony, Tourism Vancouver Island
Group: Transportation, Travel, & Tourism
Creator: Baker, Rochelle
Publisher: Canada's National Observer
Coverage: British Columbia--Cortes Island, British Columbia--Quadra Island
Format: News media
Date: 2021-04-22
Description: Quadra Island residents flocked to take advantage of Island Health's community-wide vaccination clinic on Monday.
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Subject: Vaccinations, Island Health, Stewart, Kirstie, Elford, Connie, Dix, Adrian, Henry, Bonnie, Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine
Group: Testing, Case Counts, Analysis, & Modelling, Vaccinations
Creator: Baker, Rochelle
Publisher: Canada's National Observer
Coverage: British Columbia--Quadra Island, British Columbia
Format: News media
Date: 2021-05-04
Description: B.C. Ferries abruptly cancelled all public community meetings and shifted local ferry committee meetings online Wednesday to protect employees citing a spike in aggression that includes gun threats and acts of vandalism.
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Subject: BC Ferries, Quadra & Cortes Islands Ferry Advisory Committee, Mumford, Diana, Southern Sunshine Coast Ferry Advisory Committee, Anderson, Brian, Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Group: Criminal, Racist, Threatening, & Non-compliant Behaviour, Transportation, Travel, & Tourism
Creator: Baker, Rochelle
Publisher: Canada's National Observer
Coverage: British Columbia--Cortes Island, British Columbia--Quadra Island, British Columbia--Sunshine Coast
Format: News media
Date: 2023-09-28
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