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COVID-19: Vancouver Island, BC (Central & North)

Collected by: Vancouver Island University

Archived since: Mar, 2020

Description:

In March 2020 the Canadian Web Archiving Coalition (CWAC) stated: "The deadly flu outbreak of 1918-19 is often called the ‘forgotten pandemic.’ Our responsibility now is to ensure the lessons of COVID-19 are not forgotten. Our collective efforts to capture and preserve the essential online elements of this unprecedented event are critical." (CARL-ABRC). The COVID-19: Vancouver Island, BC (Central & North) Web Archive reflects community experiences and responses to the pandemic in the region served by Vancouver Island University, documenting and supporting diverse aspects of scholarly inquiry, creativity, and community life. The Web Archive is intended to provide a body of information that will support scholarship, creativity, and study. Information rights related to web archiving include considerations of copyright and fair dealing, and of individual and community privacy. The following are among principles and resources that guide web archiving decisions: Ethics of care, for example in VIU Library’s Pledge to our user communities; OCAP® principles, and awareness of relationality and accountability to Indigenous communities, and potential impacts related to web archiving; Good practice and expert advice, emerging and accessed through communities of practice, e.g. the Canadian Web Archiving Coalition (CWAC); and VIU Library, Evolution of Physical Collections: 2017-2021 VIU Library, Special Collections Guidelines (Under review 2020). Web archives are informed by available capture technologies and also by affordances of the content source; not all websites can be successfully crawled or rendered, and quality of archived versions varies. This project is supported by VIU's Special Funding for COVID-19 research projects and carried out in coordination with the University of Victoria’s COVID-19 Collection and the Canadian Web Archiving Coalition. Contact us at research.help@viu.ca with questions or for more information about content included in the Web Archive. [Working description 2021 April 6]

Subject:   Spontaneous Events Society & Culture Science & Health COVID-19 (Disease) Vancouver Island

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Title: COVID model projections | July 28, 2021 | BC COVID-19 Modelling Group

URL: https://bccovid-19group.ca/post/2021-07-28-report/

Description: The BC COVID-19 Modelling team issued their seventh report on the status of COVID-19 in British Columbia (July 28, 2021), summarizing the state of COVID-19 in the province and modelling projections using the different approaches taken by various team members.

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Subject:   BC COVID-19 Modelling Group Delta Variant Variants of Concern Vaccinations Interior Health Alpha Variant Gamma Variant

Title: COVID model (interim) projections | August 6, 2021 | BC COVID-19 Modelling Group

URL: https://bccovid-19group.ca/post/2021-08-06-interimreport/

Description: Given the rapid escalation of case counts, the BC COVID-19 Modelling team has issued an update to their seventh report on the status of COVID-19 in British Columbia (August 6, 2021).

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Subject:   BC COVID-19 Modelling Group Vaccinations Variants of Concern Delta Variant

Title: Canadian Trucking Alliance statement to those engaged in road/border protests | January 22, 2022 | Canadian Trucking Alliance

URL: https://cantruck.ca/canadian-trucking-alliance-statement-to-those-engaged-in-road-border-protests/

Description: The Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) does not support and strongly disapproves of any protests on public roadways, highways, and bridges.

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Subject:   Canadian Trucking Alliance Vaccinations Laskowski, Stephen

Title: Canada seeing rise in COVID-19 subvariants. Could this lead to a summer surge? - National | Globalnews.ca

URL: https://globalnews.ca/news/8928883/covid-subvariants-summer-surge-phac/

Description: Canada is seeing an increase in several fast-spreading COVID-19 variants that have been fuelling new outbreaks in the United States and Europe, Canada’s top doctors said Friday.

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Subject:   Variants of Concern Omicron Variant Tam, Theresa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Njoo, Howard Vaccinations

Title: COVID news: BA.2.86 variant detected in BC, first in Canada | Island Social Trends

URL: https://islandsocialtrends.ca/covid-news-ba-2-86-variant-detected-in-bc-first-in-canada/

Description: BC Health announced this week that the first case of the BA.2.86 variant of the COVID-19 (i.e. SARS-CoV-2) virus was found in a person who had not travelled out of the province.

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Subject:   Variants of Concern Omicron Variant "Kraken" Variant Pirola Variant BC Centre for Disease Control Henry, Bonnie Dix, Adrian Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Vaccinations Wastewater Surveillance Influenza Respiratory Syncytial Virus

Title: Joint statement on BA.2.86 variant detected in B.C., first in Canada | August 29, 2023 | Province of British Columbia

URL: https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2023HLTH0111-001364/

Description: The BC Centre for Disease Control has identified British Columbia’s first case of a person infected with the BA.2.86 variant of Omicron in an individual from the Fraser Health region who has not travelled outside the province. It is the first known case in Canada of this variant.

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Subject:   Province of British Columbia Province of British Columbia | Ministry of Health Variants of Concern Pirola Variant Fraser Health BC Centre for Disease Control Omicron Variant

Title: Dr. Michael Osterholm: Variants, vaccines and the future | TELUS Talks with Tamara Taggart

URL: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E0AGl--VcAEbq1F?format=jpg&name=medium

Description: Tamara Taggart on Twitter: "“I think where you have the #B117 transmission right now, holding in-person classes is just not feasible, or not recommended, shouldn’t be.” Dr. Osterholm - Episode 65 - available now. #COVID19 #bced"

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Subject:   Osterholm, Michael Taggart, Tamara Variants of Concern Vaccinations Alpha Variant

Title: [COVID-19 program for cruise ships:] Color status definitions | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

URL: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FPXf862UYAAXBUU?format=jpg&name=large

Description: Kori Sidaway on Twitter: "#NEW The US CDC is investigating a COVID-19 outbreak on board Princess Cruises’ Caribbean Princess which was scheduled to dock in Victoria April 6 & Vancouver April 7. The arrival of the ship was supposed to kick off BC's cruise season after three years no cruises. @CHEK_News"

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Subject:   Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Title: "Every death is a tragedy, but after 2 years, what we did in #yyj is *incredible*"

URL: https://twitter.com/Adam_Stirling/status/1502418326403776512/

Description: Adam Stirling on Twitter: "Every death is a tragedy, but after 2 years, what we did in #yyj is *incredible* We saved *thousands* of lives. 227 deaths among 870,000 people. @VanIslandHealth = 261 deaths / million ppl. USA = 2,998 / million. TEN TIMES more. We avoided 90% of fatalities, statistically / The math is so insane it looks like it can’t be real. But it is… We saved almost everybody. Our community became one of the safest on the face of the earth. It might be the most important thing we’ll ever do. I treated it like it will be for me. It was do or die. And we did it / Sorry for yelling about Covid for literally 2 years. Some people say my (perhaps pathological?) focus & determination helped them find their own resolve to keep pushing. If that’s true, it’s the best compliment I’ll ever get. I just didn’t want to bury the people I cared about… / I recorded this 721 days ago… Thank you to everybody who stuck around since then. I’ll never forget it. #yyj"

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Subject:   Island Health BC Centre for Disease Control

Title: 'It's all good news': Island tourism operators excited for end of PCR tests for short trips | CTV News

URL: https://vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca/it-s-all-good-news-island-tourism-operators-excited-for-end-of-pcr-tests-for-short-trips-1.5670906

Description: Right now, any traveler entering Canada must provide a negative PCR test result that was recorded no more than 72 hours before arriving at the border. That requirement has kept many travellers at home. According to sources within the federal government, Canada will be lifting that PCR requirement on short trips for Canadian residents looking to cross the border for less than 72 hours.

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Subject:   Pickering, Brian Zuick, Jerome Coho (Ferry) Black Ball Ferry Line Burles, Ryan Destination Greater Victoria Nursey, Paul Carey-Bourke, Janine Government of Canada

Title: Island pharmacies note rise in rapid test demand as BA.5 wave begins | CHEK News

URL: https://www.cheknews.ca/island-pharmacies-note-rise-in-rapid-test-demand-as-ba-5-wave-begins-1064036/

Description: Anyone can pick up a free box of rapid test kits at B.C. pharmacies and several pharmacies tell CHEK News they’ve seen a big jump in demand in the past week or two.

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Subject:   Rapid Antigen Tests Dixon, Lindsay Omicron Variant Variants of Concern Biden, Joe Paxlovid Island Health Colijn, Caroline Vaccinations

Title: 'It's going to impact us a lot': Vancouver Island businesses feel big hit from U.S. border closure | CHEK News

URL: https://www.cheknews.ca/its-going-to-impact-us-a-lot-vancouver-island-businesses-feel-big-hit-from-u-s-border-closure-821177/

Description: The streets of Chemainus were alive with music Friday, but the sidewalks were quiet. The same day, Federal Public Safety Minister Bill Blair announced that the US Canadian border will remain closed until at least July 21.

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Subject:   Blair, Bill Forrest, John Sanchez, Nuria Vintiquity Wimmer, Mark Trudeau, Justin Government of Canada Vaccinations

Title: Ivermectin sells out at feed stores on Vancouver Island due to false claims that it can treat COVID-19 | CHEK News

URL: https://www.cheknews.ca/ivermectin-sells-out-at-feed-stores-on-vancouver-island-due-to-false-claims-that-it-can-treat-covid-19-876011/

Description: A disturbing and dangerous trend south of the border has flooded Vancouver Island feed stores. People on the Island are buying up the horse dewormer ivermectin in huge numbers, believing a false claim that it can cure COVID-19.

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Subject:   Ivermectin McCullough, Kelvin Buckerfield's BC Centre for Disease Control British Columbia Drug and Poison Information Centre Health Canada Food and Drug Administration Chatenay, Michael

Title: Nanaimo RCMP receiving 'numerous' calls about vehicles with U.S. license plates | CHEK News

URL: https://www.cheknews.ca/nanaimo-rcmp-receiving-numerous-calls-about-vehicles-with-u-s-license-plates-683598/

Description: As the number of COVID-19 cases continues to rise in many places around the United States, the Nanaimo RCMP say they’re receiving multiple calls a day about vehicles with U.S. license plates in the community.

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Subject:   Royal Canadian Mounted Police Stuart, Jon Quarantine Act Canada Border Services Agency Oak Bay Police Department Saanich Police Department Anastasiades, Markus Bernoties, Ray MacIntyre, Cam Victoria Police Department

Title: Protesters demanding an end to mandates for cross-border truck drivers stage Island convoy | CHEK News

URL: https://www.cheknews.ca/supporters-rally-in-island-convoy-to-end-mandates-for-cross-border-truck-drivers-942957/

Description: Frustrated Vancouver Island commercial truck drivers — and their supporters — voiced their opposition to a vaccine mandate for commercial truck drivers who cross back into the country at the Canadian border by driving from Campbell River to Victoria on Sunday.

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Subject:   Vaccinations Lambert, Troy Government of Canada Ferguson, Jed Trimarchi, Giancarlo Grocery Trade Canadian Trucking Alliance American Trucking Association

Title: 'That will be it for this moment,' Dix says of AstraZeneca shortage on Vancouver Island | CHEK News

URL: https://www.cheknews.ca/that-will-be-it-for-this-moment-dix-says-of-astrazeneca-shortage-on-vancouver-island-772065/

Description: Pharmacies across Vancouver Island have run out of the AstraZeneca vaccine, and B.C.’s health minister says if you haven’t booked an appointment yet you’re out of luck — for now.

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Subject:   Vaccinations Dix, Adrian AstraZeneca/COVISHIELD Vaccine McDonald, Heather Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine Janssen (Johnson & Johnson) COVID-19 Vaccine Biden, Joe

Title: Vancouver Island MP says it's too soon to reopen Canada-U.S. border despite pressures from down south | CHEK News

URL: https://www.cheknews.ca/vancouver-island-mp-says-its-too-soon-to-reopen-canada-u-s-border-despite-pressures-from-down-south-781547/

Description: A Vancouver Island Member of Parliament says it’s too soon to consider reopening the Canada-U.S. land border, despite receiving pressure from down south.

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Subject:   May, Elizabeth Schumer, Chuck

Title: 'We don't understand': Marine border remains closed to Victoria ferry operators | CHEK News

URL: https://www.cheknews.ca/we-dont-understand-marine-border-remains-closed-to-victoria-ferry-operators-865401/

Description: Fully vaccinated Americans are coming back to Canada, but not by sea. That has Victoria ferry operators wondering why are the exception to the border reopening.

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Subject:   Coho (Ferry) Black Ball Ferry Line Victoria Clipper FRS Clipper Gudgel, David Burles, Ryan Canada Border Services Agency Vaccinations Greater Victoria Chamber of Commerce Destination Greater Victoria City of Victoria Government of Canada Helps, Lisa

Title: Episode 51: A balancing act | Osterholm Update

URL: https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/podcasts-webinars/episode-51/

Description: In this episode, Dr. Osterholm and host Chris Dall discuss the latest epidemiology of COVID-19 in the US and around the world, considerations for school reopenings with the emergence of B117, and the pause in the use of the J&J vaccine.

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Subject:   Osterholm, Michael BC School Covid Tracker Alpha Variant Variants of Concern Vaccinations Janssen (Johnson & Johnson) COVID-19 Vaccine

Title: The key to fighting future pandemics? Old-growth forests, says mushroom guru Paul Stamets | Canada's National Observer

URL: https://www.nationalobserver.com/2020/11/25/news/mushroom-guru-paul-stamets-old-growth-forests-pandemics/

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

Title: Immunosupremacy and necrosecurity drive public discourse over COVID-19 | Georgia Straight

URL: https://www.straight.com/covid-19-pandemic/news/immunosupremacy-and-necrosecurity-drive-public-discourse-over-covid-19/

Description: In British Columbia, thanks to COVID-19 and a poisoned illicit-drug supply, there continues to be "mass death among less grievable subjects."

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Subject:   Lincoln, Martha Coroners Service of British Columbia British Columbia Toxic Drugs Crisis Thrasher, Steven Journalism Clarke, John Canadian Security Intelligence Service Royal Canadian Mounted Police BC Centre for Disease Control Henry, Bonnie Omicron Variant Variants of Concern Daly, Patricia Dix, Adrian Furstenau, Sonia World Health Organization Ventilation

Title: People going to U.S. for fourth COVID shot, says doctor; eligibility limited in B.C. | Times Colonist

URL: https://www.timescolonist.com/local-news/people-going-to-us-for-fourth-covid-shot-says-doctor-eligibility-limited-in-bc-5547534/

Description: With a third Omicron wave expected to peak in August, patients are seeking out ways to get a fourth COVID shot in other provinces and the U.S., says a family doctor.

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Subject:   Vaccinations Omicron Variant Variants of Concern Cadesky, Eric Dix, Adrian Tam, Theresa University of British Columbia National Advisory Committee on ­Immunization Health Canada Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine Food and Drug Administration

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