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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 Vancouver Island COVID-19 (Disease)

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Title: LifeLabs closures: 16 locations impacted by staff shortages | CTV News

URL: https://bc.ctvnews.ca/11-lifelabs-locations-temporarily-closed-in-b-c-due-to-severe-employee-impacts-1.5737499

Description: Nearly a dozen LifeLabs locations in B.C. are temporarily closed as the spread of COVID-19 is impacting staffing.

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Subject:   LifeLabs Omicron Variant,  Variants of Concern ,  Smith, Stephanie Low, Rhonda Ventilation,  Henry, Bonnie ,  British Columbia General Employees' Union

Title: Capital Daily newsletter: January 12, 2022 | Capital Daily

URL: https://overstory.activehosted.com/index.php?action=social&chash=30c8e1ca872524fbf7ea5c519ca397ee.1602&s=1d35845a9f6666ff6bba842e22701ee8

Description: Today we are looking at more of the impacts of the ongoing COVID case surge. Businesses and service providers are struggling to stay fully operational due to a lack of healthy and available staff. At the same time, many workers who are healthy enough to work in person fear they will not remain that way due to a lack of adequate protections. Below, we look at local examples of this: more closures of LifeLabs testing centres, and concerns from regional district and childcare workers.

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Subject:   Capital Regional District Canadian Union of Public Employees | Local 1978 Nightingale Preschool and Junior Kindergarten Omicron Variant,  Variants of Concern ,  Brown, Catriona Early Childhood Educators of BC LifeLabs Island Health Saanich Peninsula Hospital Oyster Harbour Seniors Community Park Place Seniors Living Paxlovid Molnupiravir,  Henry, Bonnie ,  Day Care Centres

Title: Newsletter [14] | September 19, 2021 | Project Canary

URL: https://projectcanary372632080.files.wordpress.com/2021/09/newsletter_19sep21-1.pdf

Description: Newsworthy notes -- School exposures -- Daily case information -- Canary tips! -- Ongoing LTC/acute outbreaks -- B.C. rapid test supply

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Subject:   Project Canary Island Health Royal Jubilee Hospital Victoria General Hospital Delta Variant,  Variants of Concern ,  BC School Covid Tracker,  Henry, Bonnie ,  Dix, Adrian Rapid Antigen Tests Chilliwack School District Fraser Health Langley School District Bench Elementary School Cowichan Valley School District Abbotsford Christian School St. James & St. Ann's School Abbotsford School District Burnaby Schools École Willow Point Elementary Campbell River School District Delta School District Langley Christian School School District 42 Maple Ridge & Pitt Meadows Valley Christian School Mission Public Schools School District 40 New Westminster School District 43 Coquitlam Surrey Schools Interior Health Tl'etinqox Elementary School Tŝilhqot'in Nation School District 83 North Okanagan-Shuswap School District 5 Southeast Kootenay Rocky Mountain School District School District 73 Kamloops-Thompson Our Lady of Perpetual Help School (Kamloops) Central Okanagan Public Schools Northern Health School District 57 Prince George Vancouver Coastal Health West Vancouver Schools School District 38 Richmond Tansor Elementary School Alex Aitken Elementary School Errington Elementary School School District No. 69 Qualicum Sandowne Elementary School Valley View Elementary School Comox Valley Schools École Mount Prevost Khowhemun Elementary School Cowichan Secondary School Quamichan School Queen of Angels School Island Catholic Schools Drinkwater Elementary School Lake Cowichan School Frances Kelsey Secondary School Coal Tyee Elementary School Syuẁén'ct Elementary School Departure Bay Elementary School Nanaimo Ladysmith Public Schools Brechin Elementary School Pleasant Valley Elementary School Alberni Elementary School Discovery Elementary School School District 70 Pacific Rim Sooke School District Journey Middle School George Jay Elementary School Greater Victoria School District Dunsmuir Middle School Campus View Elementary School Sir James Douglas Elementary School Spencer Middle School École Victor-Brodeur Conseil scolaire francophone de la Colombie-Britannique Victoria West Elementary School Monterey Middle School Cedar Hill Middle School Lake Hill Elementary School Provincial Health Services Authority

Title: Newsletter [20] | September 25, 2021 | Project Canary

URL: https://projectcanary372632080.files.wordpress.com/2021/09/newsletter_25sep21.pdf

Description: Newsworthy notes -- School exposures -- Weekly school summary -- Daily case information -- Canary tips! -- New LTC/acute outbreaks -- Ongoing LTC/acute outbreaks -- B.C. rapid test supply

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Subject:   Project Canary Island Health Fraser Health Northern Health Interior Health Vancouver Coastal Health BC School Covid Tracker Rapid Antigen Tests Maple Ridge Christian School Chilliwack School District Oliver Elementary School Promontory Heights Community Elementary School School District 53 Okanagan Similkameen Iqra Islamic School Brooklyn Elementary School Comox Valley Schools Discovery Elementary School Cowichan Valley School District École Poirier Elementary School Sooke School District École Victor-Brodeur Conseil scolaire francophone de la Colombie-Britannique École Mount Prevost Sir James Douglas Elementary School Greater Victoria School District Tansor Elementary School Delta School District St. Catherine's Elementary School Langley School District Surrey Schools Abbotsford Christian School Abbotsford School District Burnaby Schools School District 78 Fraser-Cascade School District 42 Maple Ridge & Pitt Meadows Mission Public Schools Valley Christian School School District 43 Coquitlam School District 73 Kamloops-Thompson St. Ann's Academy Central Okanagan Public Schools School District 8 Kootenay Lake School District 51 Boundary School District 83 North Okanagan-Shuswap School District 20 Kootenay-Columbia School District 22 Vernon School District 27 Cariboo-Chilcotin School District 57 Prince George School District 54 Bulkley Valley Sea to Sky School District North Vancouver School District School District 38 Richmond Vancouver School Board St. George's Junior School Tillicum Community School Central Middle School Brentwood Elementary School Saanich School District Quamichan School Khowhemun Elementary School Alex Aitken Elementary School Cowichan Secondary School Lake Cowichan School George Bonner Elementary School Coal Tyee Elementary School Syuẁén'ct Elementary School Nanaimo Ladysmith Public Schools Pleasant Valley Elementary School Fairview Elementary School Park Avenue Elementary School Springwood Elementary School School District No. 69 Qualicum School District 70 Pacific Rim Tsuma-as Elementary School St. Andrew's Regional High School Island Catholic Schools École Quadra School George Jay Elementary School Shoreline Community Middle School Victoria West Elementary School Arbutus Global Middle School James Bay Community School Campus View Elementary School Cloverdale Traditional School,  Henry, Bonnie ,  Horgan, John Dix, Adrian Delta Variant,  Variants of Concern ,  Provincial Health Services Authority Victoria Chinatown Care Centre Government of Canada

Title: Surge in South Island COVID-19 cases linked to UVic parties, doctor says | CTV News

URL: https://vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca/surge-in-south-island-covid-19-cases-linked-to-uvic-parties-doctor-says-1.5703392

Description: Island Health’s top doctor, Dr. Richard Stanwick, confirmed Friday that at least 30 cases of COVID-19 have sprung up in a cluster amongst students at the University of Victoria.

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Subject:   Stanwick, Richard University of Victoria Island Health Vaccinations Omicron Variant,  Variants of Concern ,  Tam, Theresa Rapid Antigen Tests,  Henry, Bonnie ,  Conway, Brian Vancouver Infectious Disease Centre

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: 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: ‘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: 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: 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: 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: ‘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: 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: Worst-case Omicron scenario could see hospitals overwhelmed, new COVID modelling shows | Vancouver Is Awesome

URL: https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/coronavirus-covid-19-local-news/worst-case-omicron-scenario-could-see-hospitals-overwhelmed-new-modelling-4865035/

Description: Omicron appears to spread more readily than Delta variant; there's a higher chance of re-infection, as well as infection of vaccinated people. Modelling shows rising cases on Vancouver Island, driven by outbreaks at UVic and a religious gathering.

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Subject:   Omicron Variant,  Variants of Concern ,  Delta Variant,  Henry, Bonnie ,  Vaccinations Island Health University of Victoria 2021 Canadian University Men’s Rugby Championship Queen's University Fraser Health Rapid Antigen Tests

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