Built at the Internet Archive
Group
Sort By:
Subject
Sort By:
Sites for this collection are listed below. Narrow your results at left, or enter a search query below to find a site, specific URL or to search the text of archived webpages.
Page 1 of 1 (26 Total Results)
Sort By:
Description: Supply chain issues have left pharmacy shelves across Vancouver Island – and the country – depleted of children’s pain medications, but on Friday, Ottawa announced relief is on the way.
Loading Wayback Capture Info...
Loading video data...
Subject: Watson, Lyndsey, Sharma, Supriya, Tylenol, Silver, Andrea, Respiratory Syncytial Virus, Government of Canada, Influenza, Nanaimo Regional General Hospital, Victoria General Hospital
Group: Supports for Youth, Children, & Families
Creator: Buffam, Robert
Publisher: CTV News Vancouver Island
Coverage: British Columbia--Vancouver Island, British Columbia--Qualicum Beach, British Columbia--Oceanside, Canada, British Columbia--Saanich, British Columbia--Greater Victoria
Format: News media
Date: 2022-11-19
Description: Many families are relieved to have their kids back at school, but after just eight days back, it's already clear that in person learning may not last at all schools across Vancouver Island. At École John Stubbs Memorial School in the Sooke School District, absenteeism amongst students was at 30 per cent Wednesday, compared to the district’s average this week of 16 per cent, or the average of seven per cent last year.
Loading Wayback Capture Info...
Loading video data...
Subject: École John Stubbs Memorial School, Sooke School District, Stinson, Scott, Parmar, Ravi, Waldron, Winona, Greater Victoria Teachers' Association, Greater Victoria School District
Group: Education, K to 12
Creator: Buffam, Robert
Publisher: CTV News Vancouver Island
Coverage: British Columbia--Greater Victoria, British Columbia--Abbotsford, British Columbia--Colwood
Format: News media
Date: 2022-01-19
Description: School classes from kindergarten through Grade 12 were closed last week across B.C. to implement new safety measures and to prepare for the highly transmissible Omicron variant, but daycare and preschool providers were expected to open. The sector says it’s been ignored and essentially left to fend for itself.
Loading Wayback Capture Info...
Loading video data...
Subject: Brown, Catriona, Omicron Variant, Variants of Concern, Nightingale Preschool and Junior Kindergarten, Brame, Meagan, Vaccinations, Russel, Patricia, Province of British Columbia, Rapid Antigen Tests, Day Care Centres, Saxe Point Day Care
Group: Government Affairs, Supports for Youth, Children, & Families
Creator: Buffam, Robert
Publisher: CTV News Vancouver Island
Coverage: British Columbia--Victoria, British Columbia--Greater Victoria, British Columbia--Esquimalt
Format: News media
Date: 2022-01-13
Description: A surge in COVID-19 cases, coupled with worries about variants of concern, has left many parents and teachers in Greater Victoria feeling anxious about full, in-person classroom learning at local schools.
Loading Wayback Capture Info...
Loading video data...
Subject: Greater Victoria School District, Canning, Gord, Oak Bay High School, Dunsmuir Middle School, Cedar Hill Middle School, Waldron, Winona, Greater Victoria Teachers' Association, Whiteside, Jennifer, Henry, Bonnie, Conway, Brian
Group: Education, K to 12
Creator: Buffam, Robert
Publisher: CTV News Vancouver Island
Coverage: British Columbia--Oak Bay, British Columbia--Colwood, British Columbia--Saanich, British Columbia--Greater Victoria
Format: News media
Date: 2021-04-07
Description: Kids are back at school, bringing germs into the classroom with them — and teachers in Greater Victoria worry there's a lack of custodians to keep their schools properly clean.
Loading Wayback Capture Info...
Loading video data...
Subject: Greater Victoria School District, Turcotte, Ilda, Greater Victoria Teachers’ Association, Singh, Rachna, Province of British Columbia, Province of British Columbia | Ministry of Education
Group: Education, K to 12
Creator: Buffam, Robert
Publisher: CTV News Vancouver Island
Coverage: British Columbia--Greater Victoria
Format: News media
Date: 2023-09-09
Description: It's become a tradition for thousands of British Columbians to show their support for the province’s health-care workers by banging pots and cheering from their balconies daily. But despite those displays of gratitude, the president of the BC Nurses' Union says not everyone is so supportive.
Loading Wayback Capture Info...
Loading video data...
Subject: BC Nurses' Union, Sorensen, Christine
Group: Criminal, Racist, Threatening, & Non-compliant Behaviour, Health Practitioners, Services, & Authorities
Creator: Buffam, Robert
Publisher: CTV News Vancouver Island
Coverage: British Columbia
Format: News media
Date: 2020-04-15
Description: BC Ferries is warning the public to brace for ferry cancellations this summer due to staff shortages.
Loading Wayback Capture Info...
Loading video data...
Subject: BC Ferries, Jimenez, Nicolas
Group: Transportation, Travel, & Tourism
Creator: Buffam, Robert
Publisher: CTV News Vancouver Island
Coverage: British Columbia
Format: News media
Date: 2023-06-23
Description: Hundreds of people on Vancouver Island have now got their second shot of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine.
Loading Wayback Capture Info...
Loading video data...
Subject: Vaccinations, AstraZeneca/COVISHIELD Vaccine, JC Pharmacy, Pritchard, Elaine, Erant, Chandra
Group: Vaccinations
Creator: Buffam, Robert
Publisher: CTV News Vancouver Island
Coverage: British Columbia--Saanich, British Columbia--Greater Victoria
Format: News media
Date: 2021-06-08
Description: Despite the promising news about increased vaccine supply and an accelerated timeline for first doses in the weeks ahead, the toll of the COVID-19 pandemic is being felt at Vancouver Island hospitals, where 12 non-urgent surgeries were cancelled last week.
Loading Wayback Capture Info...
Loading video data...
Subject: Island Health, Dix, Adrian, Sorensen, Christine
Group: Health Practitioners, Services, & Authorities
Creator: Buffam, Robert
Publisher: CTV News Vancouver Island
Coverage: British Columbia--Vancouver Island
Format: News media
Date: 2021-04-30
Description: COVID-19 cases have been climbing in Indigenous communities across B.C., including a recent spike in Ahousaht, B.C., amplifying calls for booster shots from the First Nations Health Authority.
Loading Wayback Capture Info...
Loading video data...
Subject: First Nations Health Authority, Vaccinations, McDonald, Shannon, Henry, Bonnie, 'Namgis First Nation, Svanvik, Don, Ahousaht First Nation, Nuu-chah-nulth First Nations
Group: Indigenous Communities, Testing, Case Counts, Analysis, & Modelling, Vaccinations
Creator: Buffam, Robert
Publisher: CTV News Vancouver Island
Coverage: British Columbia, British Columbia--Alert Bay, British Columbia--Cormorant Island, British Columbia--Ahousaht, British Columbia--Flores Island, British Columbia--Clayoquot Sound
Format: News media
Date: 2021-10-06
Description: The battle against COVID-19 on Vancouver Island is going better than it has since last fall, according to Dr. Richard Stanwick, Island Health’s chief medical health officer.
Loading Wayback Capture Info...
Loading video data...
Subject: Island Health, Stanwick, Richard, Henry, Bonnie, Siegel, Solomon, Pagliacci’s, Vaccinations, Brame, Meagan, Saxe Point Day Care
Group: Testing, Case Counts, Analysis, & Modelling
Creator: Buffam, Robert
Publisher: CTV News Vancouver Island
Coverage: British Columbia--Vancouver Island, British Columbia--Esquimalt, British Columbia--Greater Victoria, British Columbia--Victoria
Format: News media
Date: 2021-05-07
Description: On Monday, nearly 3,500 people on Vancouver Island got their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. Coming with those shots is a sense of optimism that life may return to normal before long. That optimism extends to religious gatherings, and the chance of attending in-person faith services.
Loading Wayback Capture Info...
Loading video data...
Subject: Vaccinations, Henry, Bonnie, Ponak, Matthew, Congregation Emanu-El, Greenwood-Lee, Anna, Anglican Diocese of British Columbia, Easter, Passover
Group: Faith Groups
Creator: Buffam, Robert
Publisher: CTV News Vancouver Island
Coverage: British Columbia--Vancouver Island, British Columbia--Gulf Islands, British Columbia--Victoria, British Columbia--Greater Victoria
Format: News media
Date: 2021-03-17
Description: Multiple pharmacies in Greater Victoria got sudden supplies of the AstraZeneca vaccine in the past few days
Loading Wayback Capture Info...
Loading video data...
Subject: Vaccinations, AstraZeneca/COVISHIELD Vaccine, Gaudet, Sarah, Fort Royal Pharmacy, Bawa, Hans, Oak Bay Pharmasave, Henry, Bonnie
Group: Vaccinations
Creator: Buffam, Robert
Publisher: CTV News Vancouver Island
Coverage: British Columbia--Oak Bay, British Columbia--Greater Victoria
Format: News media
Date: 2021-05-11
Description: Like many restaurants across Vancouver Island, the Brentwood Bay Pub is dealing with a labour shortage, and is pulling out all the stops to recruit more staff.
Loading Wayback Capture Info...
Loading video data...
Subject: Brentwood Bay Pub, Richardson, Natasha, Leir, Cliff, Fol Epi, Williams, Bruce, Dhaliwal, Sarj, Wyrk
Group: Business Affairs, Economy, & Sustainability, Hospitality Industry
Creator: Buffam, Robert
Publisher: CTV News Vancouver Island
Coverage: British Columbia--Brentwood Bay, British Columbia--Greater Victoria, British Columbia--Central Saanich, British Columbia--Saanich Peninsula, British Columbia--Victoria
Format: News media
Date: 2021-07-21
Description: Despite messaging from the province to avoid non-essential travel, the Swartz Bay and Departure Bay ferry terminals were bustling Monday with folks leaving the island, including tourists.
Loading Wayback Capture Info...
Loading video data...
Subject: BC Ferries, Easter, Wickaninnish Inn, McDiarmid, Chris, Conway, Brian, Dix, Adrian
Group: Transportation, Travel, & Tourism
Creator: Buffam, Robert
Publisher: CTV News Vancouver Island
Coverage: British Columbia--Vancouver Island, British Columbia--Tofino, British Columbia--Clayoquot Sound
Format: News media
Date: 2021-04-06
Description: The B.C. government’s new restrictions on indoor dining have already taken a major toll on restaurants and those that work in them on Vancouver Island.
Loading Wayback Capture Info...
Loading video data...
Subject: Cantin, John, John's Place, Gerrard, Anna, Bray, Jeff, Downtown Victoria Business Association, TUTTI Delivery, Whistler Blackcomb Ski Resort, Mount Washington Alpine Resort, Dix, Adrian, Mavrikos, Christopher, Romeo's, Province of British Columbia
Group: Hospitality Industry
Creator: Buffam, Robert
Publisher: CTV News Vancouver Island
Coverage: British Columbia--Victoria, British Columbia--Greater Victoria
Format: News media
Date: 2021-04-01
Description: Helen Bell got what she describes as an alarming phone call from a nurse at Victoria's Royal Jubilee Hospital on Monday morning, at 7:43 a.m., asking her family to feed her mother because the hospital was too short staffed to do so.
Loading Wayback Capture Info...
Loading video data...
Subject: Bell, Helen, Royal Jubilee Hospital, Island Health, Mears, Margaret, Province of British Columbia, Province of British Columbia | Ministry of Health, Forrest, David
Group: Health Practitioners, Services, & Authorities, Seniors, Elders, & Long-Term Care
Creator: Buffam, Robert
Publisher: CTV News Vancouver Island
Coverage: British Columbia--Victoria, British Columbia--Greater Victoria
Format: News media
Date: 2022-02-01
Description: The first full day of B.C.’s reopening on Wednesday brought diners inside, and more revenue for restaurants, but also new challenges — not enough staff to cook for and serve potential customers.
Loading Wayback Capture Info...
Loading video data...
Subject: Brentwood Bay Pub, Richardson, Natasha, Waddling Dog Pub, Snider, Taylor, Fairmont Empress, Hotel Grand Pacific, James, Reid, Dyke, Tracey, Bray, Jeff, Downtown Victoria Business Association
Group: Hospitality Industry
Creator: Buffam, Robert
Publisher: CTV News Vancouver Island
Coverage: British Columbia--Brentwood Bay, British Columbia--Greater Victoria, British Columbia--Central Saanich, British Columbia--Saanich Peninsula, British Columbia--Victoria
Format: News media
Date: 2021-05-27
Description: Teachers in the Greater Victoria area are welcoming new mandatory mask protocols for schools announced Thursday, saying the change was long overdue.
Loading Wayback Capture Info...
Loading video data...
Subject: Henry, Bonnie, Whiteside, Jennifer, Province of British Columbia, Province of British Columbia | Ministry of Education, Greater Victoria Teachers' Association, Greater Victoria School District, Waldron, Winona
Group: Education, K to 12, PPE, Masks, Medical Supplies, & Equipment
Creator: Buffam, Robert
Publisher: CTV News Vancouver Island
Coverage: British Columbia--Greater Victoria
Format: News media
Date: 2021-02-04
Description: Many people on Vancouver Island and across the province got a Pfizer shot for their first dose, but a lack of supply of Pfizer – once dubbed the "workhorse" vaccine for B.C. – and a sudden surge of Moderna has led to a temporary shift, leaving Moderna as the vaccine being put in arms at most clinics right now.
Loading Wayback Capture Info...
Loading video data...
Subject: Vaccinations, Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine, Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine, Evans, Gerald, Benusic, Mike, Island Health
Group: Vaccinations
Creator: Buffam, Robert
Publisher: CTV News Vancouver Island
Coverage: British Columbia--Vancouver Island
Format: News media
Date: 2021-06-24
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.
Loading Wayback Capture Info...
Loading video data...
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
Group: Education, Post Secondary, Testing, Case Counts, Analysis, & Modelling
Creator: Buffam, Robert
Publisher: CTV News Vancouver Island
Coverage: British Columbia--Saanich, British Columbia--Oak Bay, British Columbia--Greater Victoria
Format: News media
Date: 2021-12-10
Description: The University of Victoria's campus is again buzzing with students, but a shortfall of them during the pandemic and an ongoing lack of international students means tuition revenue is down.
Loading Wayback Capture Info...
Loading video data...
Subject: University of Victoria, Armstrong, Hope, Mercer, Kirk, Canadian Union of Public Employees | Local 951, Vancouver Island University, North Island College, Royal Roads University
Group: Education, Post Secondary
Creator: Buffam, Robert
Publisher: CTV News Vancouver Island
Coverage: British Columbia--Vancouver Island
Format: News media
Date: 2022-09-28
Description: In the wake of new travel restrictions announced Monday, some businesses are already taking action. That includes the Magnolia Hotel & Spa in Victoria, which is cancelling reservations from guests who live outside the Vancouver Island health authority and are travelling for non-essential reasons.
Loading Wayback Capture Info...
Loading video data...
Subject: Magnolia Hotel & Spa, Lewis, Bill, Ocean Village Resort, Cole, Dena, Farnworth, Mike, BC Ferries
Group: Hospitality Industry, Transportation, Travel, & Tourism
Creator: Buffam, Robert
Publisher: CTV News Vancouver Island
Coverage: British Columbia--Vancouver Island, British Columbia--Victoria, British Columbia--Greater Victoria, British Columbia--Tofino, British Columbia--Clayoquot Sound
Format: News media
Date: 2021-04-23
Description: While Tofino was decidedly more busy than Victoria, there was one constant everywhere — a shortage of staff at tourism businesses to meet growing demand.
Loading Wayback Capture Info...
Loading video data...
Subject: Walker, Tom, Victoria Carriage Tours, MacPhee, Ian, Prince of Whales Whale Watching, Nursey, Paul, Destination Greater Victoria, McDiarmid, Charles, Wickaninnish Inn
Group: Transportation, Travel, & Tourism
Creator: Buffam, Robert
Publisher: CTV News Vancouver Island
Coverage: British Columbia--Victoria, British Columbia--Greater Victoria, British Columbia--Tofino, British Columbia--Clayoquot Sound
Format: News media
Date: 2021-07-07
Description: It’s been a month since the provincial government announced that in-person visits with residents of B.C care homes would be allowed to restart. Still, Trevor Gent has not been allowed to have such a visit with his 80-year-old father, Rob, who lives at the Sunridge Place care home in Duncan.
Loading Wayback Capture Info...
Loading video data...
Subject: Sunridge Place, Park Place Seniors Living
Group: Seniors, Elders, & Long-Term Care
Creator: Buffam, Robert
Publisher: CTV News Vancouver Island
Coverage: British Columbia--Duncan, British Columbia--Cowichan Valley
Format: News media
Date: 2020-07-31
Description: An emergency room doctor in Victoria says patients who are not vaccinated against COVID-19 are causing unnecessary delays and even deaths in the health-care system.
Loading Wayback Capture Info...
Loading video data...
Subject: Vaccinations, Tousignant, Michelle, Delta Variant, Variants of Concern, Forrest, David, Nanaimo Regional General Hospital, Island Health, Northern Health
Group: Health Practitioners, Services, & Authorities, Vaccinations
Creator: Buffam, Robert
Publisher: CTV News Vancouver Island
Coverage: British Columbia--Greater Victoria, British Columbia--Nanaimo
Format: News media
Date: 2021-09-23
Page 1 of 1 (26 Total Results)
