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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: Alert Bay struggles to cope with virus death; several residents in hospital | NationTalk

URL: https://nationtalk.ca/story/alert-bay-struggles-to-cope-with-virus-death-several-residents-in-hospital-times-colonist/

Description: Alert Bay Mayor Dennis Buchanan struggles to talk about the first COVID-19 death on Cormorant Island under his watch, and a local state of emergency.

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Subject:   Buchanan, Dennis Village of Alert Bay 'Namgis First Nation Svanvik, Don Henry, Bonnie

Title: [Adrian Raeside] cartoon: Staffing issues | Times Colonist

URL: https://pbs.twimg.com/card_img/1484282358534529024/EQkvhgaV?format=jpg&name=small

Description: Powell River Peak on Twitter: "Cartoon: Staffing issues"

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Subject:   Raeside, Adrian Omicron Variant Variants of Concern BC Ferries

Title: Amid crisis, laughter takes a licking | Times Colonist

URL: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ETK4Iq0X0AADTud?format=jpg&name=small

Description: The Nanaimo Beacon on Twitter: "“Satire lightens the load...That’s a valuable lesson right now, when the cumulative effect of non-stop coronavirus coverage, amplified by every single post in your social media feed, can all too easily instill a sense of dread.” https://timescolonist.com/news/local/jack-knox-amid-crisis-laughter-takes-a-licking-1.24098222 #nanaimo"

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Subject:   Nanaimo Beacon Twitter

Title: We need the arts more than ever | Times Colonist

URL: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EWejq2nU8AA-haY?format=jpg&name=small

Description: PacificOperaVictoria on Twitter: ".@timescolonist ~ thank you! #pacificoperavictoria #operaetc #operaetconline #yyjarts #yyjnews #victoriabc #victoriabccanada #timescolonist #meetopera #theflightofthehummingbird #acousticafternoons #listeningpartypodcast #insideopera #lunchboxopera #opera #operaforyoungaudiences"

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Subject:   Pacific Opera Victoria

Title: [Adrian Raeside cartoon: BC long-term care homes] | Times Colonist

URL: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/El1_9_sU4AAF1er?format=jpg&name=large

Description: JLHarper on Twitter: "as our loved ones fade away in LTC in BC this cartoon seems appropriate… Time to let us safely in & not suffer the repercussions of partiers on Halloween by keeping the doors locked @DrBonnieHenry @adriandix @jjhorgan @bcndp #pandemicprison"

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Subject:   Raeside, Adrian

Title: Senior in long term care seeking pen pal | Times Colonist

URL: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EpAsC8vUYAIrc03?format=jpg&name=900x900

Description: Avery Brohman on Twitter: "Let’s put pen to paper #YYJ. ♥️"

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Subject:   Aberdeen Hospital

Title: Local researchers transforming healthcare on the Island | February 7, 2021 | Times Colonist

URL: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EtpDDxfVcAgTXG9?format=jpg&name=small

Description: Avery Brohman on Twitter: "Our donors continue to show up for our hospitals when our care teams and their patients need it most. We are doing so much more than expanding critical care at Royal Jubilee, we’re also advancing research during COVID-19. Pick up the @timescolonist today to read more! 📰 🏥 ♥️"

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Subject:   Island Health Victoria Hospitals Foundation

Title: [Thank you to the Times Colonist for continuing to share stories about frontline healthcare heroes]

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

Description: Avery Brohman (she/her) on Twitter: "Our local frontline healthcare heroes, they’re incredible. It’s been one year today — and their tireless efforts continue to inspire me and our community. Thank you @timescolonist for continuing to share important stories that impact our vital community."

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Subject:   Island Health Times Colonist Journalism

Title: Adrian Raeside cartoon: Horgan's advice for young people | Times Colonist

URL: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ex7zpwIVcAIvWsH?format=jpg&name=large

Description: Rob Shaw on Twitter: "Humorous cartoon about @jjhorgan and the youths, from the one and only @araeside in today’s @timescolonist https://timescolonist.com/opinion/editorial-cartoon/adrian-raeside-cartoon-horgan-s-advice-for-young-people-1.24302010"

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Subject:   Raeside, Adrian Horgan, John

Title: [Letter from Joan Richardt] | Times Colonist

URL: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FP3F3CdUcAQi3kZ?format=jpg&name=medium

Description: Cindy Swoveland 🇺🇦 on Twitter: "This letter appeared in today's Victoria Times Colonist. It expresses the views of a great many older and/or vulnerable people very well. WE followed the rules. We got vaccinated. But we are left to the wolves - the unvaxxed, unmasked, "freedum" minority. WHY? #bcpoli"

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Subject:   Richardt, Joan Henry, Bonnie Dix, Adrian Province of British Columbia Vaccinations

Title: "Waiting for surgery for five months and more"

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

Description: Cassandra Lane Dielwart on Twitter: "#mywhy #advocate #givethemavoice Thank you for sharing Lynne, in a letter to the editor in The Times Colonist, from Port Alberni. @CdnOrthoAssoc @AdvoOrtho @BCOrthopods @DoctorsOfBC"

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Subject:   Dielwart, Cassandra Lane Dix, Adrian

Title: Cowichan Tribes still facing racism in wake of COVID-19 outbreak | Cowichan Converations with Richard Hughes

URL: https://richardhughes.ca/86776-2/

Description: The chief of the Cowichan Tribes says his members and other Indigenous people continue to be subjected to racism and refused service by some local businesses following a COVID-19 outbreak on the reserve.

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Subject:   Cowichan Tribes Seymour, William Siebring, Al Staples, Michelle Cowichan Intercultural Society Furstenau, Sonia

Title: [Comments on Times Colonist letter by Joan Richardt]

URL: https://twitter.com/CPSwoveland/status/1512584459790344192/

Description: Cindy Swoveland 🇺🇦 on Twitter: "This letter appeared in today's Victoria Times Colonist. It expresses the views of a great many older and/or vulnerable people very well. WE followed the rules. We got vaccinated. But we are left to the wolves - the unvaxxed, unmasked, "freedum" minority. WHY? #bcpoli"

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Subject:   Richardt, Joan Henry, Bonnie Dix, Adrian Province of British Columbia Vaccinations

Title: Cherry Kingsley, an advocate for sexually exploited youth, dies homeless in Nanaimo | Vancouver Sun

URL: https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/cherry-kingsley-an-advocate-for-sexually-exploited-youth-dies-homeless-in-nanaimo/

Description: A Vancouver Island woman who came to international prominence as an activist for sexually exploited youth has died after COVID-19 ripped through the Nanaimo street community.

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Subject:   Kingsley, Cherry Pate, Kim Paterson, Jody Mark, Melanie Fuller, Gord Chalifoux, Aimee

Title: COVID patients in Northern B.C. transported to Victoria for intensive care | Castanet.net

URL: https://www.castanet.net/edition/news-story-318082-3-.htm

Description: Hospitals in northern B.C. whose intensive care units are full began sending their COVID-19 patients to Victoria this week.

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Subject:   Northern Health Royal Jubilee Hospital Forrest, David Ahmad, Omar Nanaimo Regional General Hospital Island Health North Island Hospital Comox Valley Victoria General Hospital

Title: Visitor status hard to get: Daughter of Nanaimo senior finally gets essential visitor status after months of trying | Castanet.net

URL: https://www.castanet.net/news/BC/322589/Daughter-of-Nanaimo-senior-finally-gets-essential-visitor-status-after-months-of-trying/

Description: After months of fighting for designation as an “essential visitor” for her 89-year-old mother in a Nanaimo seniors care home, Jeannette Harper won her battle this week — a right the province’s top doctor says every long-term care resident should have.

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Subject:   Eden Gardens Bell, Marguerite Henry, Bonnie Dix, Adrian Beaudoin, Erin Harper, Jeanette Nanaimo Travellers Lodge Society

Title: BC man dies while family on hold with 911 for half an hour | Castanet.net

URL: https://www.castanet.net/news/BC/345811/BC-man-dies-while-family-on-hold-with-911-for-half-an-hour/

Description: The children of a 72-year-old Parksville man say their father died on his kitchen floor while they were on hold with 911 for half an hour before an ambulance arrived.

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Subject:   Blakey, Kevin Blakey, Harry "Chuck" Hong, Janna Provincial Health Services Authority BC Emergency Health Services E-Comm 911

Title: BC's solicitor general says protests allowed, but not occupations, as convoy heads for Victoria | Castanet.net

URL: https://www.castanet.net/news/BC/362468/BC-s-solicitor-general-says-protests-allowed-but-not-occupations-as-convoy-heads-for-Victoria/

Description: B.C.’s solicitor general says legal protest is part of a free and democratic society, but occupations are not, as the province monitors a truck convoy headed toward Victoria to protest vaccine and mask mandates.

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Subject:   Victoria Police Department Farnworth, Mike Bauder, James Henry, Bonnie Bray, Jeff Downtown Victoria Business Association BC Ferries McNeely, Eric BC Ferry & Marine Workers' Union Marshall, Deborah Vaccinations BC Vaccine Card

Title: White Spot on Douglas, a staple since the early 1970s, is definitely closing | Ciudad Mag

URL: https://www.ciudadmag.com/white-spot-on-douglas-a-staple-since-the-early-1970s-is-definitely-closing/

Description: The White Spot restaurant on Douglas Street and Caledonia Avenue – a staple for about half a century – is closing for good, the Vancouver-based company said Friday.

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Subject:   White Spot Bourree, Frank

Title: Work-from-home could have 'catastrophic' effect on Victoria economy: business groups | Coast Reporter

URL: https://www.coastreporter.net/bc-news/work-from-home-could-have-catastrophic-effect-on-victoria-economy-business-groups-6613600/

Description: Flexible work strategies — including work-from-home models and remote- location hirings being embraced by the B.C. public service — could have a catastrophic effect on Greater Victoria’s small businesses and overall economy, say concerned business groups.

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Subject:   Province of British Columbia Greater Victoria Chamber of Commerce Salter, Shannon Downtown Victoria Business Association Destination Greater Victoria Hotels Association of Greater Victoria BC Restaurant and Foodservices Association

Title: Speaking to the anti-vaxxers | Penticton Herald

URL: https://www.pentictonherald.ca/news/article_27015d48-10e8-11ec-85b5-4f824e6c6800.html

Description: Sarah Mitchell wishes her experience with the deadly and highly infectious virus could enlighten the anti-vaccination ­protesters who swarmed B.C.’s ­legislature and hospitals in Nanaimo, Duncan, Vancouver and other B.C. cities this week in ugly protests denounced by Premier John Horgan, the Union of B.C. Municipalities and others.

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Subject:   Mitchell, Sarah Dillon, Louis Vaccinations Long COVID Henry, Bonnie BC Vaccine Card

Title: Province paid below market value to buy hotels for homeless: Auditor general | Vancouver Is Awesome

URL: https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/bc-news/province-paid-below-market-value-to-buy-hotels-for-homeless-auditor-general-5114669/

Description: Some critics had questioned what B.C. Housing paid for the properties — including four in Victoria — as it worked to find shelter for people without housing during the pandemic.

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Subject:   BC Housing Province of British Columbia Pickup, Michael Topaz Park Oppenheimer Park Muncey Place Paul's Motor Inn Capital City Centre

Title: Tubing on this popular B.C. river gets the 'OK' to go ahead this summer | Vancouver Is Awesome

URL: https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/bc-news/tubing-bc-river-ok-go-ahead-summer-2397196/

Description: Tubing on the Cowichan River will go ahead this summer after the Town of Lake Cowichan reversed its decision to restrict it due to the pandemic.

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Subject:   Town of Lake Cowichan McGonigle, Tim Frisby, Aaron Paterson, Trevor WorkSafeBC

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

Title: Grizzlies latest BCHL team to be hit by COVID protocols; will cease team activities for 5 days | January 5, 2022 | Victoria Grizzlies

URL: https://www.victoriagrizzlies.com/grizzlies-latest-bchl-team-to-be-hit-by-covid-protocols-will-cease-team-activities-for-5-days/

Description: The Victoria Grizzlies were supposed to head to Powell River today to face the Kings tonight, but instead the players will be home isolating as Tuesday night the Grizzlies became the fifth B.C. Hockey League team forced to pause all acitivities for five days due to COVID-19 health and safety protocols.

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Subject:   Victoria Grizzlies Hockey British Columbia Hockey League ­Cowichan Valley Capitals ­Langley Rivermen Penticton Vees Trail Smoke Eaters Powell River Kings Coquitlam Express Didmon, Craig Alberni Valley Bulldogs Nanaimo Clippers

Title: It's playoffs in November for BCHL's Island division | Times Colonist

URL: https://www.victoriagrizzlies.com/its-playoffs-in-november-for-bchls-island-division/

Description: “Nobody ever thought they would see playoff hockey in November,” said the GM and head coach of the Nanaimo Clippers. “This is definitely not typical.”

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Subject:   Nanaimo Clippers Alberni Valley Bulldogs Victoria Grizzlies Cowichan Valley Capitals Powell River Kings British Columbia Hockey League Hockey

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