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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: BC opens 20 hospital EOC's as Dix still pushes for more federal health funding | Island Social Trends

URL: https://islandsocialtrends.ca/bc-opens-20-hospital-eocs-as-dix-still-pushes-for-more-federal-health-funding/

Description: It’s been a grinding long haul for the health-care system in BC to be dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic for now three years in BC.

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Subject:   Dix, Adrian ,  Variants of Concern Omicron Variant,  "Kraken" Variant ,  BC Centre for Disease Control Nanaimo Regional General Hospital Island Health Surrey Memorial Hospital Fraser Health Royal Inland Hospital Interior Health Trudeau, Justin Vaccinations Respiratory Syncytial Virus Influenza

Title: BC respiratory season: Medical masking required & health-care workers must be vaccinated | Island Social Trends

URL: https://islandsocialtrends.ca/bc-respiratory-season-medical-masking-required-health-care-workers-must-be-vaccinated/

Description: Starting Tuesday October 3, masks will be mandatory in all health authority hospitals, private hospitals, long-term care, seniors assisted living, and provincial mental health facilities for workers, visitors, contractors, and volunteers.

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Subject:   Henry, Bonnie,  Dix, Adrian ,  Vaccinations Conservative Party of British Columbia Province of British Columbia Influenza Respiratory Syncytial Virus Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine Omicron Variant Variants of Concern,  "Kraken" Variant ,  Pirola Variant Furstenau, Sonia Gandhi, Sanjiv

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: COVID vaccination profile in Island Health | Island Social Trends

URL: https://islandsocialtrends.ca/covid-vaccination-profile-in-island-health/

Description: As the daily number of new COVID cases in Island Health continues to set records — today a new high at 562 — the push by public health for people to get vaccinated is unrelenting.

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Subject:   Island Health Vaccinations Henry, Bonnie,  Dix, Adrian ,  Omicron Variant Variants of Concern BC Vaccine Card Stanwick, Richard Smart, Katharine Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine AstraZeneca/COVISHIELD Vaccine BC Centre for Disease Control Delta Variant

Title: [Letter to Jennifer Whiteside and Adrian Dix] | January 10, 2022 | BC Green Party

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

Description: Sonia Furstenau on Twitter: "Today @AdamPOlsen and I sent a letter to Ministers @JM_Whiteside and @adriandix asking the many questions we've gotten from concerned parents and education staff about the return to school. 1/ #bcpoli #bced #COVID19BC #mentalhealth / While many of these questions have been asked, sometimes repeatedly, answers that are both transparent and direct have been lacking. We've sent this letter in hopes that 2022 can be the year of proactive actions and direct answers from the @bcndp . 2/2 #bcpoli #bced #COVID19BC"

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Subject:   Furstenau, Sonia Olsen, Adam Whiteside, Jennifer,  Dix, Adrian ,  BC Green Party Province of British Columbia Omicron Variant Variants of Concern Tam, Theresa World Health Organization Ventilation Vaccinations

Title: "I want to provide a thread on changes made by Dr. Henry and Minister Dix."

URL: https://twitter.com/realreporter/status/1440457289148764170/

Description: Salim Jiwa on Twitter: "#bcpoli We've been asking for changes in how BC is dealing with the Delta wave. Setting aside our differences with government I want to provide a thread on changes made by Dr. Henry and Minister Dix. 1/ / Contact tracing teams that have been depleted are being boosted by approximately 300 people. Additional CTs added to all regions but highest share goes to swamped 56 CTs on Island. 113 to be added there. The new additions take staffing to peak infection levels in Spring. 2/ / DBH initially said letters to parents from school exposures will not go out because they were causing anxiety. We pointed out rumours were causing more anxiety. Notifications start again this week. 3/ / 790 surgeries cancelled due to swamped hospitals. Diversion of nurses to take care of covid patients. The stretch is worse in Northern where north-east area has very low vaxx rate. 15 spaces created on Island and Vancouver to transfer out Northern patients. 4/ / Other points are vaccines and pregnancy. Pregnant women in ICU. Preterm babies and often stillborn. DBH emphasized need for vaxx for pregnant women. Safety of vaxx is proven. Please get it done. 5/ / Younger children are likely to get vaccinated as soon as data is submitted by manufacturers to Health Canada. That's likely to happen by end of October. I think it'd be helpful to mandate masks at least until these kids are vaxxed and even after. 6/"

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Subject:   Henry, Bonnie,  Dix, Adrian ,  Northern Health Vancouver Coastal Health Island Health Vaccinations Delta Variant Variants of Concern Health Canada

Title: Vancouver Island records 167 new COVID-19 cases, 2 deaths over weekend | CTV News

URL: https://vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca/vancouver-island-records-167-new-covid-19-cases-2-deaths-over-weekend-1.5383968

Description: B.C. health officials identified 167 new cases of COVID-19 in the Vancouver Island region over the weekend.

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Subject:   Island Health Henry, Bonnie Vaccinations,  Dix, Adrian ,  Variants of Concern

Title: BC removing vaccine card, daily reports despite signs of 6th wave | Capital Daily

URL: https://www.capitaldaily.ca/news/bc-removing-vaccine-card-daily-reports-despite-signs-of-6th-wave/

Description: Cases and hospitalizations are ticking upward, but BC is staying the course by removing restrictions and data sharing.

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Subject:   BC Vaccine Card Vaccinations Province of British Columbia Wastewater Surveillance Island Health Province of British Columbia | Ministry of Health Omicron Variant Variants of Concern Henry, Bonnie,  Dix, Adrian ,  National Advisory Committee on Immunization Helm, Britt Nanaimo Regional General Hospital Furstenau, Sonia

Title: Capital letters: April 1 | Capital Daily

URL: https://www.capitaldaily.ca/news/capital-letters-april-1/

Description: How Vancouver Island officials are handling COVID.

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Subject:   Henry, Bonnie,  Dix, Adrian ,  Variants of Concern AstraZeneca/COVISHIELD Vaccine Vaccinations Alpha Variant Beta Variant BC Ferries

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: While Omicron spreads, B.C. vaccine clinics are closing for the holidays | CBC News

URL: https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6289243

Description: While the Omicron variant rapidly spreads, community vaccine clinics across British Columbia are closing for the holidays — some for as long as two weeks.

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Subject:   Omicron Variant Variants of Concern Vaccinations Fares, Jean Conway, Brian,  Dix, Adrian ,  Northern Health Brown, Elliott Curtis, Norah Juni, Peter National Advisory Committee on Immunization Huber, Dezene AstraZeneca/COVISHIELD Vaccine

Title: B.C. teens can now register to book their COVID-19 vaccine appointment | CHEK News

URL: https://www.cheknews.ca/b-c-teens-can-now-register-to-book-covid-19-vaccine-appointment-797363/

Description: Teens in B.C. are now officially eligible to register for their COVID-19 vaccine appointments.

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Subject:   Vaccinations Province of British Columbia British Columbia Teachers' Federation Henry, Bonnie,  Dix, Adrian ,  Variants of Concern Delta Variant Colijn, Caroline Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine Health Canada

Title: B.C. to drop mask mandate in most public spaces, end COVID-19 vaccine passports | The Globe and Mail

URL: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/british-columbia/article-bc-drops-its-mask-mandate-plans-to-end-vaccine-passport-in-a-month/

Description: Masks will no longer be required in most settings outside of schools and health care facilities under a public-health order in British Columbia starting on March 11, while vaccination passports will be dropped on April 8 as the Omicron wave of the COVID-19 pandemic recedes.

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Subject:   Vaccinations BC Vaccine Card Omicron Variant Variants of Concern,  Dix, Adrian ,  Henry, Bonnie Daly, Patricia University of British Columbia

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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