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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: [Page 2: Letter to trustees of Nanaimo Ladysmith Public Schools regarding school mask policies]

URL: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E_LQCF4VgAMo8IQ?format=jpg&name=large

Description: Tom Jackman on Twitter: "I warned @sd68bc trustees last March (see attached letter) that the school safety measures in place were insufficient, and that masking should be required indoors for all of K-12. That was true, but it's even more true now with Delta swirling in our classrooms."

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Subject:   Nanaimo Ladysmith Public Schools Higginson, Stephanie,  Delta Variant ,  Variants of Concern ,  Henry, Bonnie ,  Ventilation,  Island Health

Title: [Page 1: Letter to trustees of Nanaimo Ladysmith Public Schools regarding school mask policies]

URL: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E_LQA-SVQAYRy0b?format=jpg&name=large

Description: Tom Jackman on Twitter: "I warned @sd68bc trustees last March (see attached letter) that the school safety measures in place were insufficient, and that masking should be required indoors for all of K-12. That was true, but it's even more true now with Delta swirling in our classrooms."

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Subject:   Nanaimo Ladysmith Public Schools Higginson, Stephanie,  Delta Variant ,  Variants of Concern ,  Henry, Bonnie ,  Ventilation,  Island Health

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: 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: 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: Updated: Vancouver Island vaccination tracker | Capital Daily

URL: https://www.capitaldaily.ca/news/covid-19-vaccination-tracker/

Description: The latest information on COVID-19 vaccination plans and progress on Vancouver Island.

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Subject:   Vaccinations,  Island Health ,  AstraZeneca/COVISHIELD Vaccine,  Henry, Bonnie ,  Dix, Adrian Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine Janssen (Johnson & Johnson) COVID-19 Vaccine Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine Fraser Health Northern Health Vancouver Coastal Health Ballem, Penny Discovery Harbour Seniors Community Park Place Seniors Living BC Vaccine Card,  Delta Variant ,  Variants of Concern

Title: The beginning of Vancouver Island’s fourth wave is here | Capital Daily

URL: https://www.capitaldaily.ca/news/the-beginning-of-vancouver-islands-fourth-wave-is-here/

Description: Every new case on the Island has for weeks been the faster-spreading Delta variant. Here's what that means.

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Subject:   Delta Variant ,  Variants of Concern ,  Otto, Sarah BC COVID-19 Modelling Group von Bergmann, Jens Interior Health Fraser Health Vancouver Coastal Health Vaccinations Province of British Columbia Province of British Columbia | Ministry of Health Alpha Variant Gamma Variant Karlen, Dean,  Island Health ,  Henry, Bonnie ,  Fisman, David

Title: Omicron on Vancouver Island: More cases linked to UVic students | CTV News

URL: https://vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca/15-omicron-cases-now-linked-to-uvic-outbreak-island-health-1.5709448

Description: More cases of COVID-19 have been linked to gatherings of University of Victoria students while off-campus, something health officials say was expected.

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Subject:   Omicron Variant,  Variants of Concern ,  University of Victoria,  Henry, Bonnie ,  Rugby,  Delta Variant ,  Island Health ,  Duclos, Jean-Yves Government of Canada Fraser Health 2021 Canadian University Men’s Rugby Championship Queen's University

Title: Next step of reopening may be delayed in B.C. as COVID 19 case counts increase | CBC News

URL: https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6147651

Description: British Columbia may not advance as expected to the next step in its COVID-19 restart plan as case counts surge in the Interior Health region, the province's top doctor said Friday.

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Subject:   Henry, Bonnie ,  Interior Health Vaccinations Dix, Adrian Trans Mountain Pipeline Site C Dam Peace Arch Hospital Benusic, Mike,  Island Health ,  Delta Variant ,  Variants of Concern

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: 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: Nanaimo doctor warns B.C.'s critical care is reaching capacity | CHEK News

URL: https://www.cheknews.ca/nanaimo-doctor-warns-b-c-s-critical-care-is-reaching-capacity-873207/

Description: Masks are again mandatory indoors in B.C., as doctors issue a sombre warning as hospitalizations reach a breaking point.

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Subject:   Delta Variant ,  Variants of Concern ,  Henry, Bonnie ,  Interior Health Nanaimo Regional General Hospital,  Island Health ,  Forrest, David Vaccinations

Title: Mass immunization clinics shifting to smaller & mobile | Island Social Trends

URL: https://islandsocialtrends.ca/mass-immunization-clinics-shifting-to-smaller-mobile/

Description: After eight months of intense work to immunize as many people as possible against COVID-19, Island Health is preparing to scale back mass immunization clinics.

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Subject:   Vaccinations,  Island Health ,  Stanwick, Richard,  Delta Variant ,  Variants of Concern ,  Henry, Bonnie

Title: How safe is BC’s safe restart plan for Vancouver Island? | Capital Daily

URL: https://www.capitaldaily.ca/news/safe-restart-plan-vancouver-island-delta-variant/

Description: Uncertainties, questions, and data gaps continue to plague BC’s provincial restart plan as we inch closer and closer to pre-COVID life.

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Subject:   Province of British Columbia,  Island Health ,  Variants of Concern ,  Otto, Sarah Stanwick, Richard,  Delta Variant ,  BC Centre for Disease Control BC COVID-19 Modelling Group Fraser Health Vaccinations,  Henry, Bonnie ,  Vancouver Coastal Health

Title: Four UVic rugby team members diagnosed with highly contagious Omicron variant | CHEK News

URL: https://www.cheknews.ca/four-uvic-rugby-team-members-diagnosed-with-highly-contagious-covid-19-omicron-variant-927123/

Description: Just over two weeks ago, the UVic rugby team took on UBC in a snowy Canadian University Men’s Rugby Championship gold medal game in Kingston Ontario, now an Omicron hotbed. UVic walked away with second place, and four cases of the highly contagious COVID-19 Omicron variant.

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Subject:   University of Victoria Rugby Omicron Variant,  Variants of Concern ,  2021 Canadian University Men’s Rugby Championship Boag, Ethan,  Island Health ,  Delta Variant ,  Henry, Bonnie ,  Queen's University

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: COVID stats: Too soon for the lightweight touch | Island Social Trends

URL: https://islandsocialtrends.ca/covid-stats-too-soon-for-the-lightweight-touch/

Description: Variance in accuracy for Island Health data on July 8th is a case in point of how it’s far too soon to let up on attention and accuracy during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

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Subject:   Henry, Bonnie ,  Dix, Adrian Vaccinations,  Variants of Concern ,  Province of British Columbia Province of British Columbia | Ministry of Health,  Island Health ,  Delta Variant

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

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