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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: ‘Scrambling’: Family told by Victoria hospital not enough staff to feed 87-year-old mother | Globalnews.ca

URL: https://globalnews.ca/news/8584559/victoria-hospital-staff-shortages-patient-care/

Description: A lack of staff at Victoria’s Royal Jubilee hospital due to COVID-19 has meant at least one patient needs to count on family to come in and feed her.

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Subject:   Mears, Margaret Bell, Helen Royal Jubilee Hospital Province of British Columbia Province of British Columbia | Ministry of Health Island Health,  Omicron Variant ,  Variants of Concern

Title: Staffing shortages: Family told to feed elderly patient in hospital | Global News

URL: https://globalnewsdigitalvideo.corusdigitaldev.com/news/adixuevqiz-n1ovdapfyd/WEB_DIRE_HOSP_CATU_video.mp4

Description: A Vancouver Island woman is coming forward, saying she's been told she needs to come to the hospital at meal times to feed her 87 year-old mother. As Catherine Urquhart reports, while Helen Bell blames the Omicron-related staffing shortage for the problem - B.C.'s health ministry says families are 'not' being asked to help.

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Subject:   Bell, Helen Royal Jubilee Hospital Island Health Mears, Margaret Province of British Columbia Province of British Columbia | Ministry of Health,  Omicron Variant ,  Variants of Concern

Title: COVID outbreaks at 5 long-term care homes | Island Social Trends

URL: https://islandsocialtrends.ca/covid-outbreaks-at-5-long-term-care-homes/

Description: As the highly transmissible Omicron variant of COVID-19 continues to spread rapidly in communities and workplaces, today Island Health has declared COVID-19 outbreaks at five long-term care homes.

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Subject:   Omicron Variant ,  Variants of Concern Island Health Aberdeen Hospital Glenwarren Lodge Selkirk Seniors Village West Coast Seniors Housing Management Eden Gardens Nanaimo Travellers Lodge Society Revera Living Nanaimo District Senior Citizens' Housing Development Society Kiwanis Village Nanaimo

Title: Island Health pushes back elective surgeries at NRGH as part of ‘temporary service adjustments’ | Nanaimo News Now

URL: https://nanaimonewsnow.com/2022/01/18/island-health-pushes-back-elective-surgeries-at-nrgh-as-part-of-temporary-service-adjustments/

Description: A statement from Island Health issued Tuesday, Jan. 18 noted elective, scheduled surgeries would continue to be postponed at three hospitals, including Nanaimo Regional General Hospital, until at least the end of the month.

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Subject:   Island Health Nanaimo Regional General Hospital MacNeil, Kathy,  Omicron Variant ,  Variants of Concern Victoria General Hospital Royal Jubilee Hospital

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: [Email to Royal Jubilee Hospital ER staff regarding masks]

URL: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FH4EFDyVEBAeA7J?format=jpg&name=medium

Description: Brishti Basu on Twitter: "More on PPE for healthcare workers: On Dec. 24, ER staff at Royal Jubilee in #yyj were sent this email saying they can use whatever mask they feel comfortable with, even while stating there's no clear evidence to suggest N95s are better than surgical masks. 1/4 #covid19bc"

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Subject:   Royal Jubilee Hospital Island Health,  Omicron Variant ,  Variants of Concern

Title: [Vaccination rates (second dose) for 12+ in Greater Victoria] | December 23, 2021

URL: https://twitter.com/Adam_Stirling/status/1474047876804272128/

Description: Adam Stirling on Twitter: "In the end, you did a hell of a job getting ready for omicron #yyj. Double vaccination coverage for 12ys+ looks like this: Gordon Head: 98% Oak Bay: 97% Royal Oak: 95% N Saanich: 94% James Bay: 94% C Sannich: 93% Downtown: 93% Langford: 93% Metchosin: 91% We haven't lost yet.."

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Subject:   Vaccinations,  Omicron Variant ,  Variants of Concern

Title: [City of Victoria council meetings go online due to Omicron]

URL: https://twitter.com/Stephen_Andrew/status/1478139362181218306/

Description: Stephen Andrew on Twitter: "Due to the extreme risk of the spread of Omicron our council meetings are going to ONLINE. Public can still participate online. Please check http://Victoria.ca for meeting links. Thank you #yyjpoli"

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Subject:   City of Victoria,  Omicron Variant ,  Variants of Concern

Title: Family told to feed elderly patient in hospital | Global News

URL: https://twitter.com/i/status/1488391668663402498/

Description: Global BC on Twitter: "A B.C. woman says she’s been told she needs to come to the hospital at meal times to feed her mother. While Helen Bell blames the Omicron-related staffing shortage for the problem – B.C.’s health ministry says families are ‘not’ being asked to help. https://globalnews.ca/news/8584559/victoria-hospital-staff-shortages-patient-care/"

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Subject:   Bell, Helen Royal Jubilee Hospital Island Health Mears, Margaret Province of British Columbia Province of British Columbia | Ministry of Health,  Omicron Variant ,  Variants of Concern

Title: B.C. daycare operators call for more support amid Omicron wave | CTV News

URL: https://vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca/absolutely-no-plan-at-all-daycare-operators-call-for-more-support-amid-omicron-wave-1.5738641

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.

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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

Title: Anti-mandate protesters return to B.C. legislature | CTV News

URL: https://vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca/anti-mandate-protesters-return-to-b-c-legislature-1.5807278

Description: Another convoy of anti-mandate protesters descended on the B.C. legislature Saturday, gathering on the lawn to voice opposition to COVID-19-related public health orders.

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Subject:   We Unify Canada Victoria Police Department BC Vaccine Card Vaccinations,  Omicron Variant ,  Variants of Concern

Title: Omicron on Vancouver Island: Police, paramedics, firefighters expect staff shortages | CTV News

URL: https://vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca/first-responders-anticipating-staff-shortages-as-omicron-wave-continues-1.5732471

Description: Vancouver Island’s emergency services detachments are closely monitoring staffing levels.

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Subject:   Omicron Variant ,  Variants of Concern Victoria Police Department Manak, Del Royal Canadian Mounted Police Saanich Police Department View Royal Fire Rescue Hurst, Paul Colwood Fire Rescue Langford Fire Rescue Clifford, Troy Ambulance Paramedics of British Columbia BC Emergency Health Services

Title: 'How are we going to pay our bills?': B.C. restrictions hitting local gyms and bars hard | CTV News

URL: https://vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca/how-are-we-going-to-pay-our-bills-b-c-restrictions-hitting-local-gyms-and-bars-hard-1.5716704

Description: A day after COVID-19 restrictions took effect on Monday, the province announced another round of measures on Tuesday in an effort to slow down the spread of the highly transmissible Omicron variant. The new restrictions, which include the closure of bars and nightclubs, will take effect on Thursday.

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Subject:   Province of British Columbia,  Omicron Variant ,  Variants of Concern Leachman, Quincy The Duke Saloon Thacker, Katie Third Space Movement Tostenson, Ian BC Restaurant and Foodservices Association

Title: 'It can shut down and collapse units': Victoria's police union says department declared state of emergency due to Omicron | CTV News

URL: https://vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca/it-can-shut-down-and-collapse-units-victoria-s-police-union-says-department-declared-state-of-emergency-due-to-omicron-1.5730574

Description: The Victoria Police Department is taking a drastic step and declaring what amounts to a 'state of emergency' due to COVID-19 staffing concerns.

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Subject:   Victoria Police Department Victoria City Police Union,  Omicron Variant ,  Variants of Concern Hollingsworth, Len Manak, Del Royal Canadian Mounted Police Manseau, Chris Winnipeg Police Service

Title: New COVID-19 outbreaks declared at Vancouver Island care homes | CTV News

URL: https://vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca/new-covid-19-outbreaks-declared-at-vancouver-island-care-homes-1.5744995

Description: Three new COVID-19 outbreaks have been declared at long-term care facilities in Greater Victoria, while two earlier outbreaks are now over, according to the latest report from Vancouver Island's health authority.

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Subject:   Island Health Veterans Memorial Lodge Broadmead Care Sunset Lodge Salvation Army Sidney Care Home The Care Group BC Centre for Disease Control,  Omicron Variant ,  Variants of Concern Selkirk Seniors Village West Coast Seniors Housing Management

Title: Hey Happy: Café owner speaks on impacts of Omicron | CTV News

URL: https://vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca/physically-and-emotionally-drained-omicron-affecting-local-businesses-and-staff-1.5730665

Description: The doors are locked and the lights are out at Hey Happy café in downtown Victoria.

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Subject:   Omicron Variant ,  Variants of Concern Hey Happy Kettner, Rob Henry, Bonnie Kahlon, Ravi

Title: Take-out orders helping Victoria restaurants survive latest pandemic wave | CTV News

URL: https://vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca/take-out-orders-helping-victoria-restaurants-survive-latest-pandemic-wave-1.5739660

Description: The Dumpling Drop restaurant in downtown Victoria is now take-out only, for the foreseeable future. But not all restaurants can go down this path as the Omicron variant of COVID-19 makes its way through the community and workplaces.

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Subject:   Dumpling Drop Tayanunth, Tarn Molloi, Shelly,  Omicron Variant ,  Variants of Concern Romeo's Mavrikos, Christopher Boston Pizza Tostenson, Ian BC Restaurant and Foodservices Association

Title: Omicron-driven staffing shortages lead to service interruptions in Island Health facilities | Alberni Valley News

URL: https://www.albernivalleynews.com/news/omicron-driven-staffing-shortages-lead-to-service-interruptions-in-island-health-facilities/

Description: Island Health has announced the prolonged delay of elective surgeries, divergence of ambulances and shift of staff schedules across several Island hospitals, as a result of the Omicron variant leaving departments short-handed.

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Subject:   Island Health,  Omicron Variant ,  Variants of Concern MacNeil, Kathy Royal Jubilee Hospital Victoria General Hospital Nanaimo Regional General Hospital Admirals Walk Medical Laboratory Sidney Satellite Medical Laboratory Saanich Peninsula Hospital Port Hardy Hospital Port McNeill Hospital

Title: ‘Never seen it this bad’: New long COVID clinic opens in Victoria, as emergency rooms fill up | Capital Daily

URL: https://www.capitaldaily.ca/news/long-covid-clinic-opens-in-victoria/

Description: A new clinic for people who suffer from long COVID symptoms has opened at the Royal Jubilee Hospital in Victoria and is taking referrals as of this week.

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Subject:   Long COVID Royal Jubilee Hospital Island Health Unger, Jeff Saanich Peninsula Hospital Victoria General Hospital,  Omicron Variant ,  Variants of Concern Rapid Antigen Tests Province of British Columbia Province of British Columbia | Ministry of Health Esquimalt Medical Clinic Shoreline Medical Clinic West Coast Family Medical Clinic West Saanich Medical Clinic

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: ‘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: All Victoria police may be put on front-line duties as city prepares for COVID-19 surge | CBC News

URL: https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6307604

Description: First responders among many professions in B.C. planning for staffing crunches due to Omicron variant.

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Subject:   Victoria Police Department,  Omicron Variant ,  Variants of Concern Manak, Del Prince Rupert Fire Rescue Department

Title: Staffing issues force B.C. ferry cancellations after company warns about impact of Omicron | CBC News

URL: https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6309886

Description: Several B.C. Ferries sailings between Vancouver and Vancouver Island were cancelled Tuesday morning due to staffing issues.

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Subject:   BC Ferries,  Omicron Variant ,  Variants of Concern Vancouver Coastal Health University of British Columbia Victoria Police Department Manak, Del Prince Rupert Fire Rescue Department Vancouver Police Department Addison, Steve

Title: Island Health adjusting services to strengthen patient safety | January 18, 2022 | Island Health

URL: https://www.islandhealth.ca/news/news-releases/island-health-adjusting-services-strengthen-patient-safety/

Description: Island Health has implemented several temporary service adjustments to strengthen patient care during Omicron-related COVID-19 staffing challenges.

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Subject:   Island Health,  Omicron Variant ,  Variants of Concern MacNeil, Kathy Nanaimo Regional General Hospital Victoria General Hospital Royal Jubilee Hospital Saanich Peninsula Hospital Port Hardy Hospital Port McNeill Hospital Admirals Walk Medical Laboratory Sidney Satellite Medical Laboratory

Title: Preventing long COVID in children a cause for vaccination | May 11, 2022 | Island Health

URL: https://www.islandhealth.ca/news/news-releases/long-covid-children/

Description: Dr. Gregoire is one of several pediatricians consulting with the new Post-COVID Recovery Clinic located at the Royal Jubilee Hospital (RJH), one of five clinics in British Columbia currently aimed at supporting people who are still experiencing symptoms three months or longer after a COVID-19 infection.

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Subject:   Island Health Gooch, Olivia Gooch, Teneane Nanaimo Regional General Hospital Gregoire, Maie-Claude Long COVID Royal Jubilee Hospital Public Health Agency of Canada Provincial Health Services Authority,  Omicron Variant ,  Variants of Concern

Title: Victoria tourism building momentum, recovering from pandemic | Times Colonist

URL: https://www.timescolonist.com/business/victoria-tourism-building-momentum-recovering-from-pandemic-shutdown-6302100/

Description: For Victoria’s tourism industry, hit hard by the pandemic, 2022 had a bit of everything but the one thread that runs through it all is that the last 12 months have set the table for a strong 2023.

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Subject:   Nursey, Paul,  Omicron Variant ,  Variants of Concern Vaccinations Destination Greater Victoria Chemistry Consulting James, Reid Hotel Grand Pacific Cowen, Dave The Butchart Gardens Meis, Scott FRS Clipper Victoria Clipper Soberg, Brett Eagle Wing Whale and Wildlife Tours Fairmont Empress Oak Bay Beach Hotel Victoria Conference Centre

Title: Victoria Whisky Festival

URL: https://www.victoriawhiskyfestival.com/

Description: It is with great regret that we announce that the 2022 Victoria Whisky Festival has been cancelled due to the current situation regarding the Omicron variant of COVID-19.

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Subject:   Victoria Whisky Festival,  Omicron Variant ,  Variants of Concern Hotel Grand Pacific

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