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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: Port McNeill mother confirms positive COVID-19 test | Yahoo! Movies

URL: https://ca.movies.yahoo.com/port-mcneill-mother-confirms-positive-002432737.html

Description: Another North Island resident has confirmed they have COVID-19, and are isolating at home, this time in Port McNeill.

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Subject:   Chadwick, Kelly,  Wickstrom, Gaby

Title: MPs urge support for small-scale Vancouver Island distilleries after feds give sanitizer contracts to big firms | Yahoo! News

URL: https://ca.news.yahoo.com/mps-urge-support-small-scale-173932460.html

Description: Vancouver Island MPs and mayors have come out in support of local distilleries on the Island that pivoted to producing hand sanitizer during the pandemic.

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Subject:   Blaney, Rachel Johns, Gord Shelter Point Distillery Wayward Distillery Ampersand Distilling Stillhead Distillery,  Wickstrom, Gaby ,  New Democratic Party of Canada MacGregor, Alistair

Title: [AVICC convention session: Island government leaders share their communities response to COVID-19]

URL: https://twitter.com/carloncouncil/status/1510386964297572358/

Description: Carl I. Jensen (He/Him) on Twitter: "Frank/honest discussion w/ #localgov leaders about thoughts/feeling in response to what their communities have experienced over last 2 yrs. One of the BEST sessions have ever attended at #AVICC, #UBCM or #FCM! @michellestap @Garacaius @mayorkrog @GabyWickstrom . #AVICC2022 #CSaan"

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Subject:   Hemmens, Erin City of Nanaimo Staples, Michelle City of Duncan Huu-ay-aht First Nations Jack, John Alan Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District Krog, Leonard,  Wickstrom, Gaby ,  Town of Port McNeill Association of Vancouver Island and Coastal Communities

Title: VIRL re-engaging mediator in hopes of ending impasse | April 9, 2022 | Vancouver Island Regional Library

URL: https://virl.bc.ca/media-release-virl-re-engaging-mediator-in-hopes-of-ending-impasse/

Description: Following a productive discussion at the April 9 Vancouver Island Regional Library (VIRL) Board of Trustees meeting, VIRL is re-engaging the assigned Labour Relations Board mediator in hopes of ending the ongoing impasse and labour disruption impacting VIRL branches and communities.

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Subject:   Vancouver Island Regional Library British Columbia General Employees' Union Labour Disputes,  Wickstrom, Gaby ,  Canadian Union of Public Employees | Local 401

Title: Pandemic puts new Campbell River library on pause | Vancouver Island Regional Library

URL: https://virl.bc.ca/pandemic-put-new-campbell-river-library-on-pause/

Description: The Vancouver Island Regional Library (VIRL) Board of Trustees have hit pause on a new library in downtown Campbell River. At the September 25 Board meeting, Trustees voted in support of continuing to operate out of the current library location for the next 12 months. Skyrocketing construction and labour costs resulting from the pandemic were the major influencers behind this difficult decision.

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Subject:   Vancouver Island Regional Library,  Wickstrom, Gaby ,  Evans, Colleen City of Campbell River Leigh, Brenda

Title: Ratified contract for BCGEU librarians | April 22, 2022 | Vancouver Island Regional Library

URL: https://virl.bc.ca/ratified-contract-for-bcgeu/

Description: The BCGEU-represented librarians at Vancouver Island Regional Library (VIRL) have a new four-year contract. On Wednesday, April 20, VIRL’s Board of Trustees unanimously voted to accept the ratified offer and put an end to the labour disruption that has impacted services at VIRL branches since March 8.

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Subject:   Vancouver Island Regional Library British Columbia General Employees' Union Labour Disputes,  Wickstrom, Gaby

Title: Vancouver Island emergency room latest to face temporary closure due to staff shortage | CBC News

URL: https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6510285

Description: The potential closure of an emergency room in Port Alberni in Vancouver Island is the latest in a series of temporary shutdowns in small communities.

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Subject:   Island Health West Coast General Hospital Port McNeill Hospital Dr. Helmcken Memorial Hospital Interior Health Northern Health Chetwynd Hospital Nicola Valley Hospital Dix, Adrian Dosanjh, Ramneek British Columbia Toxic Drugs Crisis Brown, Linda,  Wickstrom, Gaby

Title: Port McNeill Hospital emergency department to once again close over weekend | CHEK News

URL: https://www.cheknews.ca/port-mcneill-hospital-emergency-department-to-once-again-close-over-weekend-1093179/

Description: Island Health is warning that Port McNeill Hospital’s emergency department will be closed over the weekend. This is the seventh time the hospital has had closures or service reductions so far this year, as the department faces staffing shortages.

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Subject:   Port McNeill Hospital Island Health,  Wickstrom, Gaby ,  Furstenau, Sonia Olsen, Adam Gear, Adriane

Title: Staff shortage to blame for immediate, temporary closure at Port Hardy emergency department | CHEK News

URL: https://www.cheknews.ca/staff-shortage-to-blame-for-immediate-temporary-closure-at-port-hardy-emergency-department-1093743/

Description: Island Health is advising those on the North Island of an immediate, temporary closure of the emergency department at Port Hardy Hospital amid a worker shortage.

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Subject:   Port Hardy Hospital Island Health Gear, Adriane Cormorant Island Community Health Centre Port McNeill Hospital,  Wickstrom, Gaby ,  Province of British Columbia Furstenau, Sonia Olsen, Adam Hanson, James

Title: 2 North Island hospital ERs temporarily closed over the weekend | Nanaimo News Bulletin

URL: https://www.nanaimobulletin.com/news/2-north-island-hospital-ers-temporarily-closed-over-the-weekend/

Description: North Island hospitals once again had their emergency departments temporarily closed on the weekend.

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Subject:   Island Health Port McNeill Hospital Port Hardy Hospital,  Wickstrom, Gaby ,  Port McNeill Chamber of Commerce Mount Waddington Regional District

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