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Coverage: British Columbia--Cormorant Island, British Columbia--Alert Bay , British Columbia--Port McNeill, British Columbia--Northern Vancouver Island, British Columbia--Chemainus, British Columbia--North Cowichan, British Columbia--Cowichan Valley

Format: News media

Date: 2022-08-07

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.

URL: https://www.capitaldaily.ca/news/covid19-alert-bay-nuxalk-quarantine/

Description: With the Province ignoring calls for local travel bans that would bolster their efforts, even as remote First Nations see their first fatalities from the pandemic, some small coastal communities fear they won’t be able to hold off the tide for long.

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Subject: Nuxalk Nation, Webber, Wally, Bertrand, Daniel, Wuikinuxv Nation, Heiltsuk Nation, Kitasoo/Xai'xais Nation, Central Coast Regional District, Province of British Columbia, BC Ferries, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Farnworth, Mike, 'Namgis First Nation, Buchanan, Dennis, Government of Canada, Tallio, Mike

Group: Indigenous Communities

Creator: Marlan, Tori

Publisher: Capital Daily

Coverage: British Columbia, British Columbia--Alert Bay , British Columbia--Cormorant Island, British Columbia--Bella Coola Valley, British Columbia--Central Coast Regional District

Format: News media

Date: 2020-04-25

Title: BC Greens leader Sonia Furstenau calls on Health Minister Dix to improve healthcare work environment | YouTube | BC Green Party

URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0u7yCTq7U0

Description: Leader Sonia Furstenau is joined by Dr. Alex Nataros, family/emergency physician from Port Hardy, as well as other healthcare professionals and advocates, to speak about the unacceptable work environment for healthcare workers across the province. We’re calling on Health Minister Dix to meet with healthcare professionals and look at important healthcare reforms, including the use of physician’s assistants, expanding the use of nurse practitioners, and community health centres.

URL: https://www.mycampbellrivernow.com/52546/covid-19-vaccine-being-administered-in-alert-bay/

Description: Cormorant Island residents are getting their first doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine.

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Subject: Vaccinations, 'Namgis First Nation, Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine

Group: Indigenous Communities, Vaccinations

Creator: Landreville, Troy

Publisher: My Campbell River Now

Coverage: British Columbia--Alert Bay , British Columbia--Cormorant Island

Format: News media

Date: 2021-01-06

Title: Call for artists: Resilience exhibition | U'mista Cultural Society

URL: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EfZr5geUwAEcmIX?format=jpg&name=small

Description: U'mista Society on Twitter: "Call for Kwakwa̱ka̱'wakw Artists for Resilience Exhibition. Please share with any and all Kwakwa̱ka̱'wakw descendants to help us spread the word. If you have any questions feel free to contact us. G̱ilakas'la"

Title: North Vancouver Island health care is in an 'evolving state of crisis,' new leaked document shows | CHEK News

URL: https://www.cheknews.ca/north-vancouver-island-health-care-is-in-an-evolving-state-of-crisis-new-leaked-document-shows-1083002/

Description: Most of the North Island region — not only Port Hardy — is facing doctor and nursing shortages as well as significant gaps in medical imaging and lab services, a document leaked to Canada’s National Observer shows.

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Subject: Island Health, Rural and Remote Division of Family Practice North Vancouver Island, Cormorant Island Community Health Centre, BC Ferries, Port Hardy Hospital, Port McNeill Hospital, Doctors of BC, First Nations Health Authority

Group: Health Practitioners, Services, & Authorities

Creator: Baker, Rochelle

Publisher: CHEK News

Source: Canada's National Observer

Coverage: British Columbia--Northern Vancouver Island, British Columbia--Port Hardy, British Columbia--Port McNeill, British Columbia--Cormorant Island, British Columbia--Alert Bay

Format: News media

Date: 2022-08-31

Title: North Vancouver Island health-care is in an 'evolving state of crisis,' new leaked document shows | Coast Reporter

URL: https://www.coastreporter.net/bc-news/north-vancouver-island-health-care-is-in-an-evolving-state-of-crisis-new-leaked-document-shows-5764490/

Description: Most of the North Island region — not only Port Hardy — is facing doctor and nursing shortages as well as significant gaps in medical imaging and lab services, a document leaked to Canada's National Observer shows.

URL: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-how-bc-health-authorities-are-undermining-indigenous-governments/

Description: Leaders of the Central Coast First Nations are calling on health authorities like VCH to share information about which communities have presumptive and confirmed COVID-19 cases so we can better protect our people.

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Subject: First Nations Health Authority, Henry, Bonnie, Skye, Courtney, 'Namgis First Nation, Vancouver Coastal Health

Group: Health Practitioners, Services, & Authorities, Indigenous Communities

Creator: Robinson, Roxanne, Shaw, Danielle, Slett, Marilyn, Webber, Wally

Publisher: The Globe and Mail

Coverage: British Columbia, British Columbia--Cormorant Island, British Columbia--Alert Bay , British Columbia--Bella Bella, British Columbia--Bella Coola Valley, British Columbia--Oweekeno, British Columbia--Klemtu

Format: Newspaper article

Date: 2020-05-12

Title: Overnight closure of Alert Bay ER extended, but shuttering island emergency rooms is off the table | CHEK News

URL: https://www.cheknews.ca/er-crisis-expected-to-worsen-at-north-island-hospitals-leaked-documents-show-1081780/

Description: Island Health says no emergency rooms on northern Vancouver Island will permanently shutter as an ongoing staffing crisis continues to force temporary closures in small communities.

Format: Twitter post, Image

Date: 2023-06-20

Relation: ispartof:https://twitter.com/VanIslandHealth/status/1671303209619451904

Title: Temporary service interruptions at Port Hardy Hospital and Cormorant Island Community Health Centre Emergency Departments | December 15, 2022 | Island Health

URL: https://www.islandhealth.ca/news/news-releases/temporary-service-interruptions-port-hardy-hospital-and-cormorant-island-community-health-centre/

Description: Due to limited staff availability Island Health is advising community residents and visitors to the area of the following temporary emergency department (ED) closures. Port Hardy Hospital (PHH) ED will be closed overnights from 5 p.m. to 7 a.m. beginning the evening of December 15 through to the morning of December 19. PHH will remain open from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day during the overnight closure. Cormorant Island Community Health Centre (CICHC) ED will be closed 24 hours per day beginning at 7 p.m. December 15 through to the morning of January 3, 2023. CICHC ED will re-open at 8 a.m. on January 3, 2023.

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Subject: Island Health, Port Hardy Hospital, Cormorant Island Community Health Centre

Group: Health Practitioners, Services, & Authorities

Creator: Island Health

Publisher: Island Health

Coverage: British Columbia--Port Hardy, British Columbia--Northern Vancouver Island, British Columbia--Alert Bay , British Columbia--Cormorant Island

Format: Media release

Date: 2022-12-15

Title: The Sun Man wants to remind you to wear a mask wax̱a! | U'mista Cultural Society

URL: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Eid1ZOjU0AAlmKE?format=jpg&name=small

Description: U'mista Society on Twitter: "UPDATE: as of September 21st, 2020 Masks are now required here at the U'mist Cultural Centre G̱ilakas'la for understanding"

URL: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FA5Q4mhXIAUS27Z?format=jpg&name=small

Description: Update on U'mista Cultural Centre's hours & max guests. Tuesday to Saturday 10 AM - 4PM. Max. 20 guests in the museum.

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Subject: U'mista Cultural Society, U'mista Cultural Centre

Group: Indigenous Communities, Libraries, Archives, & Museums

Creator: U'mista Cultural Society

Publisher: U'mista Cultural Society, U'mista Society @Umistasociety

Coverage: British Columbia--Alert Bay , British Columbia--Cormorant Island

Format: Twitter post, Image

Date: 2021-10-04

Relation: ispartof:https://twitter.com/Umistasociety/status/1445181613835423747

Title: Update on U'mista Cultural Centre's hours & max guests | September 3, 2021 | U'mista Cultural Society

URL: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E-YRfZ-XIAQZABG?format=jpg&name=small

Description: U'mista Society on Twitter: "U’mista Cultural Centre is reducing our occupancy and hours of operation, effective immediately. In an effort to keep our community and staff safe, our hours are 10-4 pm Monday to Saturday Max. 10 guests in the museum and gift shop (combined) first come, first served."

Description: U'mista Society on Twitter: "We are excited to announce we are doing 10 Kwak̓wala Zoom Classes this month! 6 Kwak̓wala with elders with different themes each class 4 Cooking in Kwak̓wala with elders To register for these classes fill out the Google Form here https://forms.gle/avsbEuRpdncfHeFD7"

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Subject: U'mista Cultural Society, Zoom

Group: Indigenous Communities, Libraries, Archives, & Museums

Creator: U'mista Cultural Society

Publisher: U'mista Cultural Society, U'mista Society | @UmistaCentre

Coverage: British Columbia--Alert Bay , British Columbia--Cormorant Island

Format: Twitter post, Image

Date: 2021-06-11

Relation: ispartof:https://twitter.com/UmistaCentre/status/1403479877207142406

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Title: "'Temporary closures' in Alert Bay began in July and have not stopped."

URL: https://twitter.com/randsco/status/1581455743991296000/

Title: "We continue to be invisible": North island rally calls for better health care | CHEK News

URL: https://www.cheknews.ca/we-continue-to-be-invisible-north-island-rally-calls-for-better-health-care-1144267/

Title: 'Namgis elder's death heightens concern in First Nations island communities | Canada's National Observer

URL: https://www.nationalobserver.com/2020/04/28/news/namgis-elders-death-heightens-concern-first-nations-island-communities/

Title: 2 Vancouver Island area ERs to close overnight for foreseeable future | CBC News

URL: https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6729027

Title: Additional temporary service interruption at Cormorant Island Community Health Centre Emergency Department | December 2, 2022 | Island Health

URL: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FjA8n6CX0AAPURX?format=png&name=small

Title: Additional temporary service interruption at Cormorant Island Community Health Centre Emergency Department | December 2, 2022 | Island Health

URL: https://www.islandhealth.ca/news/news-releases/additional-temporary-service-interruption-cormorant-island-community-health-centre-emergency/

Title: Alert Bay COVID victim's family makes plea as B.C. deaths surpass 1000 | CHEK News

URL: https://www.cheknews.ca/life-is-really-short-daughter-of-covid-19-victim-makes-plea-as-b-c-deaths-surpass-1000-733017/

Title: Alert Bay mayor says traveller brought COVID-19 to remote B.C. island | CTV News

URL: https://vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca/i-never-left-the-island-b-c-mayor-says-traveller-brought-covid-19-to-remote-alert-bay-1.4895693

Title: Alert Bay residents worried as overnight ER services shut down for two weeks | CHEK News

URL: https://www.cheknews.ca/alert-bay-residents-worried-as-overnight-er-services-shut-down-for-two-weeks-1071882/

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/

Title: Alert Bay struggles to cope with virus death; several residents in hospital | Times Colonist

URL: https://www.timescolonist.com/news/local/alert-bay-struggles-to-cope-with-virus-death-several-residents-in-hospital-1.24125367

Title: Alert Bay: COVID-19 cases go from 30 to zero thanks to health and emergency planning | North Island Gazette

URL: https://www.northislandgazette.com/community/success-story-in-alert-bay-covid-19-cases-go-from-30-to-zero-thanks-to-health-and-emergency-planning/

Title: Areas inside of the Regional District of Mount Waddington ask tourists to stay away | BC Local News

URL: https://www.bclocalnews.com/news/areas-inside-of-the-regional-district-of-mount-waddington-ask-tourists-to-stay-away/

Title: As death strikes coastal First Nations, communities talk of "thwarted" attempts to protect themselves | Capital Daily

URL: https://www.capitaldaily.ca/news/covid19-alert-bay-nuxalk-quarantine/

Title: BC Greens leader Sonia Furstenau calls on Health Minister Dix to improve healthcare work environment | YouTube | BC Green Party

URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0u7yCTq7U0

Title: BC's rural emergency room crisis | The Tyee

URL: https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/07/20/BC-Emergency-Room-Crisis/

Title: COVID message to community | March 23, 2020 | Port McNeill Medical Clinic

URL: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/55ca2350e4b08d9e4143db86/t/5e7948b2d1719f330ae6d6a1/1585006770475/COVID+message+to+community.pdf

Title: COVID-19 antibody testing underway on Cormorant Island | Cowichan Valley Citizen

URL: https://www.cowichanvalleycitizen.com/news/covid-19-antibody-testing-underway-on-cormorant-island/

Title: COVID-19 antibody testing underway on Cormorant Island | June 24, 2020 | Island Health

URL: https://www.islandhealth.ca/news/news-releases/covid-19-antibody-testing-underway-cormorant-island/

Title: COVID-19 safety plan | U'mista Cultural Centre

URL: https://www.umista.ca/pages/covid-19-safety-plan/

Title: COVID-19 update | November 23, 2020 | U'mista Cultural Society

URL: https://www.umista.ca/blogs/news/covid-19-update/

Title: COVID-19 update | October 27, 2020 | U'mista Cultural Society

URL: https://www.umista.ca/blogs/news/covid-19-update-october-27-2020/

Title: COVID-19 update: All visitors must wear a mask | October 27, 2020 | U'mista Cultural Society

URL: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ElXh3XwWMAcbsWU?format=png&name=small

Title: COVID-19 vaccine being administered in Alert Bay | My Campbell River Now

URL: https://www.mycampbellrivernow.com/52546/covid-19-vaccine-being-administered-in-alert-bay/

Title: Call for artists: Resilience exhibition | U'mista Cultural Society

URL: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EfZr5geUwAEcmIX?format=jpg&name=small

Title: Closures coming to 2 Vancouver Island-area hospitals due to staff shortage | CTV News

URL: https://vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca/closures-coming-to-2-vancouver-island-area-hospitals-due-to-staff-shortage-1.6008048

Title: Cluster of COVID-19 cases confirmed on Cormorant Island off the B.C. Central Coast | CBC News

URL: https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.5539214

Title: Coastal First Nations and municipalities vow continued COVID-19 enforcement, potential Hwy 16 checkpoint | CBC News

URL: https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.5552247

Title: Cormorant Island Community Health Centre Emergency Department to re-open for daytime service January 1 | December 30, 2022 | Island Health

URL: https://www.islandhealth.ca/news/news-releases/cormorant-island-community-health-centre-emergency-department-re-open-daytime-service-january-1/

Title: Cormorant Island Community Health Centre’s ER to remain closed overnights due to staffing issues | CHEK News

URL: https://www.cheknews.ca/cormorant-island-community-health-centres-er-to-remain-closed-overnights-due-to-staffing-issues-1114830/

Title: Cormorant Island health-care crisis continues on, with no end in sight | Ladysmith Chemainus Chronicle

URL: https://www.ladysmithchronicle.com/news/cormorant-island-health-care-crisis-continues-on-with-no-end-in-sight/

Title: Doctor travels to Port Hardy to keep ER open, department closes anyway due to lack of nurses | CHEK News

URL: https://www.cheknews.ca/doctor-travels-to-port-hardy-to-keep-er-open-department-closes-anyway-due-to-lack-of-nurses-1111191/

Title: Doctors of B.C. president heads to Port Hardy to help out | Times Colonist

URL: https://www.timescolonist.com/local-news/doctors-of-bc-president-heads-to-port-hardy-to-help-out-urges-others-to-do-the-same-6577690/

Title: Don't get sick on the NorthIsle | VanIsle.News

URL: https://vanisle.news/dont-get-sick-on-the-northisle/

Title: Emergency department in Alert Bay, B.C., closed again due to staff shortage | CTV News

URL: https://vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca/emergency-department-in-alert-bay-b-c-closed-again-due-to-staff-shortage-1.6346468

Title: Emergency operations centres brace against COVID-19 threat | Coastal First Nations

URL: https://coastalfirstnations.ca/emergency-operations-centres-brace-against-covid-19-threat/

Title: Emergency room in Alert Bay, B.C., closed for more than 2 weeks over holidays | CBC News

URL: https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6689321

Title: Emergency room, primary care closures continue over long weekend in rural B.C. | CBC News

URL: https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6572198