COVID-19 Archives - Page 10 of 12 - Gulf Islands Driftwood

Island fund to generate protective gear

Elizabeth Nolan - April 8, 2020

Salt Spring Island Foundation’s COVID-19 Emergency Preparedness and Relief Fund has seen impressive buy-in from donors in the short time since it launched on...

Health partnership to distribute personal protective equipment

Driftwood Staff - April 4, 2020

The Salt Spring Community Health Society and the Salt Spring Chapter – Rural and Remote Division of Family Practice have announced joint funding by...

B.C. doctors now available via virtual care

Driftwood Staff - April 3, 2020

Doctors in British Columbia are now available to provide care to patients using telephone or video during the COVID-19 pandemic, in addition to providing...

Medical Staff Association Provides Covid19 Update

Contributed Article - April 2, 2020

By Lady Minto Hospital Medical Staff Association We all continue to follow the daily updates from the Provincial Health Officer, Dr. Bonnie Henry and the...

New guidelines support health officer’s orders

Driftwood Staff - April 2, 2020

Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry has issued new guidelines to support compliance with orders on business closures and gatherings made under the Public...

Vulnerable residents feel need during crisis

Elizabeth Nolan - April 1, 2020

As the COVID-19 story unfolds around the world and more people face financial hardship than usual, local impacts are being felt at food banks...

CRD adds email address for islanders during office closures

Driftwood Staff - March 31, 2020

The Capital Regional District has also just announced a new email address for residents of the electoral areas to use to ask questions of...

March 30 Lady Minto Hospital Medical Staff Association COVID-19 Update

Contributed Article - March 31, 2020

Fortunately, for the moment, these posts have little new information and are quite boring. This is good. This means we may be flattening the...

Salt Spring locally elected officials send message to community

Contributed Article - March 29, 2020

We, your three locally elected officials (Gary Holman, CRD electoral area director, and Peter Grove and Laura Patrick, Islands Trust trustees) have settled into...

We all have the potential to save a life

Contributed Article - March 28, 2020

March 28 Lady Minto Hospital Medical Staff Association COVID-19 Update Every single person on Salt Spring has the potential to save a life by practising physical...

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