Now that most of the fish farms in the Discovery Islands have closed down, sea lice numbers may have plummeted as much as 95%.
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SRD will not support DFO decision
The Strathcona Regional District Board (SRD) decided to not support the DFO decision to remove open net pen aquaculture from the Discovery Islands.
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SRD against new ambulance service initiative for Rural Areas
The Strathcona Regional District Board is against a new ambulance service initiative that threatens the ability of rural communities like Cortes Island, Sayward, Tahsis and Zeballos to respond when there is an emergency.
BC Emergency Health Services has sent out a letter stating they intend to create 170 new ambulance service positions across the province.
What they did not say is they are cutting the pay for paramedics on standby back to $2 an hour.
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Daily cases less than 1 per 100,000 of population
Two days into BC’s new restart plan, the BC Centre for Disease control has released a new chart which shows that the daily rate of infection rate throughout most of Vancouver Island was less than 1 per 100,000 during the week ending on Monday, May 24th.
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Cortes Kayaks is optimistic about the future
Kai Harvey of Cortes Kayaks is feeling optimistic as BC enters phase one of its new restart plan.
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