More people participated. At its peak, seventy listeners connected to the conference by computer or phone and an unknown number listened to the radio broadcast. Yet Cortes Island’s first virtual town hall meeting was essentially a continuation of the recent online conferences Regional Director Noba Anderson has been having with local businesses and organizations.
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Susana Vijaya: Home At Last!
National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Susana Vijaya’s reaction after a tense, overland race across the U.S. to get to the Canadian border before it slammed shut says it all.
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Organizing A Collective Response To COVID-19
At the first virtual Community Conference, Cortes Island organizations and businesses described their preparations for the impending COVID 19 pandemic. The process of reporting continued into the second conference, where callers also discussed off-island travel. At the third, on March 27, 2020, callers were divided into ten break out groups as Cortes organises a collective response to COVID -19.
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Media Aid An Unlikely Cure For Quadra Newspaper
National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
As a small island newspaper was dealt a deathblow by COVID-19 on Wednesday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced financial aid for Canadian media, which the newspaper industry promptly decried as inadequate.
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COVID-19 at Campbell River retirement residence
Editor’s note: This is the second confirmed case of COVID-19 in Campbell River.
National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
A retirement home in the Vancouver Island community is under quarantine after a resident fell prey to the pandemic sweeping across the globe.
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