The Strathcona Regional District (SRD) is building up Cortes Island’s emergency preparedness systems and this requires money. They have already received a $65,000 Community Resiliency grant this year. There is more coming. SRD Protective Services Coordinator Shaun Koopman explained that they have applied for another $265,000 of funding.
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BC’s largest immunization ever & a daily high record for new COVID cases
According to Dr. Richard Stanwick, Island Health’s chief medical officer, we are in the midst of “the largest and most complex immunization effort in the history of our province.”
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SRD seeks grant reducing wildfire threat to community buildings
The Strathcona Regional District (SRD) is seeking a Union of BC Municipalities grant to decrease the wildfire threat to community buildings.
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Intercity buses are getting a boost, what about remote communities?
National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Some intercity bus companies on Vancouver Island are going to be fuelled by a $10.7-million COVID-19 cash injection from the B.C. government over the next year.
But it’s still unclear if the rubber will hit the road in a number of rural, remote North Island communities that had non-existent or inadequate intercity service even prior to the pandemic.
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MMIWG: Red dresses hang across Vancouver Island
Campbell River Mirror, Local Journalism Reporter
On Sunday, five women from Gold River hung a red dress by the side of the road that leads into town.
Supporting their cause was Evangeline James a member of the area’s Mowachaht/Muchalaht First Nation (MMFN).
In 1979, James’ friend, 26-year-old Christine Thomas was murdered between Campbell River and Gold River on Highway 28 in 1979, along with her 16-year-old sister Helena Howard.
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