A stitch in time: Community quilters shield front-line workers facing COVID-19
Quadra Island quilter Terry Phillips is running a small but frenetic manufacturing assembly line in her bucolic rural community during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Public excluded as Strathcona Regional District moves meetings online due to COVID-19
Strathcona Regional District is excluding the public from board meetings as it moves online due to COVID-19, citing technological limitations and a provincial order as reasons behind the move.
First Nations fishermen rescue kayaker off Quadra Island
Lucas Chickite was standing on the bow of the Armada, a vessel working a scallop farm off the east shore of Rebecca Spit, on Thursday at around 6 p.m., when he heard a faint sound over the noise of the engine and hydraulics.
BC island holds quarantine-friendly Easter egg hunt
Residents of Quadra Island in British Columbia will decorate their houses, so their neighbours can get a drive-by Easter surprise.
Farmers on remote island fight food insecurity with flock
Quadra Island farmers want goats into people's backyards as a way to improve food security in the face of COVID-19.
Essential BC Ferries workers facing down COVID-19 and the danger of layoffs
BC Ferries workers in public service, at terminals and on vessels, have abruptly found themselves frontline workers during a global pandemic.
Remote island community goes online to connect and combat COVID-19 crisis
The Cortes Island community is looking at new ways of coming together while staying apart.
These seniors are leading the charge against COVID-19
Volunteer-driven community groups that assist vulnerable seniors are adapting their services to continue helping their peers on Cortes and Quadra islands in British Columbia.
Islanders' tense travels home amid COVID-19 crisis
Snowbirds from Quadra Island had wintered in Mexico, and were unaware of pandemic when they started their journey north.
COVID-19 case confirmed at Campbell River retirement residence
All residents at Berwick by the Sea have been isolated in their suites, including the sick senior.
Quadra caremongering saves lives during COVID-19 crisis
A Quadra Island senior says caremongering and neighbours' kind acts are saving his life.
Canadian couple trapped in Ecuador’s COVID-19 shutdown feels forsaken
Tracey Hayman appealed for help on Facebook to try to push the Canadian government to get her and boyfriend Jesse Loucks home to Canada.