Small B.C. island asks visitors to stay away during COVID-19 crisis
Quadra Island, a tourist haven in the Strait of Georgia, is requesting that tourists defer non-essential travel to the island.
COVID-19 hasn't stopped this pharmacist from serving her community
Hogg hopes the province will use its powers under the state of emergency to equalize delivery of medications to rural pharmacies to ensure adequate supply in the face of increased demand.
B.C. declares public health emergency and closes schools: Islanders scramble to adapt
BC declares public health emergency and closes schools to deal with newest spike in COVID-19 cases, 12 of which are located on Vancouver Island.
While Quadra Islanders struggle to adapt to the string of new measures
Coronavirus concern finally washes ashore B.C.'s remote islands
No more hugs and handshakes on the Discovery Islands. And the rush for toilet paper is on.
How a rural island community mobilized to solve a seniors housing crisis
Because residents stepped up to build housing on Quadra Island, vulnerable seniors won't have to leave their community.
Greenpeace founder says overconsuming is in our DNA
Humans are just following evolutionary imperative as they drive the global climate crisis, says noted environmentalist Rex Weyler.
Missing Miles: Body of young man who disappeared on Cortes Island found
A month to the day he went missing, a young man’s body was brought out the woods on Cortes Island and home to his family.
A craft brewery of marijuana: inside a cannabis info session
Marijuana has long been part of the cultural landscape on Quadra but, the island is only now taking its first steps toward legal commercial production.
Missing Miles: a young man vanished on Cortes Island. The community mobilized to find him.
The family of Miles Meester, a young man who vanished on Cortes Island on February 6, are determined to find him and organizing intensive searches for their loved one with the help of their community.
Government gets flak over B.C. Ferries
The B.C. government is looking for input from ferry dependent residents in the Discovery Islands about B.C. Ferries' future. But a Quadra Island mom of four says it's a "clustermuck" to get her family off island in the summer and things need to change now.
Tzeporah Berman: Liberal government is getting the message from voters about climate change
Ottawa is getting the message voters want climate change to be a priority, environmentalist Tzeporah Berman told 500 attendees on a Zoom call hosted by National Observer last week.