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The Intrepid Theatre Company is hoping to turn adversity into an opportunity as they take their annual UNO Festival online for the first time, April 27 to May 9.

Update: The Kirkhams are being flown back to sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ on flights chartered by Holland America. They expect to return to Victoria at 9:40 Friday night. Finally, some good news for the Vancouver Islanders stranded aboard a pair of cruise ships.

Donate online at RapidReliefFund.ca . More options below. As I write this, we’re about $600,000 shy of our next million, our fourth million, in this amazing drive to provide help through the Rapid Relief Fund.

A trio of three social agencies are collecting camping gear for homeless people who need to self-isolate.

New programs developed in collaboration with the Island Coastal Economic Trust, Tourism Vancouver Island and the Innovation Island Technology Association will soon be available to help mid- and north-Island businesses adversely affected by the COVID-

With an eye on sustaining the Salt Spring Island community through the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting economic chaos, farms and businesses on the island have formed the Business and Farm Response and Recovery Task Force.

The Nanaimo Foundation and the Tom Harris Community Foundation have contributed $150,000 to launch the Community Response Fund for emergency relief during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Two senior citizens in hospital on Vancouver Island have died of COVID-19, the Island’s first deaths related to the global pandemic. sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ provincial health officer Dr.

Butchart Gardens is temporarily closed because of the coronavirus outbreak. Due to an error by the sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½, an advertisement indicating that Butchart Gardens was open appeared on the front page of the Thursday sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½.

Last week, I went to the local pharmacy to refill my Symbicort prescription — it’s an inhaler for asthma. When I arrived, I was told none were available. Luckily, I found a drugstore that had just one left, and hurried over to get it.