Friday, December 29, 2023

Victoria Viewpoints: December 23-29, 2023




Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Provincial scene for  December 23-29, 2023


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Victoria Times-Colonist                              


Victoria News



    
       
Global          


             
CHEK TV



Miscellaneous


Ottawa Observations: December 23-29, 2023


Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Federal scene for December 23-29, 2023


Hamas/Israel/Gaza 






Ukraine/Russia War           



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Miscellaneous            

More Haida Gwaii Health care staffing issues bring closures into January; Rumours bring Northern Health reply on Doctor's plans in Prince Rupert


Masset and Old Masset residents up again for holiday period closures for Northern Health on Haida Gwaii, an update from the Health Authority yesterday announced plans for the closure of the Northern Haida Gwaii Hospital Emergency Department from Today until January 2nd.


The second closure of the Masset area hospital follows the Christmas period closure for the community  which lasted from December 21 to 25.


On the eastern side of Hecate Strait, the health care challenges for the Health Authority have led to a number of questions posed on the Prince Rupert Specific Social Media page, with aa number of residents concerned about rumours of local Doctors set to close their practices.

While Northern Health notes that it can't confirm or deny any specific plans from local health practitioners, they do outline that notice to patients is required by local physicians.

They also observe that two new doctors are set to arrive in Prince Rupert in 2024, with recruitment of others continuing.


So far the ongoing turmoil for health care on Haida Gwaii and concerns over local service for the Prince Rupert area have not generated any comment from North Coast MLA Jennifer Rice, who is also the Parliamentary Secretary for Rural Health.


The MLA'S year end message to constituents does note of the progress the NDP government has made in the area of health care this past year, though it's likely a correspondence not resonating as hoped on Haida Gwaii this holiday period.

More notes on Health Care across the region can be explored here.

Thursday, December 28, 2023

CityWest awaits break in adverse weather to explore Haida Gwaii sub sea fibre issue and make repairs

A fibre break on the sub sea link between the North Coast and Haida Gwaii
has knocked CityWest services off on the Islands

Haida Gwaii's CityWest customers likely were using other methods to track Santa's sleigh on Sunday, a look outside for a glowing red nose for instance, to keep track of the path to Island communities. 

That as the Prince Rupert based communication company's link from Bonilla Island to Haida Gwaii has seemingly suffered some kind of subsea fibre related incident, leaving the residents originally with reduced internet since December 24th.

The update of this morning, adding to the misery for residents with an advisory that the backup link is now inoperable as well.

The first break in the weather not anticipated until New Year's Eve at earliest,


 The Maintenance and Outages page provides further details related to the outage and CityWest's plans towards resolving the issues.

As they note, Hecate Strait, where the subsea fibre is located and the Islands of Haida Gwaii have been host to Hurricane Force winds and heavy seas since prior to Christmas Eve, with one powerful weather system after another making its way along both sides of the Islands.


Follow the CityWest social media stream and Maintenance and Outages page for updates through the weekend ahead.

More notes related to CityWest can be reviewed here.

Cross posted from the North Coast Review.


Friday, December 22, 2023

Victoria Viewpoints: Thursday-Friday, December 21-22, 2023




Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Provincial scene for  Thursday-Friday, December 21-22, 2023


Globe and Mail 


CBC





Vancouver Sun 



Victoria Times-Colonist                              



Victoria News




    
       
Global          



    
    




             
CHEK TV



Miscellaneous


Ottawa Observation: Thursday-Friday, December 21-22, 2023


Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Federal scene for Thursday-Friday, December 21-22, 2023


Hamas/Israel/Gaza 







CBC






Toronto/Vancouver Star






Global          










Miscellaneous