Rexall Pickup

Hi,

Wondering if anyone could stop in an pick up medicine from Rexall drugs under Doctors office in Chemainus for me.

Give me a call 250-246-2730 today or tomorrow?

Pat Gall

COVID-19 Information

Covid-19 has been in our Health Region since March of 2020 and it was always probable that it would be here on Thetis Island during the past twelve months.

Recently anxiety has ramped up on our island and many people have questions about their risks and safety.  The best source of updated and true information is the BC Centre of Disease Control, the BC CDC. 

http://covid-19.bccdc.ca/

Lots of easily found information can is posted there, such as exposure risks, self-assessment tools, how long isolation lasts, etc.  

VIHA and the BC CDC do not publish locations of private citizens, only of organizations (schools, care homes) and commercial businesses that have had an outbreak.  Some businesses that have had an employee that tested positive from a community contact (not related to their job) will close as an abundance of caution (ie The Dog House Restaurant in Duncan several weeks ago) to deep clean etc., or simply to save money by laying off their employees for a while.  These businesses are not considered a risk and the locations do not appear on the BC CDC website. 

Contact risk is considered to be persons who are within 2 metres of a virus-positive person for longer than 15 minutes without a mask.  If you consider yourself to be at risk because you and a possible COVID-positive person were within close contact for more than 15 minutes and neither of you were taking precautions to protect each other, then you can request to be tested.  Use the self-assessment tool on the BC CDC website to determine if you need to.

The Fire Department will direct you to the best information available for risk reduction.  But the TIVFD will NOT discuss possible cases on Thetis Island, nor would you want us to.  We take the Privacy Act and patient confidentiality very seriously and you can rely upon our members to never discuss with others any of your personal health issues.

Please access the BC CDC website and navigate around it for info that will answer your questions:  http://covid-19.bccdc.ca/  or go to the VIHA website to access another trove of info: https://www.islandhealth.ca/learn-about-health/covid-19/outbreaks-and-exposures

And, did you know that Thetis Island has a Medical Health Officer?  You can call the MHO for the Cowichan Region, Mill Bay to Yellow Point, Thetis and Valdes Islands Dr. Shannon Waters, 250-737-2020 in Duncan.

Fire Chief J. Caldbeck

Valentine's Day Virtual Tea

Join your neighbours for a virtual tea (bring your own tea and biscuit) on Sunday, February 14th at 11 a.m. via a ZOOM meeting.  

This is a chance to say “hi” without a mask on and have a little visit...perhaps even “meet” someone new to our island.  

Email firechief@thetisislandfire.ca before Sunday with the Subject line “Valentine” and I will send you the link to join the event.  

Jeannine

Weather Notification: Significant Snow, Wind, Blowing Snow & Cold

Issued: February 9th, 2021 at 15:30 PST

Weather Event Impacts:

·       Health concerns for the most vulnerable population, due to colder than seasonal weather

·       Freezing pipes and other impacts to infrastructure

·       Power outages possible due to winds and accumulating snow

·       Challenging travel conditions due to snow, and possible blowing snow & freezing rain

·       Increasing avalanche hazard

·       Due to the mild first half of winter and late season arrival of first arctic air, public may be underprepared for sudden change to wintery weather conditions

Timing:

·       Cold event: Tuesday February 9th to Saturday February 13th

·       Wind event: Tuesday February 9th for North and Central Coast spreading to South Coast Wednesday February 10th. Continuing through this weekend. 

·       Coastal Snow event: Friday night February 12th to Monday February 15th  

Key Points:

·       Modified arctic air continues to deepen over coastal BC, priming communities for low elevation snow

·       Coldest temperatures will be Wednesday – Friday with temperatures 5°C to 10 °C below normal

·       High pressure over the BC interior will promote moderate to strong northeasterly outflow winds through mainland fjords and impact portions of Vancouver Island

·       Low temperatures plus wind will produce wind chill values of -10 to -20

·       Periods of light snow Wednesday for South Coast. Chance of snow for southern Vancouver Island Thursday

·       Significant snowfall event likely begins Friday night for entire coastline and continues Saturday

·       Strongest winds, and highest potential for localized blowing snow Friday night – Saturday night for mainland fjords, the Gulf Islands, Victoria, and west coast Vancouver Island

·       The final weather system in this series arrives late this weekend and will likely bring warming temperatures and a messy transition from snow to rain in low-lying areas. Freezing rain is possible during that transition, particularly for inland Vancouver Island valleys, eastern Fraser Valley and Howe Sound

·       Outlook: A gradual return to near-seasonal temperatures will begin February 16. Weather pattern likely to remain active.

Forecast Certainty:

Moderate – regarding the longevity and severity of below seasonal temperatures.

Moderate – Moderate to strong northeasterly outflow winds persist through mainland fjords this week. Transitioning to strong to very strong southeasterly winds associated with the Friday/weekend systems

Low - the amount of snowfall accumulation is uncertain, as is the eventual transition to rain or mix of rain and snow.

For updates, please monitor upcoming weather forecast and possible warnings: 

Weather Warnings: www.weather.gc.ca/warnings/index_e.html?prov=bc    

ECCC Daily Weather Blog: www.avalanche.ca/weather 

Drive BC Road Conditions: www.drivebc.ca

BCHydro Power Outages: www.bchydro.com/safety-outages/power-outages.html

Heading to Bing's Tomorrow, Feb 10

The truck and trailer will be mostly empty so I'd be happy to take your clean and sorted recycling too. (Not doing garbage).

Your stuff will need to be clean and sorted into the different categories handled by Bing's:

- paper and cardboard can be together

- glass

- stretchy plastic eg. shopping bags

- crinkly plastic eg. potato chip bags

- tin cans, milk bottles, plastic bottles etc. Can be together 

If your stuff is mostly sorted before you get to my place it will make it much quicker.

Please bring directly to our place between 10am and 2pm today (Tuesday). The circle driveway will be setup for easy and covid safe sorting / drop off.

I'll be toiling in the general area at a safe distance.

Larger qty of already sorted stuff: directly into trailer

Smaller qty of stuff: place directly into my labelled big blue drums (one for each type of stuff), I will bag together and toss into trailer at the end of the day. 

Jim Moloney

282 North Cove Road

Propane Delivery

Just a reminder we will be delivering propane on Thursday the 11th. 

Please call 250 246 1838 to arrange a delivery.  

Viper Fuels Inc, 3127 Henry Road Chemainus, BC  V0R 1K4

Free

Bunk beds. Natural wood. Good condition. Only one mattress.

Call or text for details  

250-741-6246

Canadian Coast Guard: Clam Bay Navigational Aid Replacements

February 16 – March 02 2021 the Canadian Coast Guard will be replacing four Daybeacon Navigational Aids within Clam Bay and the Cut. Work will be occurring only on weekdays. 

Additional information about this work can be found on the Transport Canada Common Project Search (CPS) registry and search registry number 2900.  

Robin Connelly

Environmental Officer, Regional Office of Environmental Coordination

Fisheries and Oceans Canada - Pacific Region / Government of Canada

9860 West Saanich Road, Sidney, BC

THE MILK RUN... Weekly Reminder!

Stay home, stay safe! Home Delivery every Friday night with pick up from Superstore, Rexall Pharmacy and the 49th. Please confirm your order with us by Thursday at 4pm (email your confirmation code from Superstore).

LOCAL MILK & YOGURT

Accepting orders for local glass bottled milk and artisan yogurt. 

Email for more details - info@jollityfarm.ca

Orders due by Monday at 5pm

LOCAL ORGANIC BREAD & BAKING

Weekly orders for organic bread, baking & pantry supplies from True Grain due by Tuesday at 3pm.

Email us for a list, or select any item from their website and write us with your requests.

Favourites are: multigrain baguette, caraway rye bread, red fife sourdough, cinnamon buns, focaccia bread, heritage grain pastas 

LOCAL, ORGANIC SPROUTS

Keep eating greens through the cold season with a whole range of sprouts & microgreens (order by Tuesday at 3pm).

Favourites are: Sunflower, Sandwich Booster, Wellness Blend, Salad Mix, Radish Blend, Inspiration Mix, Red Cabbage

JOLLITY SAUSAGES & PEPPERONI

Add to your home delivery or Saturday pick up.

Our own pasture-raised pork sausages (4 pack) - Bratwurst or Chorizo Verde

Our own pasture-raised goat pepperoni (3 pack) - Moroccan or Cacciatore

Farmers Noah, Elisabeth & Finn Bond

info@jollityfarm.ca

Sourdough Bread

Is there a baker on the island that would share an amount of germ starter such that I could regularly bake bread aboard? A recipe and instructions would be a welcome bonus.

Text/phone number 250 893 9918

Warm regards, 

Lawrence 

S/V Papillon

TIRRA: Community Welcome Brochure

TIRRA has been producing welcome packages for newcomers for the last 2 years. The package contains many brochures and local information. Included materials such as current phone book, gift certificates from Thetis proprietors, Quarterly samples, Emergency preparedness, Community Plan, Sustainability Guide and various Islands Trust brochures.

It is timely to check with the you, the community, as to whether you have any suggestions. 

The original team collaborated on a welcome brochure which is one of the locally created components: it can be reviewed/viewed on the Community webpage under TIRRA.  During the initial creative process, we found it very difficult to fit as much information on the brochure as we did! So obviously if we add something, we need to remove something. A difficult balance. However, your feedback is important.

Please submit your suggestions for amendments/additions/deletions to tirra@thetisisland.net 

Also, if you have brochures or information you think would be good stand-alone materials for a welcome package, let us know.

Thank you in advance,

The TIRRA Welcome Committee: By the Way!!! We are still looking for one or two people to take this project on moving forward!

Wooden Outside Door Wanted

Looking to buy a cedar or fir entrance door, a window would be great, left opening...with or without frame, we can refurbish/refinish as necessary.

Michael 

2504363080    svstleger@gmail.com