Next Veterinary Visit ~ March 25th

The next veterinary visit will be Wednesday, March 25th. 

Apart from current bookings, I will be conforming to current WHO recommendations regarding the Covid-19 pandemic and ask that clients pick up any deliveries from outside the front door and to pay by e-transfer beforehand.

Accounts for currently projected consultations/transactions will be emailed directly on Tuesday. 

I do apologize for the impersonal nature of this notice as you are all special friends but we are in challenging times. The Covid-19 virus is highly contagious and is not exclusively directed at us ‘oldies’ as originally thought. We are still communicable even when asymptomatic!

Dr. Martin Randle 250 436 0045, erskine2814@outlook.com

Pot Gold Coffee Roasting Co. Closed for One Month

To protect our employees and customers we will be closing for four weeks so that they can shelter in place.

When we are able to start up again we will begin with the first available date and continue as usual from then on.  So if your order was due on March 27th or April 13th it will be cancelled and we would try to ship on your next available scheduled date.  We are sorry for the inconvenience but know you understand.

If you have any questions please feel free to call: 

250-246-4944 or email nan@potofgoldcoffee.com

Please Stay Well & Be Safe!!

Nan

Health Notice: Ladysmith - Confirmed Case of COVID-19

https://mailchi.mp/98b8e1364ecb/urgent-confirmed-case-of-covid-19-at-ladysmith-711?e=23e413daeb

Any customers who may have visited the store between March 5 to March 11 are being asked to monitor their health, and contact a healthcare provider at 8-1-1

Please sign up for these notices from Doug Routley if you find them beneficial.

http://dougroutley.ca/contact/

Please stay safe.

Best regards,

Lynne Smith 

CVRD Area G Director

Cancer Canvas Postponement & a Thoughtful Quote for these Times

1.  The annual April Cancer Canvas is postponed until further notice.  

2.  A Thoughtful quote for these Times: 

“And the people stayed home. And read books, and listened, and rested, and exercised, and made art, and played games, and learned new ways of being, and were still. And listened more deeply. Some meditated, some prayed, some danced. Some met their shadows. And the people began to think differently.

And the people healed. And, in the absence of people living in ignorant, dangerous, mindless, and heartless ways, the earth began to heal.

And when the danger passed, and the people joined together again, they grieved their losses, and made new choices, and dreamed new images, and created new ways to live and heal the earth fully, as they had been healed."  

Kitty O'Meara

Take care EVERYONE,

Merry Gooding

Thetis Island Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting

Thetis Island Alcoholics Anonymous meeting on Monday evenings will be cancelled until further notice. There was an excellent article in the New York Times March-11 about the effectiveness of AA. If you are having a problem with alcohol during this pandemic don’t be afraid to reach out.

In love and service

Rodney

NYTArticle: Alcoholics Anonymous vs. Other Approaches: The Evidence Is Now In

An updated review shows it performs better than some other common treatments and is less expensive.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/11/upshot/alcoholics-anonymous-new-evidence.html

Thetis Island Community Church

In following the directives of our health authorities Thetis Island Church will no longer be meeting on Sundays at Pioneer Pacific.

We will continue to pray for the well being of the community and the country. 

Rodney

Fresh Bread Sold Out

Due to the surprisingly high requests for fresh homemade bread (70 loaves in 2 days) I unfortunately have to close until I can replenish my supplies!

I will let everyone know when I am stocked up again.

Thank you Thetis Island for your outstanding support! 

Mindy Thorne

Thank-you, Mindy, for offering this!

Howling Wolf Farm Market

Howling Wolf Farm Market will be closed until further notice. 

Should you have a special need please call 250-246-2650. 

Wishing all our customers, friends, and neighbours the best in these troubled times.

Stay Well

Marylyn & Chris

Free Fugly Soap

Are you in need of a bar of soap?  Continuous hand washing is our #1 tool to keep our little community safe.  It doesn't matter why you need it, if you are low on soap and need a bar of soap to wash your hands, please take ONE free of charge.

Bear in mind these are fugly soap...seconds, maybe they didnt mold well, they may be cut crooked, be an odd shape or be an experimental recipe.   They are unlabelled.  The important thing is they will all clean your hands to help prevent the spread of covid19.  if you need soap please give a fugly bar a home.  

They will be put next to the drop box at the post office on Saturday morning.  I will replenish from time to time as long as I have fuglys.  Thanks to Postmaster Kevin for helping make this happen.

Carol Swann

Thank-you, Carol, for MAKING this happen!

CVRD Updates

News Release - CVRD Administrative Office Closures

17 Mar 2020

https://www.cvrd.bc.ca/DocumentCenter/View/96633/News-Release---Administrative-Office-Closures 

News Release - CVRD Essential Service Deliver

19 Mar 2020

https://www.cvrd.bc.ca/DocumentCenter/View/96638/News-Release---Essential-Service-Delivery

Best regards,

Lynne

Lynne Smith

Director Area G Saltair/Gulf Islands

COWICHAN VALLEY REGIONAL DISTRICT

lynne.smith@cvrd.bc.ca

Food Safety at Jollity Farm

In response to COVID-19 farmers are being especially conscious, by keeping the farmyard & tools clean, buckets disinfected and of course plenty of hand washing.

Meat & processed products for sale, were prepared in a commercial kitchen before the outbreak. They are all safely packaged and frozen.

Your orders will be packed in brown paper bags by healthy folks wearing gloves, labelled, and placed in the Jollity Farm freezer this Saturday.

We will sanitize handles regularly through the day.

Please limit your short stop inside the shop to two people at a time.

E-transfer is accepted.

If you need delivery, please let us know.

Thanks for your support!

info@jollityfarm.ca / 250.416.6736

Capernwray Update

Dear Island Friends,

As you know, things have been moving very quickly with the COVID-19 situation.  We want to take this opportunity to fill you in on what we have been doing in response.

Our Spring Break Conference programmes have been cancelled. The Spring Term of Bible School (Mar 30 - May 7) has been cancelled.

Our students will not be returning (with the exception of a few to collect their belongings).  Only long-term staff are on property at this time.

In order to follow the directives of our health authorities for “social distancing”, we have closed our property to visitors, the general public and groups, and have implemented strict protocols amongst our staff for hygiene, sanitization, and social distancing.  No one has contracted this virus or has shown symptoms.

We applaud the leadership and communication of our governments and health authorities.  We are grateful for this island community, our beautiful province, and the country in which we live and the abundant blessings that many in the world do not have, especially in times like these. 

In this next unique season, we will be looking for creative ways we can continue to reach out, encourage and serve our students, guests and you, our valued community. 

~ The Staff of Capernwray Harbour ~

P.S. we have found the below links helpful in regards to “social distancing”: 

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/b-c-declares-public-health-emergency-with-186-cases-of-covid-19-and-7-deaths-1.5500783 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8x20vBOkGNY

#flattenthecurve