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Please be advised that there may be unplanned Ferry Service disruptions in the future,The emphasis is on may be.The following info.are the reasons for possible disruptions.

1. winter storms 2.outbreaks of covid 19 especially the omicron variant 3. crew off sick.

As a relative newcomer resident to Lasqueti Island (since 2011), I became curious about the history of the 'name' given to the island by twenty-three year old Jose Maria Narvaez, Captain of the Saturnina of the Spanish navy in 1791. There's a concrete monument to 'Lasqueti' in the Squitty Bay Park  that was installed in 1991 by memebers of the community.

In  the early1970's Satoshi Omura was a microbiologist cataloging soil samples looking at various  soil microorganisms. On a golf course south of Tokyo he                    discovered streptomyces.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1cMdXs6wG0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYTfzfsbiUI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vzRMaHCysU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLp7vWB0TeY&list=WL&index=87

I have decided to hoard the rest for the moment. ;-)

Health care workers harassed and demonized at their workplace.

People blocked from attending medical appointments.

Ambulances carrying critically injured patients delayed from reaching hospitals.

Paramedics and nurses leaving their jobs due to stress.

How did we get here?