Restaurants, pubs, businesses, resorts and marinas in the Discovery Islands off the west coast of B.C. are tentatively taking the first steps in expanding services in their communities to locals and tourists alike.

“I feel this is my home because it’s mine…other people have to cart their stuff around place to place.I’ve live here now for six years. I’ve been happy and comfortable here.” says 87-year-old Douglas Butt of his rental unit at Cortes Island Seniors Village, which is expanding its stock of stable, subsidized housing to meet older residents' housing needs.

“It’s hard to process that for first time in my life, I don’t know what I’m going to be doing in the fall, or even next month in June,” said Carihi Secondary School graduate Kailen Crosson about COVID-19's impact on her future.

The B.C. government's announcement that classes will resume on a voluntary, part-time basis June 1 got a range of reactions from Quadra Island parents, with some outright rejecting the idea and others expressing relief.