COVID-19
As Death Strikes Coastal First Nations, Communities Talk of "Thwarted" Attempts to Protect Themselves
Only Alert Bay has been allowed to lock down— but their mayor had to catch the virus first
Tori Marlan is an Investigative Reporter. She is a generalist based in Victoria, and she speaks English. She has worked in print, digital, audio, and comics journalism. Her work has been featured by many outlets in Canada and the US, including The Walrus Magazine, The Atavist Magazine, BuzzFeed News, The Seattle Times, the Texas Observer, Pacific Standard, The Marshall Project, and The Appeal. She has also contributed to CBC Radio’s The Doc Project, This American Life, Weekend America, and the Tablet Magazine podcast Vox Tablet. In 2006, she received a fellowship from the Alicia Patterson Foundation to write about detained child immigrants in the US. She was previously a staff writer for the Chicago Reader, specializing in immersion journalism. Her favourite kind of stories hold those in power to account, explore the real-world effects of policies, and illuminate subcultures. She also likes to profile fascinating people you’ve never heard of. She is a member of the Canadian Association of Journalists. Tori has recently won awards from the National Newspaper Awards (2021) and the Canadian Association of Journalists (2020 and 2021) among others. You can contact Tori on Twitter @torimarlan. She is now a reporter with the Investigative Journalism Foundation.
Only Alert Bay has been allowed to lock down— but their mayor had to catch the virus first
After arriving from Turkey earlier this week, local woman tells The Capital she encountered no measures whatsoever to enforce self-isolation
Denied a federal closure of the border, BC officials have instead pushed to unilaterally sever Vancouver Island’s transportation links with Washington
