On February 8, 2026, our team continued delivering consistent progress across news publishing, directory updates, client site maintenance, listings management, and internal coordination. Below is a consolidated summary of activities completed by each team member.
Nolan – News Publishing & Client Site Support
published multiple timely news articles on All About Durham, covering public health alerts and extreme weather updates affecting the Durham Region.
In addition, Nolan completed client-side content edits across 35 live websites, ensuring accuracy and consistency.
Amela – Design Skill Development
Amela focused on skill development by learning the fundamentals of Canva design.
She studied layout structure, spacing, typography, and social media post formatting. As part of hands-on practice, she created a 4:5 Instagram post, reinforcing concepts such as canvas sizing, alignment, and text placement. The emphasis of the task was on understanding design principles rather than producing a final branded asset.
Maria – AI Prompting & Schema Learning
Maria completed structured learning on effective AI prompting, focusing on the 5-step prompt framework (Task, Context, References, Evaluate, Iterate). She applied these concepts to practical use cases, gaining a clearer understanding of personas, formatting, and iteration for real-world workflows. She also worked on Schema Pro video-related learning to support future structured data implementations.
Maya – Durham Directory Data Collection
Maya worked on enhancing the Durham Directory by identifying and verifying business locations using Google Search and Maps. She organized accurate business information into a Google Spreadsheet, ensuring addresses were correctly formatted into standardized fields such as mailing lines, city, province, and postal code.
Approximately 33 business listings had missing details collected (work in progress).
She also attended coordination meetings with Alan and Nancy regarding Category Insights and Loom Narrative preparation, and a progress review meeting with Ben.
Sophia – Durham Directory Publishing
Sophia actively updated the Durham Directory by researching and verifying key locations across Durham Region. Using validated data, she successfully added 39 places to the live directory and ensured each listing included clear and relevant descriptions to improve usability.
Live site worked on:
https://durhamdirectory.com/
She also added 44 places to the supporting Google Sheet and participated in a progress review meeting with Ben.
Riya – Business Listings & Bulk Uploads
Riya published a large batch of barbershop listings and supermarket listings using bulk upload processes. Each listing included images, locations, and updated details.
Categories completed included:
- Multiple barber shops across Aruba
- Supermarket category finalized and uploaded
Live data was managed via Google Sheets to support bulk listing uploads. Riya also attended a progress check-in meeting with Ben.
Jake – Obituaries, News & Reporting
Jake monitored multiple funeral home sources to identify new obituary postings and updates. His publishing work included:
- Posted 5 new Durham obituaries
- Updated 1 Durham obituary
- Posted 10 Ontario obituaries
- Posted 5 British Columbia obituaries
All content was published on:
https://canadianobituaries.com/
Additionally, Jake:
- Published 5 Aruba News articles and edited 102 news posts on
https://arubanews.ca/ - Created and published the All Staff Task Summary (February 7, 2026) on
https://allaboutwebservices.com/ - Attended a progress review meeting with Ben
Alan – Listings Management, Site Updates & Team Support
Alan managed and updated incoming listing requests across multiple platforms:
- Reserved and processed 83 estate sale listings, adding 6 new listings on
https://durhamestatesales.com/ - Reserved and processed 56 power of sale listings, adding 4 new listings on
https://durhampowerofsale.com/
Alan also:
- Added 14 events to the BFO Durham website using an events plugin
- Provided mentorship and task guidance to Maya on Category Insights and narrative preparation
- Attended a progress review meeting with Ben
