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Image Credit: SUBMITTED/Province of B.C. April 30, 2021 - 11:13 AM Road checks set up to stop non-essential travel between the Interior Health region and the Lower Mainland will only question the reason the driver is making the trip. Passengers will not be questioned Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General Mike Farnworth said during a news briefing today, April 30, but he did not give a clear explanation as to why not. “The order was constructed on the basis of lega...

by Trail Champion on Wednesday April 28 2021 Lockdown protests are causing fault lines in some communities. "On April 23, at 12:10 p.m., Trail and Greater District RCMP received a report of an organized outdoor event located at the Creekside Park located on Columbia Gardens Road in Fruitvale," Wicentowich said. "Trail RCMP observed a female speaker using a microphone to talk to an allegedly unmasked crowd of approximately 40 people. There was also a small group of pr...

by Nelson Daily Staff on Tuesday Apr 27 2021 MP Rob Morrison said the National Police Federation has been hearing loud and clear from a growing number of RCMP members asking to oppose this order. Not everyone supports the recent implementation of lockdown measures recently introduced to the public by the BC Provincial Government. Friday, on the advice of Dr. Bonnie Henry, B.C.’s provincial health officer (PHO), Mike Farnworth, Minister of Public Safety and Solicit...

B.C.s daily COVID-19 caseloads may be dropping, but positivity rates locally and provincially are still high.  Northern Healths seven-day moving average for a lab-confirmed detection of the virus is currently marked at 11.8 per cent, according to data from the BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC). The regional authority shares that same number with Fraser Health, per the latest rate calculation on Monday (April 26), while B.C. collectively sits at 9.4 per cent. In comparison, Island Hea...

Management Bulletin 21-08 Early Learning and Care Division Subject: Guidance Regarding the Extension of Temporary Emergency Childcare Services, Enrolling New Families in Temporary Emergency Childcare, Transition into Ongoing Childcare Services, and Assessment of Family Fees for Essential Workers and At-risk Populations Number: 21-08 Expires: June 30, 2022, unless rescinded sooner Authority: Senate Bill 117 (Chapter 3, Statutes of 2020); Executive Order N-33-20; Executive Order N-45-20; Exec...

by Boundary Sentinel on Tuesday April 27 2021 Christina Lake residents can now begin cleanup and assess damage from flooding. — RDKB photo The Regional District of Kootenay Boundary (RDKB) Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) lifted evacuation orders for three homes in the Fife Road area on the east side of Christina Lake this afternoon. Residents have been out of their homes since the early morning hours of April 25 when debris blocking a creek at higher elevation ga...

That was hardly surprising, since India is in the midst of a major outbreak, with up to 350,000 cases reported daily. India might also be the source of a new coronavirus variant. Over the same period, flights arrived in ­Vancouver from Amsterdam, Dallas, Mexico City, San Francisco, and Seattle, all with infected travellers aboard. And numerous flights arrived from cities elsewhere in Canada. Bowing to pressure from the provinces, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has ordered a month-long ban...

BC Ferries traffic dips as travellers heed non-essential ban  SHARE ON: BC Ferries vessel photo by Troy Landreville, Vista Radio So far, so good for BC Ferries when it comes to the provincial health order banning non-essential travel. BC Ferries reported a 32 percent dip in passengers and 25 percent reduction in vehicles across its fleet last weekend, compared to the previous one. Spokesperson Deborah Marshall says people seem to be getting the message to stay on, and off, Vancouver Island un...

That was hardly surprising, since India is in the midst of a major outbreak, with up to 350,000 cases reported daily. India might also be the source of a new coronavirus variant. Over the same period, flights arrived in ­Vancouver from Amsterdam, Dallas, Mexico City, San Francisco, and Seattle, all with infected travellers aboard. And numerous flights arrived from cities elsewhere in Canada. Bowing to pressure from the provinces, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has ordered a month-long ban...

VANCOUVER -- The B.C. government has extended its COVID-19 state of emergency for a 30th time. Under the provinces Emergency Program Act, states of emergency can only be prolonged for two weeks at a time. British Columbia has now been under a state of emergency for 58 weeks. “With over 1.5 million British Columbians already vaccinated and tens of thousands more joining them each day, the end of this pandemic is in sight. But we’re not there yet,” Premier John Horgan said in a news rel...