Jen Heighton News Today

Safe Schools Coalition BC says schools are not a place where children can "manage their own risk" as kids must go to school, unlike a restaurant.

An independent group of health scientists, physicians and teachers is calling on the B.C. government to declare a three-week ‘circuit-breaker’ lockdown to reduce infection rates across schools, businesses and health care systems.

It's been a strange year for teachers and students alike in B.C., who have had to navigate learning in new ways, with new protocols in place, to adhere to COVID-19 safety guidelines.