Ebus operations manager Glen Desjardine (left) joins Kamloops-North Thompson MLA Peter Milobar, Kamloops-South Thompson MLA Todd Stone, Thompson Valley Charters co-owners Roger Nadeau and Ian Nadeau to officially launch the Kamloops to Edmonton service with points in between, beginning Thursday, May 20. The company typically charters the Kamloops Blazers, the Kamloops Storm, the Merritt Centennials and other sports teams and also transports passengers between Rocky Mountaineer rail tours and hotels in Kamloops, though such bus trips are scarce amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Thompson Valley Charters co-owner Roger Nadeau told
KTW his company decided to pivot during the pandemic and fill a need, following Greyhound’s departure from Western Canada in 2016.
Homemade signs and bumper stickers have been seen on vehicles with Alberta licence plates since B.C. health officials first advised people not to travel outside their community early in the COVID-19 pandemic. On April 23, B.C. introduced its strictest travel orders yet, prohibiting people from travelling between three zones, including a combined zone for Vancouver Coastal Health and the Fraser Valley, another for the Northern and Interior health regions and a third for Vancouver Island. Anyone travelling for non-essential reasons could face a $575 fine. The travel restrictions do not prohibit interprovincial travel, which means there are no penalties for Albertans or any out-of-province travellers who come to B.C. unless they cross regional boundaries.
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Some B.C. residents with Alberta licence plates have become creative to avoid confrontation with those who might assume they are disregarding provincial travel restrictions.
Wendy McLellan was out for a walk in her Victoria neighbourhood when she noticed a car with an Alberta licence plate. Beneath the distinctive tag for “Wild Rose Country” was a homemade sign reading, “Hello, I am a B.C. resident.”
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Some B.C. residents with Alberta licence plates have become creative to avoid confrontation with those who might assume they are disregarding provincial travel restrictions.
Wendy McLellan was out for a walk in her Victoria neighbourhood when she noticed a car with an Alberta licence plate. Beneath the distinctive tag for “Wild Rose Country” was a homemade sign reading, “Hello, I am a B.C. resident.”
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Some B.C. residents with Alberta licence plates have become creative to avoid confrontation with those who might assume they are disregarding provincial travel restrictions.
Wendy McLellan was out for a walk in her Victoria neighbourhood when she noticed a car with an Alberta licence plate. Beneath the distinctive tag for “Wild Rose Country” was a homemade sign reading, “Hello, I am a B.C. resident.”
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