March 31, 2021 - 1:30 PM Given increased COVID-19 cases, an uptick in interest by skiers from outside the region and the unauthorized partying at a Big White restaurant earlier this week, the resort has decided to close on Monday, April 5 rather than April 11. “We made the decision to stay open until April 11 back in June of last year,” Peter Plimmer, president and CEO of Big White Ski Resort Ltd. said in a news release. “Since then, a lot has changed. In the past week, even more has changed.” With Whistler and Blackcomb being ordered to close on Monday and other ski hills scheduled to close April 5, there’s been increased interest from Lower Mainland residents trying to book rooms and lift tickets at Big White, the release states.
VANCOUVER A three-week circuit breaker imposed by the province means a popular B.C. ski resort was effectively closed early this year, and two other resorts have decided to close early for pandemic-related reasons as well. In a post on its website, Revelstoke Mountain Resort said Wednesday that the early end to its 2020-21 season is attributed to COVID-19 circumstances. Vice-president of operations Peter Nielsen thanked those who d followed safety protocols during the shortened season, allowing the hill to stay open as long as it did. The public is reminded that access to the mountain is prohibited when the resort is closed.
Image Credit: Submitted/Interior Health April 01, 2021 - 2:57 PM To date, there have been 70 cases of COVID variants of concern in the Interior Health region but, eventually, all cases are likely to be variants, according to Interior Health’s chief medical health officer Dr. Albert de Villiers. “From what we’ve heard from the United Kingdom and other countries is, eventually the variants will take over,” he said during a news briefing today, April 1. “It will be more than the regular COVID.” He noted the original COVID-19 was the Wuhan variant in China but that’s not what’s been predominant in Canada.
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