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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 Solicitor General, issued a new order using the extraordinary powers of the Emergency Program Act to prohib...

B.C.'s daily COVID-19 caseloads may be dropping, but positivity rates locally and provincially are still high.  Northern Health's 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 Health is at 3.2 per cent, Vancouver Coastal Health at eight per cent, and Interior Health at 7.7 pe...

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 on flights from India and ­Pakistan. But planes arriving from other heavily infected countries ha...

Posted: April 27, 2021 State of emergency extended to May 11 The Province of British Columbia today (April 27) formally extended the provincial state of emergency, allowing health and emergency management officials to continue to use extraordinary powers under the Emergency Program Act (EPA) to support the province’s COVID-19 pandemic response. The state of emergency is extended through the end of the day on May 11, to allow staff to take the necessary actions to keep British Columbians safe and manage immediate concerns and COVID-19 outbreaks. “With over 1.5 million British Columbians a...

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 unless it’s essential. “Our traffic was already down substantially, but with that additional drop,...