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by Lone Sheep Publishing on Tuesday April 27 2021 BC Premier John Horgan said the end of this pandemic is in sight, but the province is not there yet. — BC Government file photo On the same day there was a reported 799 new COVID-19 cases, for a total of 127,048 cases in British Columbia, the BC Government 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 ...

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...

VANCOUVER -- The B.C. government has extended its COVID-19 state of emergency for a 30th time. Under the province's 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 release announcing the latest extension. "The final mile of this pandemic is proving more difficult, ...

by Nelson Daily Staff on Tuesday April 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 proh...

BC’s state of emergency formally extended into May For the 29th time, British Columbia’s record-breaking state of emergency for COVID-19 has been extended for two weeks. The provincial government made the announcement today, which means the state of emergency will remain in effect through the end of the day on May 11. "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," said Premier John Horgan. "I know how hard people have been working to keep others safe. The final m...