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VANCOUVER -- The latest public health order issued in British Columbia left some people with questions. As of Friday, residents of the province are asked not to travel outside of their region for non-essential purposes. The regions, for the purpose of this order, are Lower Mainland-Fraser Valley, Northern-Interior and Vancouver Island.  Those caught breaking the rules can be fined up to $575, Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth announced Friday. These rules are in effect until midnight on May 25, and include all travel considered non-essential. But many have asked what actually is co...

Under the orders of Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry, the Ministry of Public Safety has defined boundaries that cannot be crossed unless for an essential reason, such as for work, for school, medical reasons or to get to a primary residence. The Interior Health and Northern Health regions have been combined as one, as have the Fraser Health and Vancouver Coastal Health regions. Vancouver Island Health will remain its own region. For most Interior residents not travelling to the Lower Mainland, not much is likely to change. The Northern Health and Interior Health regions have b...

BC announces details on travel restrictions that split province into 3 regions The Government of British Columbia has outlined the details of the travel restrictions that are officially in effect as of this morning. Mike Farnworth, minister of public safety and solicitor general, confirmed what’s been discussed for much of the week about restricting non-essential travel into or out of all health authority regions in BC. However, there’s a bit of a twist, as Vancouver Coastal Health and Fraser Health will be considered one region for these restrictions, as will Interior Health and Northern...

Under the order, Vancouver Coastal Health and Fraser Health are considered one region, Northern and Interior Health are one region, and Island Health is the third region. The order also includes non-essential travellers from outside the province. The order, under the Emergency Program Act, will remain in place until after the long weekend ending May 25, said Farnworth. Legislation is expected to be introduced in coming weeks to strengthen debt-collection measures. “While this new legal order targets those who are travelling across regional zones for recreational purposes, the advice from [p...

Posted: April 23, 2021 Regional zone travel restrictions enacted to May 25 The B.C. government this morning introduced travel restrictions that limit non-essential travel in the province as a means to limit the spread of COVID-19. On the advice of Dr. Bonnie Henry, B.C.’s provincial health officer (PHO), Mike Farnworth, Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General, has issued a new order using the extraordinary powers of the Emergency Program Act to prohibit non-essential travel between three regional zones in the province, using health authority boundaries. The regional zones are: Vanc...