Coast Reporter Radio: Siren salutes and ferry cuts

This week on Coast Reporter Radio: Siren salutes, ferry cutbacks, and a quick update on whether local governments will have to follow Vancouver and other municipalities across the province in laying off employees (see below for show notes).

Show Notes:

Our story about the COVID related ferry service cuts:

https://www.coastreporter.net/news/local-news/bc-ferries-announces-service-rollbacks-1.24112209

Our story about Zoom and local government meetings:

https://www.coastreporter.net/news/local-news/scrd-sechelt-confident-zoom-is-a-secure-platform-for-meetings-1.24112288

Our story about the “siren salute” at Sechelt Hospital:

https://www.coastreporter.net/news/local-news/siren-salute-for-coast-responders-1.24111141

Coast Reporter’s COVID-19 news page:

https://www.coastreporter.net/covid-19

The BC Centre for Disease Control’s COVID-19 resources page:

http://www.bccdc.ca/health-info/diseases-conditions/covid-19?utm_campaign=20200311_GCPE_AM_COVID_2_NOTIFICATION_BCGOV_BCGOV_EN_BC__NOTIFICATION

The provincial website for non-health related information and services:

https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/safety/emergency-preparedness-response-recovery/covid-19-provincial-support

Our local governments have also launched dedicated pages:

Sechelt:

https://sechelt.ca/Live/COVID-19-Municipal-Updates

Gibsons:

https://gibsons.ca/community/community-resources/covid-19/

Sunshine Coast Regional District:

https://www.scrd.ca/covid-19-updates