Coronavirus (COVID-19) Local News

Authorities in Tofino have asked visitors to postpone any imminent trips to their town in response to the COVID-19 outbreak.

Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry announced 45 new cases of COVID-19 in B.C., bringing the total number of cases to 231.

B.C.’s Land Title and Survey Authority is limiting access to its offices to its employees, direct access pass holders and registry agents until further notice. Front counters will be closed.

Christ Church Cathedral in Victoria will be the only Anglican church to welcome the faithful on Vancouver Island for the next 60 days. Bishop Logan McMenamie of the Anglican Diocese of B.C.

Island businesses are handling the COVID-19 outbreak in variety of ways . Some are remaining open, many are closing, some have scaled backed hours, some are trying to continue operating through online transactions.

Local real estate agents are adopting safety measures as a new market report anticipates sales will drop this spring and early summer as COVID-19 takes its economic toll.

As people follow doctors’ orders to stay home, those who depend on donated blood — and public- health officials — are urging donors to keep giving. Caroline Lennox has a compromised immune system, making her more vulnerable to COVID-19.

Stuck in northern Italy, here’s what Daria Dosselli has to say to her fellow Victorians: Take COVID-19 seriously now, before it’s too late. As it is, we have a chance to learn from Italy’s experience. “It’s early,” she says.

Business groups in Victoria have asked the federal and provincial governments for immediate relief from what could be crippling payments during the COVID-19 outbreak.

Premier John Horgan was more interested Tuesday in pressing Ottawa for action on the economic response to the pandemic than showing his own hand.