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Premier John Horgan: We’re flattening the curve

Premier John Horgan: We’re flattening the curve

Premier John Horgan says people in British Columbia should congratulate themselves for their efforts to flatten the COVID-19 curve, but it’s still too early to loosen restrictions. Horgan said Wednesday that B.C.
Helps wants B.C. to seize hotel rooms, put homeless people in them

Helps wants B.C. to seize hotel rooms, put homeless people in them

Victoria Mayor Lisa Helps wants the B.C. government to use its emergency powers to requisition empty hotel and motel rooms for people without homes during the COVID-19 outbreak.
Reverse tourism: Don’t visit small towns, Horgan warns

Reverse tourism: Don’t visit small towns, Horgan warns

As the province makes gains in stopping the spread of COVID-19, Premier John Horgan warned against heading to small tourist-based communities, saying it’s still too early.
Canadians on virus-stricken Zaandam cruise ship have privacy breached

Canadians on virus-stricken Zaandam cruise ship have privacy breached

A privacy breach by the federal government has added insult to injury for 247 Canadian passengers who spent weeks in quarantine aboard a beleaguered cruise ship where four people died from COVID-19 and dozens more tested positive.
44 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in B.C., first death reported in Interior Health

44 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in B.C., first death reported in Interior Health

Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry announced 44 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 and three additional deaths on Wednesday. A total of 1,561 people have tested positive for COVID-19, Henry said, and 75 people have died.
Number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in B.C. passes 1,500

Number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in B.C. passes 1,500

The number of positive COVID-19 cases in B.C. has surpassed 1,500, with 27 new cases announced on Tuesday. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said a total of 1,517 people have tested positive for COVID-19.
Elizabeth May explains plane trip to Ottawa for emergency session

Elizabeth May explains plane trip to Ottawa for emergency session

First, there was carpooling. Now, with the COVID-19 pandemic, there’s plane-pooling. Last weekend, members of three Canadian political parties hopped on a government jet to travel to Ottawa to pass emergency economic legislation.
Jack Knox: Don’t be too quick to judge ferry travellers

Jack Knox: Don’t be too quick to judge ferry travellers

We’re at the finger-pointing stage of the pandemic now. That’s the part where we demand to know why our leaders A) didn’t see this coming, or B) saw it coming but failed to react quickly or decisively enough to head it off.
A Victoria artist’s homage to Dr. Bonnie Henry

A Victoria artist’s homage to Dr. Bonnie Henry

For many British Columbians holing up in their homes, watching COVID-19 spread through seniors’ care homes and communities across the globe, hearing provincial health officer Dr.
Les Leyne: Reality is far beyond what modelling tried to address

Les Leyne: Reality is far beyond what modelling tried to address

A paper Dr. Bonnie Henry co-authored nine years ago illustrates how far beyond the conventional limits in public health thinking COVID-19 has pushed authorities. B.C.