This week on Coast Reporter Radio: Back to some familiar themes, BC Ferries, pemier John Horgan and new Green Leader Sonia Furstenau on election speculation and Dr. Bonnie Henry on reporting COVID case numbers (see below for show notes).
Show notes:
Our story on the announcement about how the safe restart funding will be used to support transit systems and BC Ferries:
https://www.coastreporter.net/news/local-news/bc-ferries-to-get-308-million-in-federal-provincial-funding-1.24205702
John Gleeson’s editorial urging the premier not to trigger an early election:
https://www.coastreporter.net/opinion/editorial/editorial-hold-on-john-1.24204399
Elections BC’s breakdown of possible election dates if the call comes early:
https://elections.bc.ca/docs/EarlyProvincialGeneralElectionDateScenarios-Fall2020.pdf
A story from our sister paper the Powell River Peak on the request for COVID case count information:
https://www.prpeak.com/news/covid-19-outbreak-prompts-powell-river-regional-hospital-district-to-write-letters-1.24203001
The Peak’s latest story on the Tla’amin outbreak:
https://www.prpeak.com/news/community-works-through-covid-19-lockdown-1.24204725
Coast Reporter’s COVID-19 news page:
https://www.coastreporter.net/covid-19
The provincial government website for COVID-19 information and related services and supports:
http://www.gov.bc.ca/covid
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
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
