Teck creates fund to help with COVID-19
VANCOUVER, BC, April 16, 2020: Teck Resources Limited (“Teck”) today announced the creation of a $20-million fund to support COVID-19 response and future recovery efforts. This funding will go to support critical social initiatives and increased healthcare capacity, including procuring one million masks to be donated for ...
Op/Ed: ICBC should lower rates during COVID-19
As British Columbians are bludgeoned by the COVID-19 pandemic, the government should do all it can to ease the financial burden caused by the virus and the ongoing economic lock down. That includes lowering our mandatory ICBC auto insurance rates. While other Canadian auto insurance companies are reducing rates for drivers and...
Temporary reduction of service at Nelway, Cascade, Rykerts border crossings
The Canadian Border Security Agency (CBSA) will temporarily reduce hours at some if its border crossings, including three in BC. The decision, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, will see as many as 27 locations crossings reduce hours. Border crossings at Nelway, on Highway 6 south of Salmo, Cascade near Christina Lake and...
Op/Ed: Dairy Farmers of Canada take issue with Fraser Institute take on supply management
Re: Supply management impedes supermarkets from keeping pace with demand, Fraser Institute, April 3, 2020 Evidently there’s something about the phrase “unprecedented global pandemic” that the Fraser Institute and authors Jake Fuss and Alex Whalen choose to ignore. To suggest that we should abandon supply management on a whim...
Local face shield production expanded
Austin Innovation is scaling the production of medical face shields from their lab in Trail, BC as a stopgap measure to meet the demand for COVID-19-specific personal protective equipment (PPE). The new entity, located in the lower level of Austin Engineering, is part of the collaborative team manufacturing PPE for the medical...
BC Parks closing all provincial parks due to COVID-19
BC Parks is immediately closing all provincial parks in response to the widespread call for increased action to address COVID-19. The closure responds to both the federal and provincial directives that people should stay close to home to reduce COVID-19 transmission risk. This temporary measure means people should not be going...
Early prohibition of fires, fireworks throughout BC: UPDATED
In addition to the earlier announcement of an early burning ban across the province to begin on April 16, the province has issued open burning restrictions for all High Smoke Sensitivity Zones across the province until Wednesday, April 15, 2020. These restrictions are directly in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the...
Supply management impedes supermarkets from keeping pace with demand
By Jake Fuss and Alex Whalen, The Fraser Institute If you’ve gone to the supermarket recently, you might have noticed that several items are in short supply. As concerns mount over the COVID-19 pandemic, global supply chains have been challenged to keep up with increased demand for products such as toilet paper and hand...
Help for small businesses comes through in tough times
Kootenay businesses may be seeing wolves at the door instead of customers as the COVID-19 continues to spread and keep people at home. But there is help available through organizations such as Community Futures Central Kootenay, a pipeline of information and support during these desperate, disparate and distancing times. The...
The Nelson Daily encourages community support of local business during COVID-19
During these challenging times, The Nelson Daily and The Daily Dose would like to share our deepest gratitude to our front line healthcare professionals and to our beloved and resilient business community. May you continue to inspire local pride, we are proud and support you. Developing opportunities for making and supporting...
