The numbers were about the same as far as new covid-19 cases go in BC yesterday. Dr. Bonnie Henry reported 469 in the province and 46 in the Interior Health Authority. There were six new deaths from the virus to bring the total to 1,269. An outbreak has been declared at Carrington Place Independent Living in Vernon.
There are more cuts at Canada’s largest airline as the downturn in air travel continues. Air Canada says it has informed 15-hundred employees that they will be laid off, as will a number of managers. Among the latest route cuts are Vancouver to Seattle, Tokyo and London, England. Air Canada has cut its workforce in half, from roughly 40,000 people before the pandemic to about 20,000.