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The pandemic has hit TransLink hard, with sharply declining parking and fuel taxes and lower fare revenue.
In its budget presentation to the board in December, TransLink declared: In developing the 2021 budget, TransLink s paramount focus is on cost efficiences and cost reductions while also delivering the service and commitments to the region.
But one of the regional transportation s budget-cutting measures the elimination of some bus stops has run into opposition from transit users.
When nearly one-third of the bus stops along the Macdonald Number 2 route were eliminated last year, more than 100 people declared their opposition to this.
B.C. strengthens mask rules for middle, high school students and K-12 staff
An empty classroom is pictured at Eric Hamber Secondary school in Vancouver, B.C. Monday, March 23, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward February 04, 2021 - 1:20 PM
VICTORIA - British Columbia s education minister said safety protocols must evolve alongside the COVID-19 pandemic as she announced an expansion of mask requirements in schools.
Jennifer Whiteside said Thursday that students in middle and secondary school and staff for kindergarten through Grade 12 will be required to wear non-medical masks in all indoor areas of the school, including while in their learning groups.
The exceptions will be when they are sitting or standing at their desk or work station in a classroom, when there is a barrier in place or when they are eating or drinking, she said.
Within the Vancouver School Board, Sir James Douglas Annex is reporting a new exposure on December 7, Champlain Heights Community Elementary is reporting one on December 3 and 4, and Eric Hamber Secondary is reporting one on December 1 and 2.
The private West Coast Christian School is also reporting an exposure on December 7.
Exposures occur when someone attends school while infectious. Contact tracers get in touch with their close contacts directly, and anyone who does not receive a phone call can still go to school as usual.
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