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British Columbians who travel between health authorities for non-essential reasons could face a $575 fine under a new order now in effect until after the May long weekend, the government announced Friday in a bid limit the spread of COVID-19.
The new order will divide the province into three regional zones, including the Lower Mainland and Fraser Valley, Vancouver Island, and the Northern/Interior regions, said Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth. Police officers will establish checkpoints, similar to the roadblocks set up to catch impaired drivers, on major travel routes such as ferry terminals, Highway 1 into B.C.’s Interior and the Coquihalla Highway.
Ferry workers will be asking if travel between health regions is essential
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B C tourism industry, civil rights groups worried about government s new COVDI-19 travel rules
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