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Donald Grant: Municipalities need to answer the emergency call for more 911 funding

Article content In media interviews, I’ve been asked if the recent gridlock resulting from the high call volumes close to 8,000 calls on June 26 and more than 7,300 calls on June 27, or more than 55 per cent above the daily average in June is just because of an extreme weather event or is a troubling sign of a more systemic problem. It is most certainly the latter. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Donald Grant: Municipalities need to answer the emergency call for more 911 funding Back to video For some time now, there simply have not been enough 911 operators in the system to deal with any significant surge in call volumes caused by major events. The staff that we do have are stretched to the limit, working increasing amounts of overtime, and at times working through their breaks on 12-hour shifts.

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Why Doesn t BC Get Tougher on Stopping Travel?

How New Zealand and some Canadian regions blocked a proven factor in virus spread. Kristina Jenei is a freelance science writer and public health researcher at the School of Population and Public Health at the University of British Columbia. She is currently based in Christchurch, New Zealand. Follow her @kjmeetswrld. SHARES Another batch of YVR arrivals. What would it take to make sure people and the coronavirus stay put? Photo: Shutterstock. At Tuesday’s COVID-19 press briefing, Dr. Bonnie Henry indicated that “unnecessary travel and social gatherings are fueling the fire.” The fire being the third wave of COVID-19 which seems to be propelled by highly transmissible variants of concern. Despite promises to impose stronger measures to curb non-essential movement, Premier Horgan recently said British Columbia would not implement any new travel restrictions at this time. He continued, “I appreciate we want to be like New Zealand, but we ca

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