Share to Feb 17, 2021 12:10 PM Pete McIntyre
A Vernon city councillor is calling for B.C.’s Health Ministry to reconsider its ban on non-food vendors at farmers markets.
Scott Anderson said in a news release, the change made on Jan. 8 to only allow food vendors, which are considered essential, has been “catastrophic” for farmers markets, lowering attendance by both vendors and customers.
Anderson, a former interim leader of the B.C. Conservative Party, will try to get support for his motion from Vernon council at its Feb. 22 meeting.
“This is another example of the discriminatory policies that are killing small businesses, promoting large businesses, and generally distorting the economy in favour of the large chains, while achieving very little to stop the spread of COVID-19,” Anderson said.
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Feb 16, 2021 12:06 AM Russ Byth
Canada’s covid-19 vaccination efforts are expected to get a big boost this week as the federal government prepares for a ramp up in the delivery of shots from Pfizer following a month-long lull. The Public Health Agency of Canada says it expects more than 335-thousand doses to be delivered this week… 400-thousand if they can get 6 doses out of a vial. Pfizer has said it will make good on its promise to deliver a total of 4 million doses by the end of March.
The latest covid-19 update from Big White show just one new case of the virus in the past week for a total of 236 since the cluster outbreak began. Ten are currently active. Of all the cases of COVID-19 linked to this cluster, 149 have resided and/or worked on the mountain.