With this being the last weekend before Christmas, and one typically full of holiday parties and dinners, Surrey RCMP are out with a warning reminding of the consequences of breaking public health orders.
Cpl Joanie Sidhu says no one is happy straying away from annual family traditions but this is the reality we’re in, reminding you if you’re caught socializing outside your immediate household expect to be slapped with a $230 fine. This includes having anyone over in your yard, garage or deck.
A new poll shows three quarters of Canadians are planning to stay home this Christmas – with half of Canadians planning to spend significantly less over the holidays than they did last year.
The Advantis report also showed close to 40% of Canadians believe 2021 will return to normal.
If you commute over the Fraser you’ll be happy to know a final decision on whether to replace the aging Massey Tunnel with a eight-lane bridge or eight-lane tunnel could finally be made next month.
Meetings between partners, stakeholders and the province set to happen in January – once a decision is made – the public will then be given an estimate of what it it will cost before shovels begin to hit the ground.
Delta Mayor George Harvie says, new bridge, new tunnel…he really doesn’t care, just as long as the 61 year old Massey Tunnel is replaced soon!
Just hours after going live – the BC Recovery Website crashed this morning – leaving thousands of british columbians venting their frustration on social media.
As of today – families who make less than 125-thousand dollars a household can now apply to receive a one-time payment up to a thousand dollars from the government – with singles making less than 62thousand eligible to receive half of that./
The site was so overloaded crashed just after 8:30 this morning – at last report is back up and running.
It appears it was a safer year on Surrey streets!
A new study shows traffic crashes in the city droped by 35 perent compared to last year – ICBC saving more than 103-million as a result of the quieter year.
More people parking their car at home during the pandemic being credited with the dip in crashes – in other good news! icbc saying drivers can expect a 20% drop in premiums starting next spring
British Columbia’s provincial health officer says it’s important to keep gatherings small heading into Christmas. Doctor Bonnie Henry says if we get through this period, we can protect residents in long-term care and can start allowing people to safely start visiting again. She says the vaccine will be a “game-changer” for those residents, who have been particularly hard hit by the pandemic. The province recorded 673 new cases of COVID-19 and 21 more deaths yesterday, while 12-hundred-and-15 health workers have now been vaccinated.
The first week of COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada continues. Next week, Pfizer-BionTech is set to ship another 200-thousand doses to Canada for distribution to 70 injection sites across the country, and increase from the current 14 sites. Health Canada is believed to be close to approving a vaccine candidate from Moderna. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said Canada signed a deal with Moderna to receive up to 168-thousand doses of by the end of December.
Starting today, British Columbians will be able to apply for the BC Recovery Benefit, a one-time, tax-free payment of up to $1,000 for eligible families and single parents, and up to $500 for eligible individuals. People will need to apply to be able to access the money. The application submission section online was still closed as of 7 a.m. Friday. For those who don’t want to apply online, they will have to wait until Dec. 21, when a call center will be available. If all goes according to plan, some people could receive their payment by Christmas, the province said earlier this month. The payment will be directly deposited into bank accounts and the amount varies depending on income. You can find more information on eligibility criteria and application details on the government’s website. and you will have until June 30, 2021 to apply.
The provincial government says the choice of a replacement for the 61-year-old George Massey Tunnel in Metro Vancouver has come down to two options. It says it has received a business case outlining the possibilities of an eight-lane bridge or an eight-lane tunnel to replace the 629-metre, four-lane crossing beneath the Fraser River. The former Liberal government had promised to end daily traffic bottlenecks by building a 10-lane bridge but the N-D-P scrapped the plan after it took office in 2017. The government says in a release that it will review the business case before making a decision, but it did not say when that could happen.
Usually at this time of year a lot of us are making plans to go on diets, start exercising more and eat healthy in the year ahead. But a survey of food-related New Year’s resolutions by Dalhousie
University and Angus Reid finds only 30 per cent of Canadians are making plans to do that — down a whopping 28 per cent from last year. Instead, the survey suggests more Canadians — about 16 per cent — plan to make a donation to a local food bank