PETERS – It’s time to consider tailoring our pandemic restrictions by region

Posted on September 26, 2020 in Local Voices, Peters // 0 Comments

Dr. Bonnie Henry. (Image: Govt of BC)

YOU’VE HEARD Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry say it repeatedly: COVID-19 is in every region of B.C.

She could very well have said, “There are tall buildings in every region of B.C.”

Technically, yes, but we know very well where most of the tall buildings are congregated.

The disparity between the Lower Mainland and the rest of British Columbia when it comes to COVID-19 is almost as stark as the political disparity between urban and rural B.C.

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James Peters is the radio anchor at CFJC, coming to Kamloops in 2006. He anchors the afternoon news on B-100 and 98.3 CIFM, and contributes weekly editorials to the CFJC Evening News. He tweets regularly @Jamloops.

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