This is the hardest message I’ve ever had to share.
We lost mom yesterday. 💔
There are not enough words to explain how much I miss her and wish I could turn back time.
For those blessed enough to know her, you understand why.
♥️🙏♥️
Ti amo mamma con tutto il mio cuore.
For anyone demanding proof
#BC
’s top doctor DOES wear a mask when she’s not giving us updates in front of a camera, here’s a vacation shot of Dr. Bonnie Henry.
Not sharing where because, even with the mask, she’s still pretty easy to spot (but it is in BC).
#COVID19
@NEWS1130
To all respiratory therapists called in to cover shifts for overwhelmed and burnt out colleagues at hospitals in
#BC
’s
#COVID19
hot spots, thank you for taking care of countless patients now on ventilators.
Praying for their full recovery and the safety of all health workers. 🙏
Thanks Doug!
I got scooped on my own news today, but really happy to be moving back after 20+ years in
#Vancouver
.
Forgot to ask one important question before I signed the paperwork.
Will
#Kamloops
have a
#Chipotle
before Christmas?
Covering the pandemic, I’ve received a couple of nasty emails about being “harsh” during media briefings.
The latest is from someone upset I dared to ask why a ski resort with nearly 600
#COVID19
cases can stay open.
Time to blare
@springsteen
♥️🎼♥️
Rail traffic through the
#FraserCanyon
also impacted by
#BCStorm
.
@CNRailway
crews are now assessing possible damage to tracks.
This image of a derailment near
#BostonBar
was shared anonymously with me.
I have permission to share this photo of the tomatoes my dad picked this morning.
🍅 🍅
They weighed in at nearly 2lbs each!
He says the picture makes them look too small.
Hmmm... Nope!
#Kamloops
#summer
#garden
For anyone thinking the
#Coquihalla
will re-open soon, this damage is not something you can repair in a few days and you don’t need to be an engineer to figure that out, so please stop asking
@DriveBC
for updates on when that route might be drivable again. 🙈
#bcpoli
This is the
#Coquihalla
#BCHwy5
at Juliet
Via
@DriveBC
- closed between
#HopeBC
and
#Merrit
due to mudslide at Exit 202 (11 km south of Great Bear Snowshed). Assessment in progress. Estimated time of opening not available. Detour not available.
Not sure I want to see a new joint statement which does NOT contain detailed data explaining exactly why schools in
#COVID19
hot zones (with or without variant cases) are staying open —if indoor dining is banned for at least three weeks across the entire province.
#bcpoli
#bced
I suspect we'll be getting new
#COVID19
case numbers on Monday and unfortunately we are likely to see more than 2000 cases (again) over two days. Keep an eye on hospitalizations and ICU numbers.
#bcpoli
The Delta variant continues to pose a risk for unvaccinated individuals of any age: children comprise 20% of new COVID-19 cases across the U.S. Nearly a third of all new cases can be traced to Texas and Florida, where Republican governors oppose mask mandates.
"Go the HELL home!"
That message from
#Vancouver
Mayor
@kennedystewart
to anti-vaccine protesters holding loud and disruptive demonstrations outside various hospitals this afternoon.
More reaction coming from him at 3:30pm on
@NEWS1130
So when someone suggests you should still go to the nearest ER if you need urgent care in
#BC
, how many will choose to stay home to avoid being exposed to
#COVID19
?
#bcpoli
@CBCKamloops
Heartbreaking testimony from brothers who survived the
#BushCreekEast
fire in the
#NorthShuswap
.
Kukpi7 James Tomma, Rocky Tomma and Ronnie Tomma stayed behind Friday to try to save their Skwlāx te Secwepemcúl̓ecw homes.
They had to be rescued from under the
#Squilax
bridge.
#BC
has recorded a nearly 200% jump in people booking appointments to get vaccinated against
#COVID19
.
This, only 2 days after we learned proof of immunity will soon be required if you want to go to a concert, hockey game or eat inside a restaurant.
#bcpoli
#VaccinePassports
The fact we’re constantly being told NOT to spend time —or share air— with other people indoors makes me wonder why authorities in
#BC
are reluctant to say that’s because
#COVID19
is airborne?
"This government is really adopting a reactive, wait and see approach... let's be proactive... and put a plan together that will protect those children."
@SoniaFurstenau
re: demands for mask mandates in all
#BC
schools to stop the spread of
#COVID19
this fall.
#bced
@NEWS1130
The truth hurts.
#COVID19
I laughed so hard when I read this, I snorted.
#NewsRadio
was one of my favourite shows and I don’t think I can ever watch it again. 🙈
"I don’t want your money right now, I want you to go home, be safe and stay healthy." A Nelson restaurant owner decided to shut down his patio this long weekend because of some pushy customers flouting COVID-19 rules
@DrBirinderSingh
Not ego.
Tangible and warranted fear.
July 1st was too soon to relax the mask mandate when we all knew the
#DeltaVariant
had already taken hold in
#BC
.
I also heard
@adriandix
say —more than once— no one should be gathering indoors in
#BC
, except for people within your immediate household, so does that include schools and if not, why?
#bcpoli
#bced
#COVID19
Catching up on
@adriandix
interview with
@CBCEarlyEdition
this morning. Took a very clear shot at all the people who spent the long weekend in Tofino (which is reportedly very busy): “Traveling to enjoy the beach in Tofino isn’t essential right now."
.
@adriandix
Key question today.
This positive test was confirmed on December 19th, but details not made public until December 27th.
Why did it take more than a week to tell British Columbians this highly contagious and still deadly strain is here?
#bcpoli
To all the
#COVID19
deniers and rule breakers, this man’s pain is real and his loss is significant.
Thank you Dr. Zakaria for this much-needed reminder this pandemic is far from over. 🙏🏽
The latest modelling from the federal government shows Canada is still on track for a “rapid growth trajectory” in COVID-19 cases by the end of this year
#cdnpoli
Would be great if frontline workers flagging concerns about the airborne transmission of
#COVID19
since the early days of the pandemic didn’t need permission from authorities to openly talk about their findings.
Thanks
@PennyDaflos
for finding someone willing to poke the bear.
Stubborn reluctance by BC to act on preventing airborne transmission has enabled the virus spread. Public Health and BCCDC need to change guidance now.
For the record:
If you are not yet vaccinated against COVID-19, you are not welcome in my home.
I love my family and will do everything in my power to keep us safe.
As Omicron picks up speed across British Columbia, Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry is urging people to keep their holiday gatherings small.
#covid19bc
.
@AndreaWoo
The only thing positive about this article is it proves I’m not the only reporter desperately trying to access basic information which
@VCHhealthcare
refuses to share re: numerous cases of a variant
#COVID19
strain in
#Whistler
.
#bcpoli
Premier John Horgan, Health Minister Adrian Dix and Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry to announce
#COVID19
proof of vaccination requirements at 1pm Monday.
Expect records to be accessible for seniors and others who can’t download apps on their phones.
#bcpoli
#cdnpoli
Now that
#BC
's top doctor reversed a controversial decision re:
#COVID19
notices in schools, some still demanding more transparency.
Safe Schools Coalition BC has filed
#FOI
requests with more than 50% of 60 districts.
Members want ALL exposures reported weekly.
#bced
@NEWS1130
As much as I miss live music, missing it is a sacrifice I’m willing to keep making when I consider how many people are dying every day in
#BC
.
To even consider lifting restrictions when so many lives are being lost is heartless, heartbreaking and infuriating.
😢💔😡
Premier, it’s not just Dr. Henry at risk.
I spoke with a tearful frontline health worker last night who says insane anti-vaxxers are now calling hospital staff, yelling at them and making threats.
I told her to record all their phone numbers and report these CRIMINALS to police.
I’m grateful for Dr. Henry’s advice and the leadership she’s provided for all British Columbians to get through this global pandemic.
There is absolutely no place for the threats or personal attacks she has faced.
After more than 30 years of nail-biter trips up and down the
#Coquihalla
, grateful to report I survived my first crash.
It was a doozy that had me thinking, “So this is how it ends.”
.
@mikefarnworthbc
NOT mincing words as he voices disgust with prominent
#BC
couple ticketed for accessing
#COVID19
vaccines in
#Yukon
.
"I can't believe I've ever seen or heard of such a despicable, disgusting sense of entitlement and lack of a moral compass."
#bcpoli
@NEWS1130
Most deadly
#COVID19
outbreak in
#BC
since the pandemic started and NO one from
@VCHhealthcare
or Little Mountain Place will talk about it.
My wish for 2021 is for every authority and governor who claims they are being transparent to look that word up before 3pm Monday.
#bcpoli
Thirty-eight residents have died from COVID-19 at Vancouver's Little Mountain Place since an outbreak was declared. In the Dec. 29 Zoom update, the staggering number of infections among staff and residents was attributed to a "perfect storm" of factors
Hollyburn Country Club in West Van sent an email saying it would be offering AstraZeneca to its members at an exclusive clinic.
That clinic has now been shut down and the pharmacy offering the doses will no longer be allowed to administer covid vaccines.
Frontline workers in
#Kamloops
are sounding the alarm about problems at Royal Inland Hospital —the largest trauma centre outside the
#LowerMainland
.
They are understaffed.
They are overwhelmed.
They are struggling.
They are quitting jobs they used to love.
They need support NOW.
ICYMI: The death of a 70-year-old woman in Kamloops, whose daughter says she passed away while waiting hours to be treated in an overrun emergency room, was addressed by B.C.’s health minister Thursday
.
@SrsAdvocateBC
Isobel Mackenzie says it's frustrating to see rapid
#COVID19
tests allowed for
@NHL
players and film crews working in and around
#Vancouver
, but not in long-term care homes.
"We have the capacity. We have the tools. We can be doing it now."
#bcpoli
@NEWS1130
“How many people go to a hockey game and don’t eat, drink, cheer and hoot and holler? Because I’m pretty sure they’re not going to be quiet. Just breathing causes spread.”
—Dr. Amy Tan,
@Protect_BC
#PoPBC
#bcpoli
#COVID19
A group of B.C. doctors and researchers is worried plans for the province to lift event capacity limits on Oct. 25 could cause a spike in cases, and further overwhelm hospitals
"I spent my whole life around horses living in the Kamloops area...their first response when they're frightened or in an unsure environment is to run away as fast as possible."
Former
#Kamloops
MP Nelson Riis wants
#Canada
to ban sending live horses to
#Japan
for slaughter.
1/4
For all the unvaccinated British Columbians claiming that’s your “personal choice”, someone I love now has to wait even longer for surgery thanks to you.
We have made the difficult decision to postpone non-urgent scheduled surgeries starting Jan. 4, to manage pressure on acute care.
These public health orders address the potential for increasing COVID hospitalizations to overstress the healthcare system:
Despite B.C.’s top doctor pleading with us to stay at home and away from crowds – it looks as though the message has been lost on many people in Vancouver this Halloween.
One of the few times I’m grateful I’m not a mom.
I can only imagine the anxiety, frustration and fear families/caregivers are feeling as they try to navigate a system suggesting unvaccinated kids exposed to a potentially lethal virus do NOT have to isolate in
#BC
.
#bced
#bcpoli
This will be my last tweet today about the BC CDC guidelines.
There are good ways to articulate to the public changes in guidance that will substantially impact their lives.
What happened tonight is not one of those ways.
#bcpoli
For anyone still CHOOSING to ignore public safety orders anywhere in
#BC
, this is YOUR fault.
Her struggle is real.
Her grief is overwhelming.
Her sacrifice must be respected.
Honour her plea to take this pandemic seriously and stop being selfish jerks.
#bcpoli
#COVID19
A nurse in
#Abbotsford
is begging people to do their part to limit the spread of COVID-19, saying the amount of death she’s seen in the last year weighs on her every day
@ChristineBist
I think there have been gaps between what VCH knows and reveals, and what DBH knows and reveals, and what the public wants to know and thinks should be revealed. Also, her feelings re my reporting seemed sincere. I don't begrudge them. She has a very tough gig
Reluctantly ventured out of my cosy home to run some necessary errands. To all the retail workers putting up with rude shoppers ignoring safety rules, you have my gratitude 🙏 and admiration for NOT spraying them with disinfectant every time they misbehave.
#COVID
ー19
@NEWS1130
.
@adriandix
Is now a good time to remind you I’ve been waiting since January to interview the Medical Health Officer responsible for
#Whistler
?
I keep getting told (via emails) by
@VCHhealthcare
media relations staff “we’re working on it.”
#bcpoli
#COVID19
Despite hopeful signs B.C.'s COVID-19 situation is trending in the right direction, the health minister and the provincial government are taking more heat over how data is being released to the public
“The way I see it, if something makes you sad when it ends, it must have been pretty wonderful when it was happening... the end is not sad... It's just the start of the next incredibly beautiful thing."
This is not goodbye. 🕊🕊
After reporting available hospital beds across the province are now in seriously short supply,
#BC
Health Minister Adrian Dix says mask mandates are NOT going to be brought back to stop the spread of
#COVID19
and other airborne viruses in public spaces where crowds gather.
1/2
Made it through the
#Coquihalla
this afternoon before it was closed.
I’ve never seen any
#bcwildfires
season this bad and despite orders for travellers to keep moving, some were stopping to take selfies. 🙈 Praying for heavy rain tonight. 🙏
Canada's highest court has cleared the path for class-action lawsuits against Ticketmaster and Live Nation.
In
#BC
, they're accused of profiting from the 3rd-party resale of tickets while falsely claiming members of the public would have a fair chance to buy seats at face-value.
A local restaurant owner made the tough decision to shut down on a Saturday over a long weekend because most of his patrons were tourists and they were being unsafe towards his staff and other patrons.
Please only travel if necessary!
Please retweet
#covid
#bcpoli
Doing my bit to share this message on social media as requested by
#BC
’s top doctor to young people at risk of spreading this virus.
All because public safety orders to gather in small groups with everyone staying at least 2 metres apart are being ignored. 💔
#COVID19
#bcpoli
When
#VaccinePassport
takes effect September 13th in
#BC
, will people who ARE vaccinated refuse to patronize businesses now claiming they will WELCOME non-vaccinated customers?
I know I won’t.
#bcpoli
ICYMI: Premier John Horgan says he is confident the majority of British Columbians support the recently-announced COVID-19 vaccine passport, despite some business owners saying they have no plan to ask customers to comply
How blessed are those of us who escaped our youth unharmed after making questionable choices —because we did not yet have the experience to know better? 💔
#BREAKING
NEWS: According to the Surrey RCMP, an ongoing investigation has determined that high speed played a role in the crash that killed three teens last Saturday
"Why wouldn't you now target the schools, so you could actually have distancing between the kids? Kind of a crazy plan to just continue on as we're doing."
Lisa Davis,
#SurreyBC
teacher demanding Stage 3
#COVID19
safety measures which include more remote learning.
#bced
@NEWS1130
.
@KamFire
sent one truck and 4 firefighters to the
#Okanagan
.
Deputy Chief Ryan Cail says that's all they can spare... because conditions have never been so bad in
#Kamloops
.
For the 2nd time this month, all nature parks and trails in Kamloops are closed until further notice.
.
@TransLink
Maybe these SkyTrain workers in
#Vancouver
have health reasons for not wearing a mask, but this photo was shared by someone who says “This makes encouraging transit riders to wear masks pretty tricky if employees aren’t complying” with safety rules.
#COVID19
@NEWS1130
After reviewing all the shared data, I still have questions.
Grateful to see few school-aged children have been hospitalized since September, but who’s keeping track of how many adults in education spent time in ICU?
Why so many
#COVID19
complaints filed with
@WorkSafeBC
?
#bced
B.C. health officials provided long-awaited data showing COVID-19 transmission in schools is low, but the head of the teachers' union says more protective measures and a region-specific approach are needed to keep students and staff safe
“What this document shows is that there is school transmission happening — student to student, student to staff, staff to student, staff to staff.”
#bced
#bcpoli
#COVID19BC
Tourists are currently not welcome in the
#Shuswap
where the
#LowerEastAdamsLake
fire is threatening homes.
Jim Cooperman, who has lived in
#LeeCreek
54 years, says "The summer visitors and tourists leave now, so when and if we have to go, it won't be so crowded on the road."
Next time anyone asks me why I’m still refusing to eat out anywhere NOT demanding proof of vaccination against
#COVID19
. ⬇️ New case numbers are surging… again.
Dr. Pollock says
@Interior_Health
has strong plans in place to vaccinate international students coming to
#Kamloops
.
Asked why
#BC
doesn’t share breakthrough case stats, Henry claims they do post them online.
THEY DO NOT BREAK DOWN NUMBERS LIKE OTHER PROVINCES DO!
#bcpoli
#BREAKING
BC’s top doctor has confirmed ALL health care workers in this province will soon be required to be vaccinated.
Details are still being worked out, but Health Minister Adrian Dix says “that’s coming soon.”
#bcpoli
@NEWS1130
"No woman should ever have to wonder if their entire value as a person might be reduced to the fantasies of one depraved man."
@BowinnMa
after learning
#US
man accused of killing 8 people --including 6 women of Asian descent-- claims he's addicted to sex.
#bcpoli
@NEWS1130
"Despite the fatigue of our amazing frontline health workers, they are here still to support us. We need to show our health care heroes they have not been forgotten... by doing our part every day to follow the orders we have in place."
Dr. Bonnie Henry
#bcpoli
#COVID19
@NEWS1130
.
@jjhorgan
says he's frustrated to hear Americans are vacationing in
#BC
when the border is only open to essential or work-related travel. Premier told reporters this morning "If you're heading to Alaska, you don't go through Port Renfrew."
#COVID19
#bcpoli
#cdnpoli
@NEWS1130
I'm picking up signals the mandatory mask rule for indoor public spaces is coming back province-wide -- not just in schools, but everywhere.
@bcpoli
#COVID19
A reporter has asked the PM about 26 lives lost at a care home in
#Ontario
.
Media there have no problem accessing details re: specific outbreaks, yet in
#BC
, no one is talking publicly about the loss of 31 lives at a
#Vancouver
care home since Nov.22nd.
Why?
#bcpoli
@adriandix