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CBC The National

B.C. business owners frustrated by regional travel restrictions

Business owners in some tourist areas near the British Columbia-Alberta are frustrated by B.C.’s new restrictions against travelling out of a local health region and say they need more support from the province.

‘What is essential travel?’: Questions around B.C.’s COVID-19 travel crackdown

Concerns are being raised around the B.C. government’s announcement on Monday to crack down on travel around the province as COVID-19 numbers surge. B.C. Premier John Horgan announced that travel restrictions will take effect across the province on Friday, asking everyone to stay in their health authority and only travel outside for essential reasons.

B.C. imposes travel restrictions

SFU Researcher Julianne Piper discusses how new travel restrictions forcing British Columbians to stay within the bounds of their own provincial health region could help control the spread of COVID-19.

Carson Jerema: Trudeau government failed to keep out the variants tearing through Canada

When accounting for the federal government’s performance on containing the virus, it’s hard to understand why anyone would approve. It was in the power of the federal government to contain the current wave of the pandemic, fuelled as it is by more contagious variants, through border controls or more timely vaccine procurement. But you won’t hear any contrition from the prime minister.

Why Doesn’t BC Get Tougher on Stopping Travel?

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 can’t be.” But we can learn lessons from New Zealand’s elimination approach. Or if New Zealand is too far, how about Manitoba or Atlantic Canada (New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland) and the three northern territories who also opted for stronger travel measures and were successful?

South China Morning Post

Coronavirus: what does getting vaccinated offer Hongkongers and how will it affect travel, quarantine and social-distancing rules?

Hong Kong would have to meet at least three criteria before the city could open its borders to vaccinated travellers. They include very high vaccination rates among its general public, low levels of virus transmission in places where people are travelling to and from, as well as vaccine certification and a validation mechanism that was recognised worldwide.