‘People are feeling more positive’: Okanagan reacts to easing COVID-19 restrictions
Like business groups around B.C.’s Okanagan Valley, the Kelowna Chamber was watching Thursday to see when provincial officials might liftThey got their answer: the mask mandate will end in most settings on Friday, but vaccine passports will remain in place till April 8.
“I think people are feeling more positive and this is another step in the right direction and that will bode well in the longer term,” said Rogers. A Kelowna emergency physician, Dr. Jeff Eppler, feels the public is ready to drop mandatory masking in many spaces.Russian convoy outside Kyiv has redeployed into firing positions, satellite photos show
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