Oink

Eat more fibre to increase the chances of a ghost wipe.

scrubbedexpat091

Hopefully CRA will take extra interest in them.

The guy in the article appears to have a shady past as well with some criminal history.

scilly

There's always been people who profit in times of emergencies ............... they were known as profiteers They usually get their come-uppance at some future date.

We want to buy 1 extra pack of 8 or 10 rolls of a certain brand of TP, OH hasn't seen any on the store shelves locally for 10 days. But he did come home laughing a couple of hours ago.

He stopped in our Safeway/Sobeys to check once again ....... no TPs of any brand, but there were loads of packs of Royale Facial Tissues boxes on the next shelving unit, no other brands there.

He said people were picking up a pack of the Royale, then putting them back on the shelf again

"Too expensive" were the comments

If you really need paper hankies you'll buy whatever is there, even if it the most expensive or the cheapest one that you can't stand!

scilly

Thank you.

I've got fingers and toes crossed

dbd33

I have heard the most shocking tale of coronavirus deprivation. A colleague, returning from a day's skiing, stopped at her preferred grocery store (I assume Whole Foods) to find that there was neither lettuce nor fresh fruit on the shelves. She's to be back on the slopes tomorrow (no queues, parking near the lift) and wonders what to eat in the meantime. Oakville, I surmise, now resembles Beirut.

Engineer_abroad

I’m due to fly back to uk next week for my brothers wedding. Unless it is cancelled I will be flying. I am prepared and able to work remotely from UK if prevented from returning and to self isolate on return and am not from a high risk group.

just watching it day by day at moment

Engineer_abroad

People are being asked to however this is voluntary. While it is the responsible thing to do there is no provincial or federal law that requires this and it cannot be enforced.

Danny B

There is.

scrubbedexpat091

Here is the provincial info as well.

"The act provides health officials the authority and tools to prevent and control the spread of disease and other health hazards by allowing for requiring implementation of preventive interventions (e.g., vaccination, ordering examinations, quarantine). During a public health emergency, such as a pandemic flu outbreak, public health officials have additional authority to respond immediately to protect the public from significant harm."

scrubbedexpat091

It must suck to be in the westjet call center right now working.

Engineer_abroad

from what I read non of the acts cover self isolation. They allow the province or federal government to designate a quarantine centre and quarantine an individual there.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/vancouv...a9029f9f0/amp/

Henry said the requirement to self-quarantine for 14 days is voluntary but people who work for government and for schools could be ordered to stay home.

scrubbedexpat091

A section of the act says this:a medical health officer may order a person to do one or more of the following:

(a)remain in a specified place, or not enter a place;

So couldn't they order people to remain in self isolation at home?


Public Health Act

That article says its voluntary at the moment, doesn't necessarily mean it will stay that way further down the article:

"“There are significant powers in that act to constrain people, should that be required,” Dix said. “The reason it hasn’t been used is it hasn’t been required because people have been very cooperative, and we hope they continue to be that way.”"

"They can imprison or levy fines against people for offences such as the “failure to take steps to avoid transmission, seek advice or comply with instructions.”

They haven't invoked the powers provided in the act yet, but whose to say they wont in the coming weeks?

This article has this comment from the Premier.

"But if it's necessary, Horgan said the province's public health officer does have the authority to enforce self-isolation on the public."

https://bc.ctvnews.ca/covid-19-guide...tion-1.4852982

So seems to me while its honor system and voluntary today, public health officer does have the power to force self isolation if necessary.

scilly

Vail Resorts, owners of Whistler / Blackcomb Ski Resorts, announced this afternoon that they were shutting down ski operations from tomorrow 15th march until next Sunday 22nd March. They will use the 8 days to reassess the situation and decide whether to re-open or close down. They will pay their employees during the 8 day close down.

Accommodations and properties will remain open for guests already registered but no new registrations will be taken.

The strange thing is that W / B was assuring people this morning that the resort was open and would remain open. Then the announcement ski operations were closing down was announced less than 4 hours later.Spring break began yesterday here in BC, and many people had registered at Whistler weeks or months ago, while others made last minute decisions to stay in province. Provincial Health Officer Bonnie Henry was suggesting Whistler as a place to go during her noon news conference

The closure affects all 34 Vail properties in North America .... there are 33 in 4 US states ...... but not the 3 they operate in Australia.

scrubbedexpat091

Whistler Blackcomb management locally probably had not been advised by the upper management at Vail Resorts when they made that comment. A decision to close would have come from Vail upper management and not local management.

Looking into it a bit more it appears Vail is following recommendations from US health officials to close, and as they are also closing their head office except for essential employees, they likely found it easier to close everything rather than have some operating and some not, Colorado is forcing all ski resorts to close, so that likely played a role as well. Easier to close everything.

I'll take a wild guess that the Australia resorts are possibly not open due to it being summer there still.

scrubbedexpat091

I wonder if people reacted the same way in 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic as they are now?