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COVID-19: If Vancouver reopened a swimming pool, would you use it?

COVID-19: If Vancouver reopened a swimming pool, would you use it?

Mayor Kennedy Stewart conducting poll on what facilities should open first in city
B.C. confirms 33 new cases of COVID-19, for total of 2288

B.C. confirms 33 new cases of COVID-19, for total of 2288

There have been two new deaths.
This Vancouver block has a 7:02 p.m. 'Patio Dance Party' every night (PHOTOS)

This Vancouver block has a 7:02 p.m. 'Patio Dance Party' every night (PHOTOS)

And one neighbour and photographer says it's helped her focus on all the positivity right now
Air Canada to begin mandatory customer temperature checks

Air Canada to begin mandatory customer temperature checks

Air Canada adds that the new program will also improve the airline's cabin grooming standards with the introduction of 'electrostatic spraying of cabin interiors.'
Bus drivers' union say transit service must be restored as COVID-19 restrictions relax

Bus drivers' union say transit service must be restored as COVID-19 restrictions relax

“Reliable and safe public transit should be at the core of any plan to get the economy kick-started."
Overdose deaths in B.C. surpass 100 in a month for first time in a year

Overdose deaths in B.C. surpass 100 in a month for first time in a year

Vancouver records most deaths at 60 in first three months, with Surrey at 32
Vancouver Park Board to re-open third Vancouver golf course

Vancouver Park Board to re-open third Vancouver golf course

Two city-operated golf courses re-opened on May 1.
Two men charged after 6,000 masks stolen from Vancouver retirement home

Two men charged after 6,000 masks stolen from Vancouver retirement home

Police discovered that both men were selling the stolen PPE through social media.
You can read this week's issue of our newspaper online - May 7, 2020

You can read this week's issue of our newspaper online - May 7, 2020

V.I.A. Issue #05
Burnaby brewery decontaminating masks for front-line workers

Burnaby brewery decontaminating masks for front-line workers

The steam-driven chamber pasteurizer can be put to use for any accredited hospital or health authority in B.C. and in neighbouring Washington State