however, the maritime provinces and northern territories have mandatory 14-day quarantine rules for any out-of-province travellers.
horgan must make the taxpayer-funded legal opinion public, milobar said.
dawson creek mayor dale bumstead is confident workers, not holidaymakers, are doing most of the cross-border travel between his northeastern b.c. town and grande prairie, alta. with dawson creek only 15 kilometres from the alberta border, bumstead said many residents of the two towns shop across the border or cross into the neighbouring province for work in the forestry, agriculture or energy sector.
“it’s the non-essential travel we’re really focusing on,” bumstead said. “i think people in alberta are not coming to b.c. as much for non-essential travel.” bumstead noted that while the warmer weather has not yet hit dawson creek, which had snow on the ground as of last week, he’s not seeing an influx of rvs.
the third wave hit dawson creek hard, bumstead said, which he said has hammered home for local residents the importance of staying local and following public health guidelines.
in mid-april, dawson creek was identified as the province’s top covid-19 hot spot, with a rate of 552 cases per 100,000 people. however, a mass vaccination campaign in the community of 13,000 has been effective in tamping down transmission rates.