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Restrictions on visitors to long-term care and acute-care hospitals could be eased as early as June, but logistics are still being worked out, says sa国际传媒鈥檚 provincial health officer. 鈥淚鈥檓 hopeful that it will be some time maybe in June,鈥� Dr.

There鈥檒l be no traditional Saanich Fair this September, but the group that runs the popular event is determined to keep it alive online.

When provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry had a couple of friends over for a glass of wine in the front yard of her Victoria home on Sunday afternoon, it wasn鈥檛 a typical long-weekend get-together.

Between March 15 and May 2, business break-ins in Victoria and Esquimalt increased from 12 during the same period in 2019, to a whopping 80 this year, close to a seven-fold increase.

Mike Lam was a little wary when his brother Jim changed the message on the marquee outside their Colwood store this spring. 鈥淐ORONA FOODS, NOT CORONA VIRUS,鈥� it read. No worries. 鈥淓verybody seemed to like it,鈥� Mike now says.

sa国际传媒 is taking the right approach to messaging during the pandemic to ensure British Columbians follow public health recommendations, says a University of Victoria psychology professor.

Take things slowly, stay informed and consider how your actions affect the people around you: that鈥檚 the advice of a Sidney-based family well poised to offer tips to British Columbians as they begin to venture out of self-isolation.

Cathy Novak鈥檚 phone flashed 鈥淰IHA鈥� and she got a sinking feeling. They鈥檇 said the previous day, when she took the drive-thru COVID-19 test, that she could call in a few days for the result. But if it was positive, they鈥檇 call her.

Almost 7,000 calls have gone out to sa国际传媒 patients to determine who wants to rebook some of the tens of thousands of surgeries and screenings that were postponed to make hospital beds available for those with COVID-19.

Employees of the Comfort Inn and Suites in Victoria are spending a stressful long weekend trying to figure whether they still have jobs. Ryan Smith, the hotel鈥檚 food and beverage manager, said employees were blindsided by news Friday that the sa国际传媒