It happens every spring in B.C.’s Southern Interior: when good weather finally arrives, so do the tourists. This year, though, was to be the exception, with health ministers from Alberta and British Columbia pleading for people to stay home this Easter long weekend to help combat the spread of the novel coronavirus.
In the Shuswap, residents told Global News there are certainly fewer licence plates motoring along B.C.’s highways, but that the odd out-of-province vehicle can be easily spotted. “Everything’s quite quiet; a few people milling about, people at grocery stories and pharmacies and things like that,” Sunnybrae resident Jan McDonnell told Global News on Friday. [ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus