COVID-19 pandemic drags on.The province has been working with the provincial health officer and viaSport, a non-profit that promotes participation in sports, to design a return-to-play plan.But it’s still in phase two, which only includes teams developing skills together with a maximum of 10 players per group.
Contact sports remain off the table, as does any travel for competition.“We are following our provincial health guidelines. We are still in that return-to-play mode,” said Lisa Beare, the minister in charge of sport, at a news conference on Tuesday.“Every decision we have made here in B.C.
has been made in science.”Beare held the news conference to announce $1.5 million in funding to help local sport groups cover some of the financial.