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11-20-2020, 12:39 PM #26
Makes me wonder about pulling the pin on our passes and breaking out the misery sticks this season for the family. The rules might keep changing anyway and xc skiing will help me maintain my sanity. Our town’s off the winter tourism radar.
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11-20-2020, 12:42 PM #27
^^ you have a SS or Revy pass?
www.skevikskis.com Check em out!
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11-20-2020, 12:43 PM #28
Outbreak at LNG Canada project in Kitimat as well (probably workers from lower mainland commuting), but yeah this thing obviously can move fast into more remote areas hence province wide measures.
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11-20-2020, 12:43 PM #29Registered User
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shop bro trying to order split boards & bindings from the usual places that make the stuff, sez there are NONE to order
my guess is that if you want to recreate this winter and you are lucky enough to see what you need you better buy it before someone else doesLee Lau - xxx-er is the laziest Asian canuck I know
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11-20-2020, 12:52 PM #30Registered User
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11-20-2020, 12:58 PM #31
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11-20-2020, 01:01 PM #32
A lot fewer people coming from "covid hot spots" in Alberta into Fernie than there are people coming from SE BC into Alberta. The challenge of closing that border is that you're not just trying to keep those damned Albertans out, the flow of people is in both directions. Skiing and snowboarding or sledding is a pretty niche activity with relatively few participants travelling to across provincial borders to partake, shopping in Calgary or the Okotoks Costco is a pretty mainstream activity for SE BC residents.
The sooner people realize that the virus is everywhere and what color your license plates are doesn't matter, everyone needs to accept that the mask is required, social distancing isn;t optional and hanging out indoors with a group of people is a bad idea and quit worrying about finding someone else to blame. Follow the rules and driving from Lethbridge to Fernie and home again for a day of skiing isn't a big problem, liftees from Fernie getting together to smoke a bowl after work is probably the bigger risk.
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11-20-2020, 01:05 PM #33
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11-20-2020, 01:48 PM #34Registered User
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11-20-2020, 02:04 PM #35Registered User
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11-20-2020, 02:22 PM #36
and "best" doesn't belong anywhere near tim horton's
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11-20-2020, 02:27 PM #37Registered User
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I thot he was talking about dr suess ?Lee Lau - xxx-er is the laziest Asian canuck I know
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11-20-2020, 02:45 PM #38Registered User
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the narth was pretty unscathered for the longest time, we have gone from no cases this summer to 8 in ICU in the region either in Terrace or PG right now
the carps i know at the local bar are working site C one week and CGL the next week
before thing got hotter I drove groceries/ hosuekeeping/ prep cooks chefs, drop em at the airport & these workers could be anywhere in the province in the same day
don't need the money so i quit the expediting & hot shot bidnessLee Lau - xxx-er is the laziest Asian canuck I know
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11-20-2020, 02:46 PM #39
Very good point there is no doubt. I certainly didn't want to single out Calgary in particular and a virus doesn't move in one direction. I'd say that during the height of the ski season there are most likely more people coming into the Fernie area from Alberta and Saskatchewan (S.P.O.R.G.-Saskatchwan Person On Rental Gear) to ski then going in the other direction. There are many, many, many big trucks with sleds that come in from Sask and AB...
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11-20-2020, 02:55 PM #40www.skevikskis.com Check em out!
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11-20-2020, 03:07 PM #41
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11-20-2020, 03:14 PM #42
I prefer using deaths and hospitalization over cases. Cases has too many variables. How much testing is being done? Who is being tested? Where is the testing done? What labs are doing the testing? What controls are in place to ensure that the various labs are doing exactly the same test? What are the error rates? It goes on and on. I realize deaths is a lagging indicator but until a lot more data is provided about the testing I don't trust it. Or more to the point -- I don't trust how it's reported.
Somehow there's this perception that every stranger in town is infected and will infect all the virgins. Then end up in the town ICU.
This current health order isn't going to expire December 7th. If things get better then some restrictions will get lifted. It will be very gradual. I do appreciate that Dr. Henry was trying to narrowly restrict activities to what was causing outbreaks.If you have a problem & think that someone else is going to solve it for you then you have two problems.
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11-20-2020, 03:16 PM #43Registered User
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I lived in Sparwood for 10 winters and it is 15 minutes from the Alberta border between Alberta and Fernie. I'm not saying which province is sicker but will say Friday night and Sunday evening the highway was a gong show with Alberta drivers.
I no longer live there and hope my local non-destination hill is minimally effected. We will see.
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11-20-2020, 03:46 PM #44Registered User
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11-20-2020, 06:47 PM #45
I thought the most accurate (and non-lagging) indicator of disease trend was the percentage of tests that are positive. That and testing of fecal matter at the sewage plant. That'll tell you exactly what's coming in a few weeks.
As we have recently discovered in Montana, there are only two kinds of places in the free world: Those with high Covid numbers, and those that will have them soon enough. You can't stop this shit unless you're waaaay out in front of it, and that just seems to run contrary to human nature.
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11-20-2020, 08:11 PM #46
Not on the radar yet but word on the street is that Revi has a big cluster of cases. Not good, not good at all.
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11-20-2020, 08:32 PM #47
By "cluster of cases" do you know of more than the 2 restaurants closing while they quarantine? Preventitive measures that i havent heard of any positive cases. Apparently the mica village cases were contained and put to bed.
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11-20-2020, 09:17 PM #48
I may have old or bad intel. Apologies.
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11-20-2020, 09:29 PM #49
All I can say is.... brrrraaaappppp to freedom.
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11-20-2020, 09:31 PM #50
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