B.C. premier to unveil plans to slowly reopen economy amid COVID-19 crisis

Premier John Horgan on Wednesday is set to unveil the province’s highly anticipated plans to ease pandemic restrictions and reopen the economy, following a steady decline of COVID-19 cases in B.C.

Horgan will be joined by provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and Health Minister Adrian Dix at 3 p.m. We will carry the news conference live on our website, on the Global BC Facebook page, and on BC1.

It has been nearly two months since B.C. officials put strict measures in place to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus.

Watch the live news conference here on our website, on the Global BC Facebook page, on CKNW radio and on BC1.

— With files from The Canadian Press

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