At today’s B.C. COVID-19 briefing, provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry once again said that they are not seeing large numbers of transmission events in schools.

She also reiterated that transmission events in schools (which are different from exposure events, or when a positive individual is present at school) remain limited in number.

She said this indicates schools are a “safe place and an important place” for students.

Accordingly, Henry said that after discussions with stakeholders, they decided not to extend the winter break period for schools.

Over the weekend, all five regional health authorities added new exposure dates for a total of 73 schools across the province.

Island Health

Island health had four schools with new exposure dates.

Three schools in Nanaimo added exposure events:

• Forest Park Elementary School (2050 Latimer Road) had exposures from November 30 to December 4;
• Wellington Secondary School (3135 Mexicana Road) had exposures from November 3 to 4;
• Randerson Ridge Elementary (6021 Nelson Road) had exposures from November 2 to 4;

In Campbell River, Carihi Secondary School (350 Dogwood Street) had exposures from November 30 to December 2.

Interior Health

Interior Health had nine schools with new exposure dates.

In Vernon, Clarence Fulton Secondary School (2301 Fulton Road), which had a previous exposure event from October 5 to 8, added November 30 to December 2.

Six schools in Kelowna added new dates:

• Rutland Senior Secondary (705 Rutland Road North)—which had previous exposure events from November 16 to 19, and from November 23 to 24 and 27—added November 25;
• Quigley Elementary School (705 Kitch Road)—which previously had exposures from November 17 to 19; from 23 to 25; and on November 20—added November 24 to 25;
• Watson Road Elementary School (475 Yates Road), which previously had exposures from November 23 to 24, added November 27;
• Bankhead Elementary School (1280 Wilson Avenue), which previously had an exposure on November 26, added November 30;
• South Kelowna Elementary (4176 Spiers Road) in South Kelowna had an exposure on November 27;
• South Rutland Elementary (200 Mallach Road) in Rutland had an exposure on November 27.

In Williams Lake, Lake City Secondary School (640 Carson Drive), which had a previous exposure from November 17 to 19, added December 1.

In Penticton, Princess Margaret Secondary (120 Green Avenue West), which previously had exposures from November 25 to 27, added November 30.

Northern Health

There were five schools in Northern Health with new exposure dates.

In Burns Lake, William Konkin Elementary School (9750 Carroll Street)—which had previous exposures on November 16, and from November 23 to 24—had new exposures from November 23 to 27;

In Fort St. James, David Hoy Elementary (Birch Street West at 4th Avenue West)—which previously had exposure incidents from September 17 to 18, and from November 25 to 26—added November 30 to December 1.

In Fort St. John, Margaret “Ma” Murray Community School (11504 105 Avenue) had an exposure on November 27.

Two schools in Prince George added new dates:

• Heather Park Elementary School (7151 Heather Park Road) had an exposure event from December 1 to 2;
• Shas Ti Kelly Road Secondary School (7405 Kelly Road South) had exposures on November 30 and from December 1 to 2.

Vancouver Coastal Health

Vancouver Coastal Health had 14 schools with new dates, with the majority in Vancouver.

Two schools in Richmond added new dates:

• École Secondaire Hugh McRoberts Secondary School (8980 Williams Road)—which previously had exposures from November 9 to 10; and on November 12 and 13—added December 1 to 2 and 4;
• Thomas Kidd Elementary School (10851 Shell Road) had exposures on November 30 and December 1.

In Vancouver, 10 schools had new exposure events:

• Kitsilano Secondary (2706 Trafalgar Street), which previously had exposures from November 16 to 17, added November 23 to 25;
• David Oppenheimer Elementary School (2421 Scarboro Avenue), which previously had exposures from November 9 to 10, added December 2 to 3;
• John Oliver Secondary School (530 East 41st Avenue)—which had previous exposures on October 9 and 26; from November 9 to 10; and on November 13—added December 1 and 3;
• General Brock Elementary School (4860 Main Street) had exposures from December 1 to 2;
• Pierre Elliott Trudeau Elementary School (449 East 62nd Avenue) which had an exposure event on December 2;
• Gladstone Secondary (4105 Gladstone Street)—which previously had exposures from September 16 to 18; from September 21 to 22; and from November 18 to 20—added November 30 to December 2;
• Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School (7055 Heather Street), which had previous exposures from November 12 to 13 and on November 16, added December 1;
• Sir Charles Tupper Secondary School (419 East 24th Avenue)—which previously had exposures on September 30; from October 1 to 2; from October 7 to 9; on November 2; from November 18 to 20—added December 1 to 2;
• St. Judes Elementary School (2953 East 15th Avenue) had an exposure on November 30; 
• Notre Dame Regional Secondary School (2880 Venables Street)—which had previous exposures on October 8; and from November 9 to 10—added November 30 and December 1.

In North Vancouver, two schools had new exposures:

• Carson Graham Secondary (2145 Jones Avenue)—which previously had exposures from October 29 to 30 and November 2 to 6; and from November 18 to 19—added November 30 and December 1 to 4;
• Ridgeway Elementary (420 8th Street East) had exposures from November 23 to 25.

Fraser Health

Fraser Health had 41 school with new exposure dates.

Eight schools in Abbotsford added new dates:

• Abbotsford Christian Elementary (3939 Old Clayburn Road), which had previous exposures from November 18 to 20 and 24, added November 30;
• Abbotsford Senior Secondary (33355 Bevan Avenue)—which previously had exposure incidents on October 14; on November 6 and 9; and from November 17 to 20—added November 27;
• Abbotsford Christian Secondary (35011 Old Clayburn Road), which previously had expsoures from November 19 to 20 and 23 to 26—added November 27;
• Chief Dan George Middle School (32877 Old Riverside Road), which previously had an exposure on November 12, added November 30 to December 3;
• Dave Kandal Elementary (3351 Crestview Avenue)—which previously had exposures on October 15 and 16; from November 4 to 6; from November 17 to 18; and on November 26—added November 25;
• King Traditional Elementary (28776 King Road), which previously had exposures from November 24 to 26, added November 30;
• Rick Hansen Secondary (31150 Blueridge Drive)—which previously had exposures on October 6, 7, and 13; from October 14 to 16; on November 2; from November 3 and 4; from November 9 to 10; on November 17 and 23—added November 26;
• Abbotsford Dasmesh Punjabi (5930 Riverside Street)—which previously had an exposure event from October 20 to 21; from November 17 to 19; and from November 19 to 20 and 23 to 27—added November 30.

Two schools in Burnaby added new dates:

• Burnaby North Secondary (751 Hammarskjold Drive)—which previously had exposures on from October 8 to 9; from October 14 to 15; from October 28 to 30; from November 2 to 3; and from November 9 to 10 and 12 to 13—added November 25 to 26;
• Edmonds Community Elementary (7651 18th Avenue) had exposures on November 26, 27, and 30.

In Coquitlam, two schools had new incidents:

• Alderson Elementary (825 Gauthier Avenue) had exposures from November 30 to December 2;
• École Kwayhquitlum Middle School (3280 Flint Street), which previously had exposures from October 13 to 16 and 19 to 20, added November 25 to 27.

In Port Coquitlam, Archbishop Carney Secondary (1335 Dominion Avenue), which previously had an exposure on November 2, added November 25 to 26.

In Port Moody, École Moody Middle School of the Arts (130 Buller Street) had an exposure on November 30.

In Chilliwack, two schools had new exposures:

• Chilliwack Secondary (46363 Yale Road)—which previously had exposure events from September 22 to 24; from October 26 to 29; from November 3 to 5; from November 12 to 13; on November 17; and from November 23 to 25—added November 26;
• Sardis Secondary (45460 Stevenson Road), which previously had exposures from October 26 to 30, added November 23 to 25 as an exposure dates.

Five schools in Delta had new dates:

• Annieville Elementary (9240 112nd Street) had an exposure on November 30;
• Hellings Elementary (11655 86th Avenue)—which previously had exposures on November 19, 20, and from 23 to 27—added November 30 and December 1;
• Seaquam Secondary (11584 Lyon Road)—which had previous exposures on November 2; from November 12 to 13 and 16; and on November 20 and 23—added November 24 to 27;
• South Delta Secondary (750 53rd Street), which previously had an exposure on November 9, added November 23;
• Southpointe Academy (1900 56th Street), which previously had an exposure on November 16, added November 24 and 25.

In Langley, D.W. Poppy Secondary (23752 52nd Avenue)—which had previous exposures from October 27 to 28, and on November 12—added November 23.

In Maple Ridge, Maple Ridge Secondary School (21911 122 Avenue), which previously had an exposure event from October 13 to 15, added November 29 to 30.

In Mission, École Mission Senior Secondary School (32939 7th Avenue), which had a previous exposure on November 26, added November 30. 

In New Westminster, New Westminster Secondary (835 8th Street)—which previously had exposures from September 15 to 17; from October 14 to 16 and 20 to 21; from October 26 to 27; from November 2 to 3; on November 9; from November 18 to 20; and on November 23—added November 27 and 30, and December 1.

Surrey had 16 schools with new exposures:

• Boundary Park Elementary (12332 Boundary Drive North)—which previously had exposure incidents from September 14 to 15, and from November 24 to 25—added November 23;
• Brookside Elementary (8555 142a Street) had exposures from November 24 to 26;
• Colebrook Elementary (5404 125a Street), which previously had exposures from November 17 to 19, added November 30;
• Enver Creek Secondary (14505 84th Avenue)—which previously had exposures on October 9, 14, and 26; from November 3 to 5, 9, and 16; and on November 30 and December 1—added November 24;
• Green Timbers Elementary (8824 144th Street)—which previously had exposure events on September 29; from November 9 to 10; from November 16 to 19; and from November 23 to 24—added November 25 to 27;
• Hazelgrove Elementary (7057 191 Street)—which previously had exposures on October 30, and from November 16 to 19—added November 27;
• Katzie Elementary (6887 194a Street)—which previously had exposures on November 9, and on November 10, 12, 13, and 23—added November 23 to 24;
• Kwantlen Park Secondary (10441 132 Street)—which had previous exposures from October 13 to 14; from October 21 to 22; from November 2 to 3; and from November 25 to 27—added November 23 to 24 as exposure dates;
• Latimer Road Elementary (19233 60th Avenue), which had previous exposures on November 4 and from November 18 to 19, added November 24;
• T.E. Scott Elementary (7079 148th Street)—which previously had exposures from September 14 to 15, and from November 17 to 18; from November 19 to 20; and on November 25 and 27—added November 24;
• Walnut Road Elementary (16152 82nd Avenue)—which previously had exposures from November 12 to 13, and on November 19, 20, and 24—added November 23;
• Holy Cross Regional High School (16193 88th Avenue), which previously had an exposure on November 27, added November 26;
• Khalsa School Newton (6933 124th Street)—which previously had exposure events from September 22 to 25; from October 20 to 22; from October 28 to 30; from November 16 to 17; from November 18 to 20; and from November 23 to 24—added November 26, 27, and 30;
• Khalsa Secondary (10589 124th Street)—which had previous exposure events from September 9 and 10; September 30 to October 2; from October 13 to 15; from November 17 to 19; and on November 20, 23, and 24—added November 26 and 27;
• Sikh Academy Newton Elementary (12895 85th Avenue), which previously had an exposure on October 14; from November 16 to 17 and from 24 to 27—added November 30;
• Sikh Academy Fleetwood Elementary (9115 160th Street), which had previous exposures on November 18 and from November 24 to 25, added November 26 to 27.