Parks could verify visitors’ vaccination status, which the ministry said was not feasible at the time. Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy officials told The Northern Light it would not reopen until B.C. Parks’ notice on its website announcing the park’s reopening after 28 months said the agency has been working in collaboration with Semiahmoo Nation, the Canadian Border Service Agency (CBSA), RCMP and other agencies to ensure the reopening was done in a safe and respectful manner. Parks reopened Peace Arch Provincial Park October 24 nearly 2.5 years after it closed in June 2020 due to Covid-19 concerns.ī.C.
