-From Gregory Varano

Sign of the times in Sooke BC Gregory Varano Photojournalist 2020

I went out on March 22 and photographed some of the local business signs regarding their closures  do to the current Covid-19 outbreak.  The shop signs (above) are from Barb’s Barber Shop, Seaside Sweets, Power Supply LTD, Moms Cafe, Sooke Brewery, Sooke Buy and Sell and Island Haircutting.

I made this Montage with the photos that illustrates the local Sooke business community doing its part in the fight against Covid -19

Sooke Parking Lot, by Gregory Varano

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• 442 new BC COVID-19 cases, 10 deaths, 517 (down) hospitalized, and 73 (down) in ICU: March 2, 2022
• 466 new BC COVID-19 cases, no deaths, 523 (down) hospitalized, and 83 (down) in ICU: March 1, 2022
• 974 new BC COVID-19 cases, 22 deaths, 549 (down) hospitalized, and 85 (down) in ICU: Feb 26-28, 2022
• 583 new BC COVID-19 cases, 12 deaths, 599 (down) hospitalized, and 96 (down) in ICU: Feb 25, 2022
• 597 new BC COVID-19 cases, 9 deaths, 612(down) hospitalized, and 102 (down) in ICU: Feb 24, 2022
• 799 new BC COVID-19 cases, 1 death, 653 (down) hospitalized, and 108 (same) in ICU: Feb 23, 2022
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• 750 new BC COVID-19 cases, 11 deaths, 762 (down) hospitalized, and 121 (down) in ICU: Feb 16, 2022
• 519 new BC COVID-19 cases, 2 deaths, 787 (down) hospitalized, and 124 (up) in ICU: Feb 15, 2022
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• 1,245 new BC COVID-19 cases, 17 deaths, 846 (down) hospitalized, and 136 (down) in ICU: Feb 11, 2022
• 1,383 new BC COVID-19 cases, 5 deaths, 867 (down) hospitalized, and 138 (down) in ICU: Feb 10, 2022
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• 2,137 new BC COVID-19 cases, 9 deaths, 990 (up) hospitalized, and 141 (same) in ICU: Jan 28, 2022