Photo courtesy of Matthew Cooke Facebook

Despite the difficulties of 2020, there are areas of the country that felt less effected by the COVID-19 virus and shock of changes it brought to daily life.

One of those areas was the scenic Bulkley Valley in Northern British Columbia. Nestled between four mountain ranges, the Bulkley Valley had been cautious of activities (limiting all social gatherings to the provincial requirement, encouraging people to stay home when necessary), but the people of the valley still had quite a bit of freedom compared to the isolation of citizens in larger, less remote communities.

That all changed on Nov. 13 when new COVID-19 protocols were put into place province-wide.

The teachers of the Bulkley Valley are trying to keep up with the changes as they occur in schools but have brought up concerns to their local union representative Matthew Cooke.

CICK News spoke with Cooke to find out the concerns voiced (but not all heard) this past week regarding the upcoming holiday break, mask culture in schools (without cases and still not mandatory), and what school will look like when the vaccine has been created and dispersed among students.