{"id":38939,"date":"2021-02-12T17:40:02","date_gmt":"2021-02-12T22:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/?p=38939"},"modified":"2021-02-16T15:58:39","modified_gmt":"2021-02-16T20:58:39","slug":"bc-ski-resort-tackles-record-cold-and-covid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/bc-ski-resort-tackles-record-cold-and-covid\/","title":{"rendered":"BC ski resort tackles record cold levels, COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The pandemic has put the freeze on business, and record breaking cold temperatures forced some BC ski resorts to temporarily close lodges and lifts.<\/p>\n<p>With the mercury dipping to -23, and winds of 100 km forecast, Nelson\u2019s Whitewater Resort had to close half of its mountain terrain Monday through Wednesday, and closed completely Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The wicked weather comes as the provincial government and the Canada West Ski Area Association (CWSAA) launched an education campaign to reduce COVID-19 transmission in ski communities like Whistler, Sun Peaks, Red Mountain, Revelstoke, Panorama and Fernie.<\/p>\n<p>Urging skiers and snowboarders to \u201cbe the reason we all have a ski season,\u201d the province is aiming to help maintain economic spin-offs and bolster the physical and mental health of folks who have counted on snow sports to keep them spry and smiling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The pandemic has put the freeze on business, and record breaking cold temperatures forced some BC ski resorts to temporarily close lodges and lifts. With the mercury dipping to -23, and winds of 100 km forecast, Nelson\u2019s Whitewater Resort had to close half of its mountain terrain Monday through Wednesday, and closed completely Thursday. The&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":81,"featured_media":38985,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[217,57,218,219,223,204],"tags":[284,2530,6101,6099,6100],"radio":[1420],"origine":[280,2165,231],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38939"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/81"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38939"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38939\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38939"},{"taxonomy":"radio","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/radio?post=38939"},{"taxonomy":"origine","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/origine?post=38939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}