School playgrounds in Peace River North District 60 are open again, but don't expect 10-year-old Kori Meyer to be swinging from the monkey bars any time soon. Like most communities and school districts in the B.C., it chose to close playgrounds in March in order to comply with public health orders aimed at tackling the coronavirus pandemic. Superintendent Stephen Petrucci can't say if his district is now the first to reopen playgrounds, but he does believe the move makes sense. School District 60 playground reopening announcement. As of May 11, Northern Health had detected 57 cases of COVID-19, the lowest of all five provincial health regions.

Source: CBC News May 13, 2020 22:52 UTC