To our readers, advertisers and community members:
I’m writing this letter to let you know that everyone at The Tri-City News is aware of the challenges that the current COVID-19 pandemic is creating for many of you.
Our prime minister has made significant comments and announcements with regards to the federal government’s actions and recommendations. So has B.C.’s premier. We will operate completely within those guidelines and requests.
Today, I wish to share with you that all of us here at The Tri-City News are taking this issue very seriously.
We remain 100 per cent committed to serving the needs of our community, especially at this unsettling time. Our newsroom staff are fully engaged — remotely — with community news happenings, and particularly events and changes around this very fluid COVID-19 pandemic.
We understand the need to have the most up-to-date information available, at all times, and you will get just that.
We will keep you fully updated 24/7 on our website, tricitynews.com — we even have a page dedicated to this coverage: tricitynews.com/covid-19.
As well, we are continuing to print and deliver our newspaper each week. The paper will carry up-to date COVID-19 information as well as all the other community news that you expect.
Our carriers have been asked to be especially diligent in providing social distancing for our readers at their homes and we ask that you respect their wish for social distancing as well. However, for the most up-to-date information, please visit tricitynews.com.
The Tri-City News and our parent company, Glacier Media, have made the decision to create work-from-home solutions for all our employees, so this will affect our ability to provide personal service at our Port Coquitlam office.
Thus, our office is now offering limited access to the public. Please email or call to make arrangements to connect with any of our employees as many of them will be working remotely. The newspaper boxes outside our front door, however, will remain stocked with papers.
We hope that all of you remain safe and healthy during this outbreak of COVID-19. Please practise personal hygiene and maintain social distancing, and self-quarantine at any sign of symptoms or if you’ve come into contact with anyone who has tested positive for the novel coronavirus or who has recently returned from a trip.
Wishing you all well.
Lara Graham, Publisher
