More than 500 attended an anti-racism rally in Nanaimo today

More than 500 people attended anti-racism in Nanaimo today. People chanted as people of colour and indigenous speakers talked about their experiences of racism, while supporters surrounded them in a symbolic safe circle.Today's COVID-19 numbers show one person has died from the virus and there is one new confirmed case in BC since Thursday, both are in the Fraser Health Region.The provincial government is bending its privacy rules because of COVID-19. This afternoon, the Minister of Citizens Services issued a ministerial order, allowing the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Education to use communications software that would normally not be allowed under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.Did you know this news update is made possible by a grant from the Local Journalism Initiative of the Community Radio Fund of Canada and Heritage Canada? We'd like to create more local news programming for you and we can do it with your help. Please consider making a donation at CHLY.ca/support.Written and reported by Lisa Cordasco, News Director for CHLY 101.7FM.Have a tip? Email: [email protected] Find us on social media at Twitter: @lisacordasco / @chly1017FMFunded by Sustaining Donors and the Community Radio Fund of Canada and Heritage Canada’s Local Journalism Initiative. Sustain CHLY’s News Department for many years to come by signing up for a monthly Sustaining Donation.