Reuse Rendezvous this Saturday and Sunday in Nanaimo

New in this update:Nanaimo's annual "Reuse Rendezvous" will be taking place this weekend with an extra perk. The city's Zero Waste Coordinator believes the long running event where residents leave unwanted items at the curb for others will be enhanced by the pandemic. Kirsten Gellein predicts people will leave more and higher quality items at the curb this year."What I'm putting out this year is that I think Reuse Rendezvous is going to have a pandemic perk as many locals been holding off on donating household goods and visiting thrift stores. So I'm hoping and anticipating that some high-quality items are being set out at Reuse Rendezvous this year.”—Kirsten GelleinHealth officials in BC are trying new ways to encourage people to practise their so-called COVID sense. The Minister of Health says it' s been a challenge to modify behaviour among younger people who desperately want to socialize."Maybe we understand the risk intellectually and sometimes we don't really understand what those risks are. We have not had any people pass away from COVID 19 under 40 in British Columbia to date and so this may give the wrong impression that COVID-19 can't seriously affect people under 40. It can, and it's a really lousy thing to get even if you recover."—Minister of Health Adrian DixDix says most recent cases of the virus are among people under the age of 40.After three straight months of climbing unemployment rates, British Columbia’s economy is showing a slight improvement. Statistics Canada is reporting 118,000 jobs were added to the provincial economy in June.