Victoria Viewpoints: Tuesday, April 28,2020

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Provincial scene for   Tuesday, April 28, 2020

Coronavirus response in BC
                   

Dispatches from BC's front lines: Seven weeks of COVID-19, as seen by six health professionals
55 new cases of COVID-10 in BC, majority linked to poultry plants
Trump says US looking at screening airline travellers from coronavirus hotspots
Officials outline 7 criteria needed before restrictions can be loosened
Coronavirus 'travel bubble' idea gains steam but wouldn't work for Canada, US expert
Dr. Bonnie Henry addresses fatalities and health complications, including amongst children
Vancouver physician Joseph Finkler explains how pandemic transformed emergency medicine
How South Korea is winning the COVID-19 battle
Rights groups demand COVID-19 prisoner death inquest
Very small number' of Downtown Eastside residents have COVID-19
COVID-19 community outbreaks grow in BC
COVID-19 hospitalizations in BC continue to fall as deaths rise to 105
'Very promising' options for tests to better measure the spread of COVID-19 in BC, top doctor says
Pollon family poultry processing plants responsible for over half of today's cases
Recovered coronavirus patients sometimes beset by complications
Isolated Point Roberts aims to test one-third to the 1,300-1,400 residents
Should a vaccine for COVID-19 be made mandatory inn Canada, once it's created?
Island residents with symptoms can now get tested for COVID-19



Globe and Mail

Virus measures may be hurting overdose prevention in Vancouver, official says
Flood warnings downgraded across much of BC's Central Interior as conditions ease


CBC

Domestic violence organizations prepare for possible surge due to COVID-19 isolation
Don't use drugs alone, health experts say, even with physical distancing guidelines in place
Soccer, lacrosse, field hockey being lined up as 1st kids sports to return to action in BC
Flood warnings downgraded in BC as conditions ease but 'extraordinarily high' snowpacks remain
No plan to reopen BC schools yet, says education minister



Vancouver Sun

BC classrooms not set to reopen anytime soon
Stanley Park vehicles ban a 'tremendous success,' says park board GM




Vancouver Province

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Victoria Times Colonist

At least $326M to get trains running on Island again: report
BC wants to learn from New Zealand, other province before opening schools
Tubing banned on Cowichan River this summer due to COVID-19
BC provincial courts move from essential services to COVID recovery plan
Hotels for homeless plan won't be 'temporary'

Victoria News

Island Rail Corridor needs $700 million in upgrades to get back on track
'Re-booting BC' means carefully reopening business
BC schools expanding video classes, lending computers
Food trucks free to set up at selected BC truck pullouts


Global

Use of Vancouver's overdose prevention sites down amid COVID-19 crisis
London Drugs clearing shelf space for Western Canada small businesses to sell their goods
No date yet from BC education minister on schools reopening
BC details next steps to move campers out of Vancouver's Oppenheimer Park
BC teacher suspended 15 days for sharing 'Stop  SOGI 123' pamphlets
Development, investment projects key once BC starts lifting COVID-19 restrictions: report




Georgia Straight

Telehealth poised to take off
Rent debt staring in people's faces, Vancouver Tenants union warns


The Tyee

Conservative media watchers likelier to believe COVID conspiracies. And more new science
The Alberta Government's Failures are killing workers and spreading COVID-19
A New twist in the Alberta "War Room' Logo Fiasco

Vancouver Courier

Easing workplace safety regulations remain flexible to COVID-19
Military already assisting in BC on Haida Gwaii
Supply chain management could shift digitally post COVID-19
Metro Vancouver favour government help for smaller BC tourism service companies during pandemic
BC's road to recovery: Pandemic could usher in online era of property sales
BC planning for controlled return to in-class K-12 instruction
BC's road to recovery: Big energy projects await return to full power