Victoria Viewpoints: Tuesday, November 17, 2020

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Provincial scene for Tuesday, November 17, 2020 
   

Coronavirus response in BC

More record breaking numbers as BC Reports 717 new COVID-19 cases, 11 deaths

Head of Island Health suggests 14 day isolation for non-essential workers travelling to Vancouver Island

COVID-19 outbreak at Abbotsford care home spreads to 101 people

Officials say to avoid Christmas travel in BC this year due to COVID-19 pandemic

Interior Health defends handling of COVID-19 school exposures

Interior Health pleads with young people to take coronavirus seriously

Over 700 new cases, record number of deaths, 13 schools with new exposures

Abbotsford private school becomes fourth Lower Mainland school to close due to COVIE-19 cases

BC sees record 11 COVID-19 deaths in a day, as hospitalizations reach record high

BC schools consider masks in class, more remote learning as COVID-19 cases rise

Will the pandemic reshape landmark high streets like Queen Street West and Robson?

Premier Horgan says a Vancouver Island travel ban is a possibility

COVID-19 mortality rate higher in neighbourhoods with more visible minorities: StatsCan

More bleak records set in BC with 11 more deaths and 717 new cases of COVID-19

Travel from Lower Mainland linked to rise in cases elsewhere in BC

COVID  outbreak at Alberni care home; health official reflects on having Island 'bubble'

BC records deadliest day of pandemic with 11 deaths, 717 COVID cases

Globe and Mail

Former BC minister's lawyer grills ex-Mountie in money laundering inquiry

BC conservationist urges Washington state to remove obsolete dam on Similkameen River

US renews navy's right to harm marine mammals during testing and training off Pacific Coast

Thousands without power, ferries cancelled after wind storm hits BC coast

CBC

Recount affirms BC Liberal narrowly beats Green in West Vancouver-Sea to Sky

BC chapters of the Salvation Army prepare for a different kind of Christmas season

ICBC must tell Haida Gwaii residents they don't have to travel to mainland to make a claim, councillor says

Ex-Mountie 'gobsmacked' by comments about BC's approach to crime in casinos, inquiry hears

BC Nurses struggling with shortage of staff and  protective equipment, union president says

Vancouver Sun

Rogers axes breakfast television in Vancouver, Calgary and cuts radio jobs

Third recording of former Solicitor General Kash Heed surfaces, transcripts still sealed

Midwives say lack of support pushing them to the brink as demand for their services soars

TransLink invites public comment on new Capstan Canada line station design

Failure to recruit female and minority candidates killed Liberal hopes

Victoria Times-Colonist

Downed tree destroys mobile home near Port Alberni as storm leaves 38,000 without power

Tenants in subsidized housing face rent increases, eviction fears

Victoria News

Police issue more than a dozen pandemic-related fines across Greater Victoria this year

City of Victoria employee tests positive for COVID-19

Latest COVID-19 travel advice another blow to BC tourism

Ground breaks on mass timber condo buildings in Victoria

Global BC

BC veterinarians blame COVID-19 pandemic for rise in kennel cough cases in dogs

Actor Richard Schiff from 'The Good Doctor' hospitalized with COVID-19

Category 1 hurricane strength winds batter BC south coast, leaving many without power

BC homeowner hit with $2,300 fine for hosting poker party

Anti-pipeline protestors block rail line near the Burnaby-Coquitlam  border

Georgia Straight

Burnaby Hospital reopens emergency department after fire, amid COVID-19 outbreaks

How understanding heritage as embodiment of meaning enriches urban development in places like Vancouver

The Tyee

Vancouver Projects give weed to curb overdoses. Police just raided one

BC's Green's, unleashed

Even a decade ago BC's Dirty Money Scandal was there to see

Here comes the Sweet Grass patrol

Give more chronic drinkers safe doses of alcohol, say researchers

Vancouver Courier

Artificial intelligence threatens individual privacy: commissioner

Google and Facebook profit from reliable journalism. They should help pay for it

Miscellaneous