Victoria Viewpoints: Saturday/Sunday, December 5 & 6, 2020

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Provincial scene for    Saturday, December 5 & 6, 2020 
   

Coronavirus response in BC

COVID-19 outbreak declared at mink farm in BC's Fraser Valley

Get rapid tests into care homes now, says BC seniors advocate

Fraser Health beefing up school COVID-19 exposure notification protocol

Second COVID-19 outbreak declared at Village by the Station in Penticton

Fraser Health steps in to oversee 2 care homes with serious COVID-19 outbreaks

Provinces begin to prepare for COVID-19 inoculation

COVID-19 outbreak declared at mink farm in BC's Fraser Valley

Outbreak declared at Fraser Valley mink farm

Globe and Mail

John Horgan says COVID-19 relief promise top priority of short BC legislature session

BC medical group launches program to prescribe nature instead of medication

Into dangerous terrain: Escaping the COVID-19 pandemic, new backcountry adventurers put pressure on rescue services

CBC

Sockeye restoration efforts spark hope and heartbreak on the Coquitlam River

Sweet Grass Patrol gains support from some city councillors for its work in Vancouver's inner city

Tackle food insecurity with stronger income support in BC, says poverty advocate

BC couple 'defeated' after 6 year battle to recover cash from discredited former realtor

Fraser Valley churches continue to congregate despite BC public health orders not to

Watchdog called to look into death outside Merritt police detachment

BC police watchdog launches probe into RCMP's role in Chilcotin region crash

COVID-19 exacerbated violence against women. Frontline workers want essential service funding

British soccer reporter mistaken for fired Vancouver Canucks anthem singer

For some independent cinemas in BC, the pandemic could be a death knell

Vancouver Sun

$1,000 COVID-19 relief promise top priority of BC legislature session

UEL residents organize against potential development at prominent UBC corner

BC Ferries passengers increasingly complying with federal rules to leave vehicles

Nurse losing patience with 'unfair' anti-mask demonstrations in BC

Research group buys 'salmon ranch' to feed souther resident orcas

Ministers rush to prepare for pandemic legislature session

Bains appears set to scrap secret ballots for union certification

Governments need to act with compassion or cities will sink into 'lawless barbarism'

Victoria Times-Colonist

Horgan says COVID-19 relief promise top priority of short BC Legislature session

BC Ferries passengers increasingly complying with federal rules to leave vehicles

Rainfall warning issued for west, east coasts of Vancouver Island

From Mayor to Minister of Municipal Affairs

Victoria News

Horgan says COVID-19 relief promise top priority of short BC legislature session

Here's how to vote in the City of Victoria by-election

Global BC

Chilliwack RCMP investigates in-person church services for violations of COVID-19 orders

UK soccer journalist mistaken for former Canucks anthem singer, Tweetstorm ensues 

Survivors, activists remember women killed at Polytechnique

Anti-mask rally amid BC COVID-19 case surge 'really concerning': respirologist

BC First Nations group relieved after former BC Social worker arrested, charged

Georgia Straight

Trudeau marks École Polytechnique massacre with pledge to follow through on assault weapons ban

Francesco Aquilini had no alternative but to sever Canucks' ties to singer Mark Donnelly

John Horgan misread Filipino psyche in BC NDP cabinet snub of Mable Elmore: community pioneer Rudy Antonio

Disappearing Starbucks outlets on Vancouver's West Side are part of the Seattle Company's 'bridge to the future'

The Tyee

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Vancouver Courier

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Miscellaneous