Victoria Viewpoints: Saturday/Sunday, December 19-20, 2020

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Provincial scene for  Saturday/Sunday,  December 19 & 20, 2020 
   

Coronavirus response in BC

A Q & A with Doctor Bonnie Henry: Bubbles, personal attacks, revisionist history and the toughest year of her career

BC's Fraser Health declares two new COVID-19 outbreaks in long-term care, another two over

COVID-19 outbreak declared at Coastal GasLink accommodation sites in northern BC

Fraser Health declares outbreak at Abbotsford long-term care facility

Northern Health declares outbreak among Coastal GasLink pipeline workers

Study looks at what one long-term care home did right

COVID-19 outbreak declared in Qualicum Beach long-term care facility

COVID-19 outbreak declared at longterm care facility on Vancouver Island

Globe and Mail

 BC First Nation's traditional knowledge at centre of efforts to protect land from shipwreck's fuel

CBC

Trans Mountain ends contracts with 2 companies on halted expansion project

Prince George once again considered as potential home for plastics plant

Winter storm warnings in effect for several areas of BC

Unprecedented Canada Post demand means no guarantee parcels will be home for Christmas

New app helps BC paramedics communicate with patients who are deaf and hard of hearing

Vancouver Sun

Starlight Development aims to build Metro's largest rental development in Burnaby

Wetlands, not walls, may be key to managing flooding as sea levels rise

BC seeks forfeiture of $1.8 million properties allegedly linked to drug trafficking, money laundering

Departing City Manager Sadhu Johnston leaves on his own terms

Victoria Times-Colonist

Province reaching out to Qualicum Beach after councillor takes medical leave

At the food banks, people the volunteers have never seen before

Carole James, former BC finance minister, says she was driven to give back

New affordable housing project opens in Nanaimo

Victoria News

Saanich prepares to implement bylaw planning plastic checkout bags in April

Oak Bay's Liberal-voting Uplands goes against the grain

Global BC

Chilliwack churchgoers defy COVID-19 restrictions days after Mounties issue fines

Vernon Councillor lobbying for worship services to be deemed essential

Georgia Straight

Canada halts all flights from the UK for 72 hours to prevent spread of COVID-19 variant

Super spreader in-chief's anti-science message is seeping across the border into Canada

Jenny Kwan and Daniel Blake: Open letter of clawback of CERB payments

Campaign intensifies to free renowned Saudi women's-rights activist and UBC alumna Logan al-Hathloul

The Tyee

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Vancouver Courier

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Miscellaneous