Victoria Viewpoints: Monday, January 18, 2021

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Provincial scene for   Monday,  January 18, 2021 
   

Coronavirus response in BC

BC records 1,330 new cases of COVID-19 but single day count falls to lowest in 11 weeks

Five BC young people under 20 were in ICU for COVID-19 in the last month

BC's COVID-19 rapid response paramedic team deployed to Williams Lake

Norway warns of vaccination side-effects, deaths in some patients over 80

Over 30 flights with exposures, 13 cases among people from outside Canada, and more

BC COVID-19 immunizations still on track for end of March: top doctor

Every drop is like 'liquid gold': BC maximizing COVID-19 vaccine doses during first stage of rollout

BC records 31 deaths and 1,330 new cases of COVID-19 over 3 days

BC tweaks vaccination plan as dose numbers drop over the next month

BC refuses to call out Ottawa after vaccine delay announced

COVID-19 update shows BC kids in ICU for the first time

Sixty five new COVID-19 cases, two additional deaths reported on the Island over the weekend

BC adjusts COVID-19 vaccine rollout for delivery slowdown

Globe and Mail

BC to phase out enhanced driver's licence and identification cards

CBC

Vancouver mother wants answers after memorial to slain daughter removed

BC teenager free to move forward with gender-affirming surgery after mother's lawsuit tossed

Kelowna church fined $2.300 a second time for holding in-person services

BC phasing out enhanced driver's licence and ID cards used for land entry into US

Coroner's inquest called into death of 20 year old Hudson Brooks, shot 9 times by police

BC Green Party leader accuses premier of lack of transparency over Site C

Large number of staff affected by COVID-19 forces temporary closure of Cowichan Valley school

Dawson Creek mayor says it's disappointing 'that city councillors travelled abroad'

Here's what a lawyer says about the constitutionality of a BC Travel ban

Vancouver Sun

BC real estate regulator clamps down on activities of 'Wolf of Burrard Street'

Vancouver City staff recommend against new vision for old Celtic Shipyard

Fear mongering at the money-laundering inquiry

Victoria Times-Colonist

BC phasing out enhanced driver's licence program by 2025

Two warming centres provide food, drinks and daytime shelter to homeless in Nanaimo

No breathalyzer tests in a pandemic? Port McNeill man can tell you that's not true

Victoria News

Woman gives Victoria area jail 4.5 - start review in handwritten card to police after arrest

Man confronts unmasked group at Oak Bay Marina

New cell tower proposed for Westhills Stadium in Langford

BC job training fund increased for developmentally disabled

BC abandons border ID cards built into driver's licence

Global BC

UBC students left scrambling for tuition after $8,300 administrative error

Experts say cancelled Keystone XL pipeline expansion won't lessen oil dependency

Kelowna church handed second violation ticket for defying mass gathering order

Georgia Straight

Noam Chomsky calls on Justin Trudeau to sign January 22's UN Nuclear Ban Treaty

Three Vancouver restaurants listed with potential COVID-19 exposure events

The Tyee

Singers, Ranchers and Environmentalists are now battling Kenney's Coal Plan

After long fight, overdose prevention site peer Workers Join Union

What's that flushing sound? Just Albertans' Keystone XL investment going down the drain

No Keystone XL? What do we do with all this pipe?

'My Mom did not have to die alone'

How BC's Fossil Fuel Fights Link to a string of wins in US

Miscellaneous