Victoria Viewpoints: Thursday, January 21, 2021

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Provincial scene for  Thursday,  January 21, 2021 
   

Coronavirus response in BC

BC reports 564 new COVID-19 cases, 15 deaths as hospitalizations fall again

BC to announce next. steps in COVID-19 vaccine rollout Friday

Power outage destroys COVID-19 vaccines in remote BC First Nation clinic

COVID-19 variants could be spreading across Canada. Are labs doing enough to detect them?

15 new deaths, new case count increases, Williams Lake cluster 

15 more lives lost to COVID-19 in BC, as 564 new cases confirmed

Here's what we know about outdoor transmission of COVID-19 during winter months

BC labs fast-tracking tests to detect new, more infectious COVID-19 mutations

British Columbia loses another 15 lives to pandemic

Blame banks for $147 million in anonymous casino drafts

Record High 47 new COVID-19 cases reported in Island Health

Another 564 COVID-19 cases, mass vaccine plan coming Friday

Vancouver Island smashes COVID-19 high: 47 new cases in a day

Globe and Mail

Legal review shows BC can't restrict interprovincial travel, Horgan says

BC schools spend federal money on cleaning, instead of ventilation

BC Liberals announce seven member committee to oversee leadership campaign

CBC

BC won't ban interprovincial travel, premier says

BC company set to begin first Canadian production line of cup-moulded respirator masks

BC government criticized over failing to release consultant's report on long-term care homes

Plans underway for race to replace outgoing BC Liberal leader

Elected president of Métis Nation BC suspended byBoard of Directors

Pitt Meadows council wants CP Railiway to pay more local taxes due to company's impact on city

Vancouver Sun

Premier Horgan says government can't close BC to visitors

Snowfall warning issues for BC's South Coast

BC hired Ernst and Young to study pandemic effect on case homes, but did not make it public

Wilkinson yet to resign, giving Liberals more time to choose replacement

Victoria Times-Colonist

Fire breaks out in tent at Beacon Hill Park

Former Conservation officer who refused to kill bear cubs wants his job back

Deadly sinking haunts fishboat owner; safety gear missing, passengers not instructed

Victoria News

Up to 15 cm of snow forecast for Vancouver Island this weekend

BC communities warned of upcoming RCMP unionization costs

Interprovincial travel restrictions a no-go, Horgan says after reviewing legal options

Global BC

British Columbia will not impose restrictions on inter-provincial travel, premier says

Andrew Wilkinson still has not resigned as leader of the BC Liberals

City of Victoria offering relief funding for business targeted by vandals

City of Vancouver pushes for funding in order to keep the PNE afloat in 2021

BC court turfs taxi companies' bid to quash Uber, Lyft licences

Canada's movie theatre association calls out 'absurdity' of BC theatre closure

Georgia Straight

BC Premier John Horgan says province can't take action to stop interprovincial travel

VSB to vote on future land plans

The Tyee

After Five years, Kevin Desmond reaches his TransLink Terminus

BC Safer Supply program is too slow to start and not working, users say

Wake Up! Trump's Politics of Division and Hate are already here

Worries rise that NPA Board Could run extremist candidates in 2022

'Judy versus Capitalism ' plumbs the mind of Judy Rebick

Hotel workers turn to Courts to Fight Pandemic firings

Miscellaneous