Victoria Viewpoints: Saturday/Sunday, February 6 & 7, 2021

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Provincial scene for  Saturday/Sunday,  February 6 & 7, 2021 
   

Coronavirus response in BC

Thousands of BC Frontline workers still awaiting pandemic pay

Mouth wash rinse test gets same results as invasive nose swabs BC study

COVID-19 outbreak reported at CFB Esquimalt; exposures at three Island schools

Globe and Mail

'Jarring experience' in BC psych wards because of 'uniquely problematic' law

CBC

Victoria city council to vote on makeover of coastline park

'Winter's last hurrah' brings cold snap to northern and central BC

1,000 paper cranes folded for health-care workers in Richmond

As Vancouver re-examines River district plans, residents say amenities are slow to arrive

Abbotsford police use Valentine's Day to highlight rise in domestic violence

Member of reclusive church can't get out of joining crossing guard union, BC Labour board says

Student's in Prince George use paintbrushes to preserve history from old fire hall's walls

Aquaculture workers worry about bleak future with closing of farms in the Discovery Islands

Vancouver Sun

Hundreds with mental illness are falling through the gaps

BC RCMP seek to quash fast-spreading abduction rumours on social media

BC braces for winter cold snap; snowfall warning for Fraser Valley

Victoria Times-Colonist

BC housing minister David Eby on his plans to tackle homelessness

Hotel, film studio dangled as option for Western Speedway lands

West Coast First Nations strike agreement to protect sacred cultural cedars

Victoria council to consider car-free zone at the tip of Clover Point Park

Victoria News

Environment Canada warns of lower temperatures for Greater Victoria

Council rezones refugee house in Oak Bay Village

Sidney/North Saanich RCMP responded to more mental health calls during COVID-19 pandemic

Global BC

ATV activity near critical Fraser River fish habitat alarms conservationists

'No evidence' to support social media rumours about missing BC women, say police

Cold weather ahead: Arctic air in BC forecast, southbound blast expected to blanket province

BC bars warned of inspection blitz amid fears of super spreader Super Bowl

'Not a safe situation': Staff working overtime to end Strathcona Park camp, Eby says

Patients must transfer at health authority takes over BC hospice

A lunar new year like no other: BC's annual festivities go online amid COVID-19 

Georgia Straight

The cases for labelling Proud Boys a terrorist organization

Demand for detached homes puts the wack in Chilliwack, where buyers pay highest premiums in Lower Mainland

Just another Sunday in BC restaurants, pubs and bars as no Super Bowl promotions are permitted

Mayor Doug McCallum's refusal to issue Indigenous land acknowledgement is shameful

The Tyee

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Miscellaneous