Victoria Viewpoints: Monday, March 1, 2021

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Provincial scene for  Monday, March 1, 2021 
   

Coronavirus response in BC

BC says all adults could be offered first vaccine dose by end of July

BC reports 1,478 new COVID-19 cases, eight deaths over three days as total cases top 80K

BC rolls out COVID-19 vaccination plan for those over 80 and extends time between doses

BC says all eligible adults should get first dose of COVID-19 vaccine by end of July

Six healthcare outbreaks, update on variants in schools 

BC enters Phase 2 of immunization program and reveals details for further vaccinations

BC speeds up its COVID Vaccination plan

COVID variants continue to increase in BC as province announces 1,478 new cases over 3 days

BC accelerates timeline for first vaccine doses, rolls out appointment system for seniors over 80

Variant cases accelerating with 11 exposures in BC schools

BC reveals more detail on COVID-19 vaccine plan; second doses pushed to four months

88 new COVID-19 cases reported in Island Health; outbreak declared at care home

BC's weekend COVID-19 cases: 532 Saturday, 508 Sunday, 438 Monday

BC seniors aged 90+ can start to sign up for vaccination on March 8

Globe and Mail

New online tool lets Metro Vancouver residents track viral load of COVID-19 found in untreated waste water

Vancouver buys hotel to help tackle housing crisis

CBC

BC to extend rent freeze to end of 2021, increase protections against 'renovictions'

BC public health rules discriminate against churches, lawyer argues

US couple living in BC has work permits refused due to missing number on paperwork

Quebec spring breakers arrive in BC despite warnings against non-essential travel

Kootenay environmental group raises $400K to rescue forest from clear-cutting

IIO agrees to Indigenous civilian monitor to assist its probe into police shooting of Aboriginal man

Police arrest man after gasoline poured on occupied tent in Victoria park

Vancouver Sun

Travel agent sues clients for $5,000 airfare after Air Canada cancels

Election call came just after meeting that highlighted Site C problems

Support for BC health officials flags, and signs of COVID-19 fatigue heat up in survey

BC proposes rent freeze until end of 2021, measures to stop renovictions

Secret family and wife battle in court over dead Hells Angels prospect's assets

Archbishop of Vancouver joins fight against COVID restrictions on Church gatherings

Victoria Times-Colonist

Province, city step up efforts to move people without homes indoors

Victoria News

All unhoused Victoria residents will be offered shelter by March 31, says BC Housing

Victoria police seek witnesses after man threatens to set tent ablaze with woman and dog inside

Off-duty officer finds safety in car from pipe-wielding man near Victoria police headquarters

BC extends COVID-19 rent freeze again, to the end of 2021

Indigenous consent must come first and last for BC industrial projects

Global BC

2 Vancouver police officers 'reassigned' after officer filmed posing for photos next to dead body

Downtown Eastside residents offered $5 after getting COVID-19 vaccine

BC looks to extend rent freeze to end of 2021

BC public health rules discriminate against churches, lawyer argues

'I was shaking': Okanagan Ebus passenger pricked by needle

City of Vancouver buys Days Inn hotel to house homeless people

BC mayor who compared gun owners to Holocaust victims to seek anger management counselling

Georgia Straight

Burnaby and Delta roadside inspections of commercial vehicles result in half being removed from roads

Chilliwack real estate gets wackier: 73 percent of homes selling either at full or above listed prices

The Tyee

Vancouver Buys Kingsway Hotel to House people who are homeless

Once homeless, residents of a Granville Street Hostel are now thriving

Pharaoh Horgan and his $16 Billion monument to Folly

Why do Pandemic injunctions Target protests but not churches?

Emails confirm Torstar and Postmedia knew Both Planned Cuts after Big Swap

Miscellaneous