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

Coronavirus response in BC

What you need to know as BC opens COVID-19 vaccine bookings for people over 90 on Monday

Outreach efforts look to overcome language, cultural barriers as BC begins mass vaccinations

COVID-19 bookings for vaccine appointments begin Monday in BC

Globe and Mail

Mother of slain daughters supports recent changes to Canada's Divorce Act

Vancouver's PuSh Festival elects entirely new board at AGM

Extreme isolation, but an end to overcrowding: The pandemic's impact on BC prisons

CBC

BC inmates file constitutional challenge over COVID-19 restrictions

26 year old charged with manslaughter in beating death of off-duty police officer

What BC seniors need to know about booking vaccine appointments starting Monday

Songhees Nation secures funding for marine trail tours that will highlight culture, history

Federal funding boosts volunteer efforts to remove thousands of abandoned boats in BC

Vancouver Sun

Funeral service demand grows/BC reimports more than 40,000 annual deaths for first time

Abbotsford townhome project holds presale lottery

BC Liberal party faces calls for renewal as leadership race heats ups

US billionaire wins battle to keep anglers off his giant BC ranch

Victoria Times-Colonist

Fatal shooting in Methosin thought to be targeted; shooter at large

Secret correspondence shows Pfizer/BioNTech tried to cash in on pandemic

Decades of cuts to salmon monitoring leave BC scientists uncertain of fish populations

Victoria company has high hopes for germ-killing copper wrap

BC condo insurance crisis continues in 2021, but faint signs of hope for unit owners

Take heart from history of polio mass vaccination

Victoria News

Esquimalt blazes new trail toward modern public safety building

Health authority opening 19 clinics to immunize Vancouver Island

Global BC

BC parents to protest school COVID-19 safety measures at health authorities' offices on Monday

Mom of slain Oak Bay sisters supports rent changes to Canada's Divorce Act

BC group's International Women's Day event hit by racist, sexist, 'Zoom bomb'

Canada's home prices boom amid COVID-19 as policymakers sit back

Despite more testing, less travel needed to stem COVID-19 spread at land border: expert

Future of Vancouver's School Liaison Officer program up for debate as review heads back to trustees

Georgia Straight

Canadian protestors call for an end to arms sales to Saudi Arabia

Here's a shocker: British company says Vancouver is best city to buy property at a young age

Vancouver's LGBT organization Rainbow Refugee announces leadership changes that reflect expansion

What's up with Brad West and the BC Liberal leadership race?

The Tyee

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