Victoria Viewpoints: Friday, April 30, 2021

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Provincial scene for    Friday, April 30, 2021
   

Coronavirus response in BC

In Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, a COVID-19 hotspot archives herd immunity

BC reports 740 new COVID-19 cases, fewest since late March

BC to start booking COVID-19 vaccinations for people aged 50+ next week

Health Canada holding back 1st batch of J&J COVID-19 vaccines over quality control issues

BC records 740 new cases of COVID-19 and 4 more deaths as 3rd wave shows signs of slowing

Interior Health invites people aged 30 and older to register for a vaccine at pharmacies

COVID-19 modelling shows BC bending the curve of variant cases

BC records 740 new cases, four additional deaths

BC bending the curve of variant cases, modelling shows

COVID hospitalizations remain high, people 50 and up can book vaccinations next week

BC's COVID-19 rate declines, people in hospital rises to 511

BC moving to COVID-19 vaccine appointments for age 50 and up

Globe and Mail

The trouble with 'bubble': Why Canada's red-hot housing market is defying the burst

BC legal giant Thomas Berger helped define Indigenous rights in Canadian law

Former BC minister Kash Heed denies saying government knew about casino crime

CBC

Grouse Mountain grizzly bears wake up from hibernation

Vancouver says PNE needs $8M from province in order to survive

Ex minister says comments accusing officials of ignoring money laundering were meant to stay private

Urban design study envisions walking made easier in Vancouver's historic Gastown

Watering restrictions come into effect in Metro Vancouver May 1

RCMP can now set up checkpoints on BC highway corridors to deter non-essential travel: minister

BC Ferries abruptly cancels trial for Sunshine Coast route changes in face of public pushback

Majority of people moved out of Stratchona Park encampment

Vancouver Sun

Violating travel orders could cost you up to $575

Think of them as 'pop-up' roadside checks. Just don't call them random

BC NDP fee cap reduces child care costs, but also shrinks spaces; critics

Strathcona dissolution brings both sadness and hope

PNE's future at risk due to financial impact of COVID-19; City of Vancouver

Head of anti-gang agency says more players involved in current conflict

Mountie uses RCMP for failure to probe false allegations, harassment

David Eby's evolution on dirty money

Victoria Times-Colonist

Police will set up road checks to enforce travel ban on mainland, but not Island: Farnworth

Tiny homes village nears completion, as city prepares to enforce no camping bylaw

Surgeries postponed in island Health amid staffing shortages

'Dying a slow death': Father appeals for destigmatization of drug use amid overdose crisis

Victoria News

New two-space, Store Street EV charging station open in downtown Victoria

BC's COVID-19 road checks won't require travel documents

Student's rally to save music amid Greater Victoria budget cuts

Feds to conduct emergency review of new West Coast prawn fishery regulations

Racism hotline in the works for BC, officials announce

Global

BC's travel ban road checks could start as early as Friday

BC family still searching for answers to how healthy 46 year old dad died of COVID

PNE at risk of folding without $8M provincial bailout, says fair and Vancouver mayor

Former BC cabinet minister denies saying government knew about casino crime

'There is a difference': Trudeau on quarantine rules for BC land-border crossings

More than 180 moved out of Strathcona Park encampment ahead of Friday deadline: Park board

BC government developing hotline to report racist incidents

Georgia Straight

Ontario Premier Doug Ford goes into hiding as his handlers try to figure out their next move

Government negligence on full display as overdose deaths continue to rise

Attorney General David Eby expresses regret over his role in 2015 study on non-anglicized names of homebuyers

The Tyee

Vancouver's only 24 hour overdose prevention site is closing

The Translator kids

Why the Hold up on paid sick days? It's about Power

BC finally unveils travel ban enforcement details

Miscellaneous