Victoria Viewpoints: Saturday/Sunday, April 24 and 25, 2021

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Provincial scene for   Saturday/Sunday, April 24 & 25, 2021
   

Coronavirus response in BC

Dwindling AstraZeneca supply sends BC women on vaccine road trip

'A massive sigh of relief': Prince Rupert closer to post-COVID life after mass immunization

Fraser Health offers drop-in vaccine clinic for South Langley Township

BC cancels West Vancouver country club's clinic offering AstraZeneca vaccine to members

Whistler, Dawson Creek express fears and frustrations as COVID-19 variants rapidly spreads

Trial of COVID-19 treatment drug expanded to include all of Fraser Health

More COVID-19 exposures reported in Vancouver Island schools

West Van Mayor goes public with husband's COVID-19 fight

Globe and Mail

Sick pay debate drags on as BC businesses shuttered by COVID-19 outbreaks

Vancouver works to close Strathcona Park tent encampment

CBC

BC travel restrictions don't go gar enough, says SFU researcher studying pandemics and borders

Internet down in Tumbler Ridge after beaver chews through fibre cable 

BC Hotel Association says it's not up to it's members to police travel restrictions

West Vancouver country club members call for removal of CEO who planned exclusive vaccine clinic

Hollywood North show no sig of stopping as pandemic drags on

Victoria's affordability gap keeps tenants on edge - and sometimes pushes theme over it

Fraser Health Crisis Line marks 5 hears as pandemic pushes demand

Vancouver mayor calls for court injunction to close restaurant 'defiant' in the face of COVID restrictions

BC murder cases in jeopardy as accused killer walks free, police slammed for ignoring law

A struggling Campbell River cafe owner makes a last ditch appeal. - and a community answers

Northern BC School Districts collaborate to create for-credit Indigenous language curriculum

Food waste on BC Farms? Blame the system not the farmer, new SFU research suggests

Vancouver Sun

Sending out an SOS, we need answers about BC's COVID response

Bicycle shortage worse than 2020 as interest in cycling surges

Ottawa falls flat while BC house prices take to the sky

Tourism based businesses scraping by first weekend of BC's new travel restrictions

Largest mobile EV charger in Canada to be deployed in the Kootenays this summer

'Boring is good' as Vancouver's new top boss aims for quiet efficiency

Victoria Times-Colonist

Passengers line up for ferries aware of new travel rules

Making good the restoration of Old Town Victoria 

Want to cut school district budget. Start with streamlining administration 

Input sought on land sale at Lansdowne Middle School

Students plan another musical protest to support school programs

Higher sockeye returns predicted for Fraser River but not enough for a harvest

Will new travel restrictions actually make a difference?

Victoria News

Public hearing next stage for proposed nine-storey Esquimalt seniors residence

Victoria's new mower is cutting more than grass

More than half of BC's first-time homebuyers plan on heading to suburbs for their purchase

Vancouver Island pub owner wants COVID consistency

Global BC

It has to stop': Outrage over graffiti equating Dr. Bonnie Henry to Auschwitz 'angel of death'

Holidaymakers juggle disappointment, understanding as BC travel restrictions kick in

Shuswap MLA concerned paid staff are replacing vaccine volunteers

Southern Interior fire departments train together on wildfire response

Okanagan Falls considers becoming a municipality

Home ownership dreams dashed for many young Canadians as house prices soar

BC couple concerned vacation rental's refund policies create pressure to travel

West Vancouver mayor quits country club over reported 'exclusive pop-up ' vaccine clinic

Georgia Straight

An ER doctor explains why the federal budget blew a shot at avoiding a post pandemic crisis in Seniors Care

Policing travel between regions is nowhere near as easy as it might appear to be

Canada's laughing-stock universities cave in twice to community gatekeeper by cancelling Indian Journalist's talk

Extinction Rebellion throws down the gauntlet to CBC News in British Columbia

The Tyee

Miscellaneous