Victoria Viewpoints: Thursday, April 15, 2021

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Provincial scene for   Thursday, April 15, 2021
   

Coronavirus response in BC

Health officials still won't explain ending enhanced screening for Brazil travellers

BC could hit 3,000 new COVID-19 cases a day if contact trends don't go down: health officials

BC sets new records for active COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations as new cases top 1,200 again

COVID-19 transmission goes up among BC kids when schools on break: data

'Every order applies to you': A vaccine does not mean you can ignore health guidelines

Update on schools, workplaces and hotspots

BC reports low COVID-19 transmissions in schools  ...

BC health officials say province could hit 2,000 COVID-19 cases a day if interactions not limited

BCs COVID-19 spike could overwhelm hospitals, scientists say

More virulent variants continue to surge in BC, up to 60% of cases and growing

Risk of transmission in schools low, said officials, as hospitalizations hit record high

COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, ICU admissions at all time highs in BC

Top doctor warns BC's daily cases could reach 3,000 as COVID hospitalizations surge

Industrial sites, pubs, restaurants driving COVID-19 spread in BC

Globe and Mail

BC pledges $2billion more in loans to build lower cost housing

Residential school building at Lower Post to be demolished, replaced

Hospice services return to Delta as facility reopens after lengthy fight

BC families push for changes as special committee examines provincial Police Act

CBC

Mother files human rights complaint following death of Indigenous teen in BC group home

BC's restaurant restrictions spell the end for this decades old Surrey diner

Supervised drug consumption site in Prince George expanding to support substance users who smoke their drugs

BC puts $2B toward low-interest loans for builders of affordable housing

Vancouver Aquarium sold to US tourism company

BC families whose loved ones were killed by police push for changes to Police Act

Paper Excellence permanently closes pulp mill in Mackenzie at a cost of 250 jobs

Prince George will keep its air traffic control services, Nav Canada says

Residential school building in northern BC to be replaced with new community centre

Vancouver Sun

Facing closure, Vancouver Aquarium sold to US entertainment company

Vancouver biggest source for domestic COVID infected flights: Health Canada

On COVID travel restrictions, Horgan talks a lot, does nothing

Victoria Times-Colonist

BC families push for changes as special committee examines provincial Police Act

Salmon closures hurt recreational fishery but won't save orcas, say charter companies

A mother speaks out amid bid to decriminalized personal drug use in BC

The emergency that won't go away

Victoria News

Victoria's bylaw banning plastic bags back in effect

Global BC

BC woman among many facing surprise CERB tax bill this year

BC restaurants, industrial workplaces and gyms among biggest COVID-19 cluster sites

Questions raised over lengthy investigations into Kelowna Mounties' conduct

Former residential school building to be demolished in Lower Post BC

Georgia Straight

The errors of 2015 continue to haunt the Vancouver housing crisis story

Vancouver Aquarium sold to American company that owns Dollywood, Harlem Globetrotters

School boards need to refuse more budget cuts

Interactive mapping tool tracks impact of industrial projects on BC species at risk

The Tyee

BC's COVID cases and Hospitalizations Rise, but Still no new measures 

'Horrible' Residential School to be razed and replaced with Cultural Centre

NDP MP introduces bill to decriminalize drugs in Canada

For one day, BC activists handed out clean heroin and cocaine

Miscellaneous