Victoria Viewpoints: Thursday, April 22, 2021

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Provincial scene for   Thursday, April 22, 2021
   

Coronavirus response in BC

Relief in BC as Ottawa says it will suspend flights from India, Pakistan

Four COVID-19 deaths, 1006 new cases in BC as number in hospital tops 500

BC cancels 1,750 schdeduled surgeries in Lower Mainland as COVID-19 hospitalizations surge

Canada banning flights from India, Pakistan for 30 days as COVID-19 cases soar

'We support it': BC health officials say stopping India flights will help curb our third-wave

AstraZeneca vaccine supply dries up in BC Interior

BC booking priority  COVID-19 shots for people in high-transmission neighbourhoods

COVID-19 variant first detected in India found in Canada. What we know so far

Canada bans flights from India and Pakistan for 30 days

More than 500 hospitalized cases; non urgent surgeries suspended

COVID surge forces BC Hospitals to cancel surgeries

1,750 non urgent surgeries postponed in BC as COVID hospitalizations continue to set records

Canada's decision to suspend flights from India and Pakistan praised

Vaccinating kids may be key to quashing COVID-19, but there are still many unknowns

Record-high hospitalizations and ICU admissions due to COVID-19 continue in BC

No AstraZeneca left on Island for those scrambling to find pharmacy doses

Vaccine availability a fluid situation for Saanich Peninsula

BCCDC says fresh COVID19 cases down in most Island Health Areas

BC sees 1,006 COVID-19 cases Thursday, 'alarming 502 in hospital

BC COVID-19 hotspots targeted as AstraZeneca vaccine runs low

Globe and Mail

BC's coming travel ban won't stop cross-border travel, public safety minister says

Metro Vancouver has seen 15 gang-related killing in 2021, police say

Former Minister Shirley Bond tells inquiry money laundering on BC radar but so were guns, gangs

CBC

Vancouver comedy and arts club to take final bow as pandemic incurred losses mount

Quebec court's ruling on religious symbols ban denounced by BC's Sikh community

Taseko lays off at least 40 workers at its Gibraltar Mine in BC's central interior

BC paramedics respond to record number of calls for drug poisonings in a single day

BC City prevents owners from moving into new homes after realizing areas sewage system is at capacity

Cleveland Dam and Capilano River to get alarm system following deaths of 2 men

BC Parks contractor appeals for travel ban clarity after needlessly cancelling campers

BC Orchards, wineries 'just hoping for the best' as another COVID summer approaches

Former minister in charge says she wasn't told directly about dirty cash flowing to BC's casinos

Vancouver Sun

Non urgent surgeries to be cancelled in BC's biggest hospitals as cases pile up

New travel restrictions cause confusion, anxiety for BC residents, Liberals say

This time is's Farnworth who explains 'what the Premier meant to say'

Some Richmond teachers out of luck as demand for AstraZeneca spiked

Victoria Times-Colonist

Gold River wildfire persists, crews watch change in weather

New Ferry for Nanaimo-Gabriola route launched in Romania

Students making some noise for school music programs

Colwood-Victoria ferry idea still making waves

In pandemic, financial supports more costly than medical expenses

Victoria News

Victoria plans  10 hour closures of Government Street come June

Vancouver Island could be at its worst point of overdose crises yet: medical health officer

Global BC

Former minister tells inquiry money laundering on BC radar, but so were guns, gangs

Six audible and visual alarms to be installed near site of North Vancouver dam, river tragedy

'I felt helpless': Patient concerned about Kelowna General Hospital staff masking habits

Okangan. business bans people vaccinated against COVID-19 from entering

BC paramedics respond to highest-ever number of overdose calls in a single day

No immediate plans for cancelled surgeries in BC Interior despite 98% hospital capacity 

British Columbia's 'war in the woods' is flaring up again

Georgia Straight

Six warning alarms to be installed below Cleveland Dam after sudden water release that killed two

Big Oils climate cop out

Councillor Christine Boyle gets real about the climate emergency

The Tyee

We Moved swiftly on the pandemic, Why not the overdose crisis?

Lack of paid sick leave in BC's Budget is a missed opportunity

Miscellaneous