Victoria Viewpoints: Saturday-Monday, May 22-24, 2021

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Provincial scene for  Saturday-Monday,  May 22-24, 2021
   

Coronavirus response in BC

As BC looks to end COVID 'circuit breaker' province records 974 new cases, 12 deaths

BC's younger residents receiving COVID-19 vaccine at a 'steady pace' says expert

Retired nurses sit on sidelines as firefighters give COVID-19 vaccines in Fraser Health

Active case count fall significantly over long weekend but death count continues to rise

COVID-19 numbers keep dropping in BC as 974 new cases and 12 more deaths recorded over past 3 days

Variant B.1.517 from India is not taking over in BC, latest data shows

'So far, so good' as BC vaccination numbers ready across ages, expert says

Daily cases dip below 300 in BC on Monday, province says stay the course

COVID-19 warning goes out for students attending two area schools last week

Globe and Mail

BC First Nations at odds with anti-logging protesters

BC logging blockade comes to a head as RCMP start arresting protesters

BC's NDP government haunted by past campaign promise

CBC

Fire destroys building, threatens SkyTrain station in downtown New Westminster

Restaurants prepare for return to indoor dining despite lack of clarity on provincial restart plans

I'd much rather be in New Zealand than BC when a big earthquake strikes

More arrests Monday at old-growth logging blockades on Vancouver Island

103 drivers ordered to turn around at BC road checks over long weekend

Hunter says she found dozens of severed bar paws scattered across rural BC road

Man shot dead in Calgary was brother of recent BC homicide victim

Built on a bet

BC tourist towns hopeful that eased restrictions will allow more travel

Vancouver Sun

Here are the COVID-19 restrictions that may (or man not) be lifted on Tuesday

Dozens of bear paws, their claws removed, dumped roadside next to Shuswap Lake

How a pandemic changed transit in Metro Vancouver

Firefighters battle blaze in downtown New Westminster

Maple Leaf schools go global, but they are as much about China as Canada

Victoria Times-Colonist

Biden signs bill opening door for Alaska cruises to resume, bypassing Victoria

Anatomy of a Metro Vancouver hit: Imported hit men, kill kits, guns and fast cars

RCMP link Nanaimo killing to gang conflict; seek help in tracing movements of SUV

Oak Bay tests parking restrictions at Willows Beach to make it more pedestrian friendly

New leadership position at UVic aims to bring Indigenous perspective to institution

Keep politics out of electoral boundary decisions

Victoria News

Pandemic not a time to pursue single-use plastics ban, Oak Bay council concurs

New BC Ferry begins voyage across the Pacific

'Tax Freedom Day' in Canada is coming a week later this year

RCMP try to piece together surveillance video in Nanaimo gang shooting investigation

Global

British Columbia set to roll out COVID-19 re-opening plan on Tuesday

Popular North Vancouver hiking trail remains closed Monday as officers search for bear

5 more people arrested at anti-logging protest on southern Vancouver Island

US bill allowing Alaska cruises to resume while bypassing Canada signed into law

Vancouver remembers Komagata Maur on 107th anniversary of ship denied entry

BC gang war spills out of Lower Mainland with slayings in Calgary, Nanaimo

BC RCMP turn back 103 vehicles, fine 2 at long weekend checkpoints

Georgia Straight

Antimasker Chris Sky urges Vancouver Police not to enforce public health orders

Vigil for Komagata Maru passengers held in Vancouver

In wake of Attorney General  David Eby's apology over study, he praises Andy Yan in email to Douglas Todd

Komagata Maru Remembrance Day commemorated in Vancouver for first time

The Tyee

Thousands can;'t pay their power bills. BC won't pull the plug 

Miscellaneous