Victoria Viewpoints: Tuesday, May 18, 2021

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Provincial scene for   Monday , May 17, 2021
   

Coronavirus response in BC

BC reports 411 new COVID-19 cases as active cases dip below 5,000

Hospitalized  cases increase; gym closures and grocery store exposures

BC to expand COVID-19 vaccine plan to include people 12 and up

How a change in the Pfizer's storage temperature could completely change vaccine access

COVID curve continues to bend ahead of long weekend as BC announces 411 new cases

COVID-19 detected in mink at Fraser Valley mink farm

Fraser Health accounts for 75 per cent of new cases reported Tuesday

BC's COVID-19 infection rate falls to 411 cases Tuesday

Globe and Mail

BC Mounties confirm identity of two brothers killed in southern interior

Police arrest five protesters for refusing to leave anti-logging blockades in BC

Woodside to exit from struggling Kitimat LNG project in BC

CBC

Plan moves ahead to wipe out non-native deer population on BC Island

Vancouver RV campers told to vacate city streets or face tickets and towing

Police arrest 7 protesters at Fairy Creek logging blockade

Outdoor drinking at select city plazas back again this summer in Vancouver

TransLink names Maryland transit executive as its new CEO

$50M in grants coming to BC's major tourist attractions and tour bus sector

Police now able to enforce mask compliance in BC fitness facilities

Activist, filmmaker Avi Lewis to run for Federal NDP in Southwest BC riding

Vancouver Sun

More names and photos of gangsters released by anti-gang police

Australian energy giant Woodside Petroleum wants out of troubled Kitimat LNG project

East Van RC campers say they won't heed city eviction notice

It will be tough for Falcon to get a consensus on renaming BC Liberals

Police arrest five protesters who refuse to leave anti-logging blockades in BC

Victoria Times-Colonist

Unease in Vic West after arson fire near just-opened shelter

Masks must be worn in fitness facilities, province says

Five protesters arrested by RCMP in Fairy Creek watershed

Victoria News

Parks Canada wants to eradicate invasive deer on Sidney Island

Victoria Tiny Home Village resident evicted for lighting small fire

Arrests begin at Fairy Creek blockade on Vancouver Island

BC provides $50 million to keep major tourist attractions going

Global

Public warning issued about 11 gangsters with ties to BC's escalating violence

BC First Nation opposes jade mining, wants reality TV show 'Jade Fever' taken off the air

Case of wealthy BC couple accused of jumping vaccine queue in Yukon put over to June 15

Woman injured in Burnaby Cactus Club gang shooting has ties to RCMP

BC gives support to certain tourism attractions, but won't bail out PNE

City of Vancouver allows alcohol consumption at three public plazas 

Vancouver apologizes for role in Komagata Maru incident

Georgia Straight

City of Vancouver apologizes for discrimination against Indian passengers in 1914 Komagata Maru incident

Bank economist says Canadian real estate market 'still a long way back from the moon'

Homeless people living in camper vans and defy City of Vancouver  order to break up camp by May 26

The Tyee

Controversial Calgary Mayoral candidate to stand trial in Dawson Creek

Miscellaneous