Victoria Viewpoints: Friday, December 3, 2021

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Provincial scene for   Friday,  December 3, 2021
   

Coronavirus response in BC

BC reports another 405 cases, six new deaths

BC ahead of schedule on COVID-19 booster campaign, health minister says

BC records 405 new cases of COVID-19 and 6 more deaths

Canadians 50 and over should get COVID-19 booster shot, national immunization committee says

Rate of COVID transmission on Island 'cause for some concern': health minister

BC reports 405 new cases of COVID-19

Globe and Mail

BC to expand life-saving tools available to first responders

First Nations' response to BC floods held up as a model to help mitigate damage from future disasters

BC Public Safety Minister visits flood-damaged Princeton, promises support to repair damage 

CN Rail aims to reopen tracks in southern BC this weekend after second network shutdown  

The hard limits to 'affordable' rentals 

Flood cleanup in Princeton pushed volunteers to the limit

CBC

Canada Post vaccine mandate leads to post office closure in small BC Island community

Damaged container ship headed to BC port - 6 weeks after fire

Gitxsan leaders say MLA no longer welcome after failing to discuss RCMP deployment, arrests at encampment 

Concern over incoming wintry weather as BC begins to rebuild after devastating floods

Evacuation order lifted for part of Abbotsford as city unveils 'Return Home' plan 

Disaster expert urges those affected by BC flooding to take care of their mental health

Vancouver Sun 

Province not doing enough to address shortage of 911, ambulance dispatchers; critics 

An inside peek at Red Fish, BC's new mental health an addictions hospital

BC Real Estate broker sues money-laundering watchdog over $255,000 penalty

Snow on the way for South Coast

Highway 99 north of Pemberton will remain closed, while crews work to clear another rockslide on Highway 12

BC economic recovery expected to continue, despite floods and fires

Forestry firms continue to send their investment dollars elsewhere

Victoria Times-Colonist 

It could take weeks to unload damaged containers from Zim Kingston cargo ship

Fish-farming company fined $500,000 for 2017 Echo Bay diesel spill

Extra shelter spaces opened up as South Island braces for snow

Dealing with COVID in the long term

Victoria News

Victoria Foundation targets funding 2 hospital beds in 24 hours, community rallies to fund 9

"It's just unbelievable': Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth tours Princeton flood

Two Victoria neighbourhoods being considered for heritage designation

98% of turkeys survived flooding, says BC Agriculture Minister

BC adds paramedics, dispatchers increasing treatment options

Global

South Coast Snow this weekend

BC Health Minister says no leeway for chiropractors after vote opposing vaccine mandate

Officials prepare roads, bridges, transit for possible Lower Mainland snow

City of Abbotsford lifts evacuation order for north Sumas. Prairie 

Large cohort of Merritt residents given green light to return home

How restoring wetlands and watershed could help prevent the next disaster

Drier, colder weather helping floodwaters recede and repairs to roads continue

Georgia Straight

Environment Canada sees possibility of wet snow in Lower Mainland

Burnaby North- Seymour MP Terry Beech becomes parliamentary secretary to Chrystia Freeland

City of Vancouver announces use of free Alertable app to warn of local emergencies

CIBC forecasts 2022 Canadian home sales to drop 15 percent

The Tyee

Torture by Planning

On Fossil Fuel Subsidies, the Facts Matter

Miscellaneous