Victoria Viewpoints: Saturday-Monday, February 26-28, 2022

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Provincial scene for   Saturday-Monday,  February 26-28, 2022  
   

Coronavirus response in BC

22 more deaths recorded in Canada as Canadian travel restrictions lift 

BC reports 50 people in hospital with COVID-19, but 22 more deaths over 3 days

Pfizer-BioNTech COVID vaccine less effective against infection for kids 5 to 11, study suggests

Island health closes COVID mass-immunization clinics, reduces hours of others 

Island health reworks COVID-19 vaccine clinic schedules, shifts focus to immunizing more kids

Globe and Mail

Refuge hut between BC and Alberta to come down

Rainfall, winter storm warnings for southern BC

BC real estate association criticizes cooling-off period for housing

BC Premier John Horgan opens up about cancer and the state of the world 

CBC

Cooling-off period not the solution to BC housing crisis, real estate association says

BC's 'cascading' climate emergencies underscore new UN report's call for urgent GHG emissions cuts

Josh Wakely died of flesh-eating disease. Doctors misdiagnosed his condition 3 times, his widow claims

Building a business for Black hair in northern BC

Vacant house destroyed, several people injured by large explosion in Nanaimo 

Hundreds across BC attend rallies in support of Ukraine

Vancouver Sun 

Taming the housing market: Real estate industry at odds with BC government 

Restaurants should be required by law to accept customers' own mugs: City staff

Security guard assaulted at UBC Okanagan dies of her injuries

Fugitive BC gang leader posed as bee-saving philanthropist in Puerto Rico

BC remains in a relatively strong fiscal position

Victoria Times-Colonist 

Investigators look into cause of huge blast that destroyed Nanaimo home

Employee praised for helping Mountie after theft suspect becomes violent

Deputy Chief Mark Fisher to return to Oak Bay Police chief role in September

Victoria Council considers suspending relationship with Russian City

Indigenous Protected Area plan demonstrates reconciliation in action       

Victoria  News

Support refugees fleeing Ukraine invasion, BC premier urges 

BC Municipalities still waiting for climate action fund details 

Former Oak Bay Police Chief returns to helm come September 

Job action looms for Vancouver Island Regional Library employees 

Global

'More busy that Christmas': Customers flock to East Vancouver Ukrainian restaurant 

'We are here alone': Vancouver in Ukraine recalls chaos of escape from Kyiv

Public servants calling for BC public sector pension fund to divest Russian investments 

BC Real Estate Association criticizes cooling off period for housing 

Explosion destroys home in Nanaimo sending debris flying through the air

BC Mayor with Ukrainian heritage 'heartbroken' by conflict as vigil gets underway

Georgia Straight

Vancouver renters need to work 48 hours more pre month to keep housing cost at 30 percent of income

UN Secretary General António Guterres accuses world's biggest polluters of committing arson on our only home

Russian disinformation campaign rallies Canada's far-right enemy within 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

The Tyee

Critics slam freeze on BC's income assistance and disability rates 

Is Two-Tier Health Care Growing in BC?

Monuments to What?

Miscellaneous

Ottawa invests $11.8 million in Indigenous commercial fishing ventures on West Coast

'You always have half of your heart back home': In her youth she fought for freedom in Ukraine, Now she carries on the fight from Canada