Victoria Viewpoints: Tuesday-Wednesday, February 15-16, 2022

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Provincial scene for Tuesday-Wednesday,  February 15-16, 2022  
   

Coronavirus response in BC

11 more deaths in BC, falling hospitalizations as event restrictions set to expire

BC Outlines plan to begin lifting COVID-19 restrictions

BC hangs on to vaccine passports as COVID-19 capacities lift 

BC to lift most COVID-19 restrictions, but masks, vaccine rules remain 

11 more people die of COVID-19 in BC as hospitalizations fall for 7th straight day

Interior Health sues to shut down gym defying COVID-19 health orders 

Hope, but no certainty, in this week's pandemic announcements 

BC retreats on pandemic restrictions 

Dancing back, gatherings uncapped: BC keeps masks, vaccine cards in COVID restriction update

COVID-19 rapid tests to be distributed to BC students, at risk public

Globe and Mail

BC orders review of its own housing agency amid scrutiny over funding of non-profit partners 

Use of anti-psychotics increased in BC care homes in first year of COVID-19, report finds

Pacific Salmon Treaty failing to address harvest of struggling BC stocks: advocates 

Dual crises put Vancouver jazz festival's future in Jeopardy 

Study suggests climate change made BC floods at least twice as likely 

CBC

Nurses experiencing burnout, anxiety linked to low quality of patient care, study finds 

No vaccine passport means BC school events capped at 50% for spectators, says minister

Outdated convictions must be deleted from sex workers' records, lawsuit argues 

Vancouver plans to get 36 pop-up pickle ball courts 

Nearly a quarter of Canadian convoy donations came from BC; leaked data shows

City of Surrey wins 'dishonourable mention' in Code of Silence Award

Balmoral Hotel, the notorious, derelict Downtown Eastside SRO, is set for demolition 

Vancouver Sun 

'Outrageous' move as Granville Island newsstand owner forced to vacate 

BC clubs and banquet halls gearing up for renewed business with restrictions lifted 

Sex work records should be erased

Boundary Bay raid nets hundreds of illegal crab traps 

Gas prices higher than ever, years after Horgan promised to do something 

Victoria Times-Colonist 

Health care worker angered by anti-vaccine material left on vehicles 

Saanich Council backs new vision for Uptown-Douglas area   

Gas prices jump to new record in the capital region: $1.799 a litre

Labour dispute delays blue box recycling pickup in capital region 

The latest from the COVID front lines

       

Victoria  News

US based review emphasizes uncertain future for southern resident killer whales 

Victoria council approves development catering to residents less dependent on cars

Uptown-Douglas Plan approved after Sannich public hearing

Greater Victoria school district invites final public input ahead of potential $2.5M land sale

BC moves to licence, regulate asbestos removal industry 

Health, not honking reduces BC COVID-19 rules, Horgan says

BC cabinet minister didn't mislead legislature over FOI fee, speaker rules

Global

Spectators to return for BC school sports, but only at half capacity

Vancouver mayor criticized over 'campaign ad' style radio ad

BC man says he was fired from grocery store for helping homeless people

'I broke through the blue wall of silence': Sex assault victim speaks at Vancouver cop's sentencing hearing

Paper work backlog leaves international students in BC in limbo

Cruise industry outlook 'optimistic' but questions about COVID-19 passenger testing remain

Charges expected for Oliver woman after racial epithet hurled at teens 

Squamish Nation asserts need to lead reconciliation  after Gassy Jack statute toppled 

State of Emergency finally lifted for Sechelt, embattled Swatch subdivision

Georgia Straight

Average Canadian home price rises to $748,450 with 2022 shaping up as 'another interesting year'

The Tyee

'De-Task' the Police, says former Toronto Mayor

Law, Order, Emergencies and Enforcement: Who Matters?

The BC Government Tapes: Climate, Energy and Site C

Balmoral Continued to Rot under city ownership and must be torn down

RCMP error delays court hearing for pipeline protesters 

The BC Government Tapes: Pipelines and Reconciliation

Miscellaneous

Lawyer says he didn't advise BC Speaker on clerk's retirement benefit 

Volunteers who supported seniors a lasting legacy of pandemic: BC Seniors advocate  

Pacific Salmon Treaty failing to address harvest of struggling BC stocks: advocates 

Proposed class-action lawsuit in BC seeks permanent deletion of sex-work records