Victoria Viewpoints: Tuesday-Wednesday, February 8 & 9, 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 8-9, 2022  
   

Coronavirus response in BC

BC expands health-care vaccine mandate to include doctors, dentists and other regulated professionals

New vaccine mandate applies to all regulated health professionals in BC by March 24

BC bringing in vaccine mandate for all remaining health-care workers 

British Columbia reports another 18 deaths in the past 24 hours

2 BC Doctors went on a COVID-19 speaking tour. Colleagues say their misinformation put public at risk

BC Premier says province will follow public health guidelines over COVID restrictions ending 

COVID-19 related hospitalizations drop nearly 10% in 1 day, but province records 18 more deaths 

BC man who had rare, extreme reaction to COVID-19 vaccine still waiting for exemption, government support 

BC expands health care vaccine mandate to include doctors, dentists and other regulated professionals 

2 BC doctors went on COVID-19 speaking tour. Colleagues say their misinformation put public at risk

Gatherings and events restrictions could be lifted next week in BC

COVID restrictions to be eased based on science not pandemic fatigue: Henry  

All remaining BC health care workers must be vaccinated against COVID-19 by March 24

BC to reveal updated COVID pandemic response next week

Wait for Henry, Family Day for pandemic relief, BC Premier says

Globe and Mail

As emergency supports for Lytton evaporate, BC starts to clear obstacles to reconstruction

BC coroner's report shows illicit toxic drug deaths highest ever in 2021

City of Vancouver considers tiny house community

BC throne speech highlights NDP government's new plan for greener economy 

CBC

The fastest growing population centres in Canada are in BC - but they're not in Metro Vancouver

Over 2,000 people died in BC in 2021 due to illicit - drug overdoses, coroner reports

BC gives Lytton OK to rewrite its bylaws after governance records destroyed in wildfire

Vancouver Island college offers massage therapy to recovery community

IcelandAir claims BC shop's faulty maintenance led to landing gear collapse

Abandoned Greyhound Station being converted into homeless shelter

Proposal for gold and copper mine on First Nations territory rejected for 3rd time by BC government

Vancouver Sun 

Kid Carson dropped from Z95.3 radio gig after pro-convoy rant

BC health professionals ordered to be vaccinated by March 24

BC's shocking rise in opioid deaths 'is not street use' say experts 

'Better than tents in a park': Vancouver approves tiny shelters for city's  homeless

Population stagnant in parts of northern BC

New land co-management regime has many years of work ahead

BC Liberal throne speech mostly reheated items from the past

Victoria Times-Colonist 

Langford tops region for growth, while Esquimalt drops slightly, to mayor's surprise

Gloves come off as Langford Council discusses code of conduct

Zim Kingston, which spilled containers into sea, leaves Canadian waters, heads to Hong Kong

Census data adds weight to appeals for more housing supply in Greater Victoria

Rail worth an other look, given West Shores's rapid  growth, says Langford Mayor

With steady growth for many Island communities, mayors see need for more housing 

BC Ferries bringing in fuel surcharge starting in March

In throne speech, Horgan uses artful phrasing to highlight how we've 'pulled together'

           

Victoria  News

Pearson's grandson confirms letter, bow tie found at Victoria store came from grandfather 

6 people died per day from BC's toxic drug supply last year

Clover Point long term plan process moved a year by Victoria council 

Vancouver Island adds more than 65,000 people between 2016 and 2021

Housing could return to North Saanich's draft OCP

BC funds first steps of Lytton rebuild, restoring village records

Sooke grows 16 per cent, tops 15,000 residents

Metchosin seeking feedback on nano-brewery proposal for old school building 

BC opposition parties take aim after NDP's throne speech

Skills development, spending promised in BC's Thorne speech

Global

Most extreme rogue wave ever was recorded off BC coast

Vancouver Island First Nation to begin work to locate unmarked graves at residential school site

Surrey daycare says anti-vaccine mandate protesters disrupting business 

Lytton to receive $8.3 million to help rebuild after catastrophic wildfire

Okangan gondola tourist attraction overlooking Kalamalka Lake proposed  

Kelowna the fastest growing CMA in Canada, StatCan shows

Squamish among fastest-growing communities in Canada

More people died from illicit toxic drugs in 2021 in BC than in any other year

Researchers in BC could help save one of the world's most complex Indigenous languages 

Georgia Straight

Vancouver tops list of Canada's most densely populated downtowns

Tribunal denies realtor's claim against Mosaic Homes for extra bonus in sale of two Vancouver condos  

Toronto dethrones Vancouver as Canada's most expensive housing market: RBC Economics 

Protect our Province BC claims that health officials are misleading the public about five-day Isolation periods

The Tyee

BC is in a 'Worse Place than Ever' for Toxic Drug Deaths 

Vancouver Council approves 10 tiny homes for unhoused people

We Didn't Grieve the Pandemic. Now We're stuck Fighting 

BC fails to slow rising deaths from toxic drugs 

Throne speech promises Action on Indigenous Rights, Pandemic recovery

Wet'suwet'en call on the UN to support Land Battle

Should BC bring back the Olympics 

Climate Skeptic Patrick Moore Axed from BC Conference

Masks work. Why were we slow to say it?

Miscellaneous

Wildfire destroy's Lytton's governance records; BC gives OK to rewrite bylaws

Barge grounded at Vancouver's English Bay in November storms to be disassembled 

Census shows BC's population hit five million after 7.6 percent growth

Two decades and $30 million later, a BC mine proposal is officially dead

Lawyers for those arrested at BC old growth logging protest want stay of charges