Victoria Viewpoints: Saturday-Monday, March 12-14, 2022

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Provincial scene for Saturday-Monday, March 12-14, 2022

Coronavirus response in BC

'Do your homework': BC couple stranded in US, unable to find rapid COVID-19 test

BC records another 14 deaths as ICU numbers rise slightly

Some parents frustrated as BC removes 'layer of protection' in schools by dropping mask mandate

BC reports 9 fewer people in hospital with COVID-19, 5 more in the ICU and 14 more deaths over the weekend

Some aren't ready to do without their masks just yet in BC

BC hospital workers say double standard at work as doctors not forced to get vaccinated 

Globe and Mail

Inflation pushes BC's minimum wage up by 45 cents to $15.65 per hour

Plan for associate physicians in British Columbia is stalled by pandemic

Cattle ranchers in BC, Alberta experience hay shortage as flooding is replaced by drought

Victim in fatal North Vancouver shooting linked to gangs, police say

Rising crime in Vancouver's downtown sparks calls for reform

CBC

Pack your patience, experts say, as spring break sees surge in air travel

Retired Mexican general accused in gas theft corruption case released on $20K bail in BC

Skiers, snowboarders complain of refund headaches with Vail Resorts  

Vancouver runner says he's picked up 32,000 littered masks in 1 year

Crown land renters facing astronomical increases as BC property values soar

Rising tuition, student debt weigh heavily on post-secondary students

Pickup truck registered to Saskatchewan premier impounded in BC after police say driver fails sobriety test

Demand for minerals used in electric vehicles, wind, solar power a boon for BC's mining industry

Vancouver Sun 

Province restores $5.7 million that was cut from 2021 Vancouver police budget

Fugitive BC gangster should be detained pending extradition hearing: US Attorney

BC's event organizers adapt to Post-COVID uncertainties

Inflation pushes BC's minimum wage up by 45 cents to $15.65 per hour

Vast gulf separates province, workers in contract talks 

Victoria Times-Colonist 

Salt Spring hospital hopes to cure hiring woes by providing rental housing for staff

New rules for metal dealers aim to curb rising catalytic converter thefts

Pickets up at Ladysmith library on Monday

'Drop everything' : Remembering the COVID-19 call hat change everything

British Columbian's finances still suffering from ills of pandemic

Victoria  News

Saanich council looks to reduce 6.69 per cent tax increase seen in draft budget

Speeding tickets, imparted stops top Oak Bay weekend traffic blitz

BC's minimum wage to get 45 cent boost

Tofino crab fishery rocked by right transfer pleading for federal help

New Health care facility in Saanich set to open its doors this June

Global

British Columbia ties highest in Canada minima wage increases to inflation 

It has been 50 years since Howard Hughes checked into a Vancouver hotel - and no one saw him

'This should be the jewel of Vancouver': Gastown store's windows broken 7 times in 3 months

'This needs to end': Whistler mayor calls for solution as transit strike drags on

BC government cracking down in attempt to prevent catalytic convertor thefts 

Truckers rally to protest BCs surging gas prices

Sticky side hustle: BC's thriving maple syrup industry  

Mental Health and substance use services bolstered in Vernon

Georgia Straight

Vancouver police board wins appeal to director of police services, overturning council's 2021 budget allocation

BCREA reports average home price up 25 percent with 'market conditions extremely tight'

Knowledge inertia underpins BC NDP government's decision to scrap mask mandate in schools

Integrated Homicide Investigation Team deployed after shooting death in North Vancouver

A dire warning about the end of human civilization  due to climate feedback loops

The Tyee

Cut down trees just to burn them? We can do better

Inside June's Deadly Heat Dome. And surviving the next one

Where are the 495 Long-Term Care Beds promised for BC's Interior?

Next Tory Leader? Leslyn Lewis came close last time

Miscellaneous

 Inflation pushes BC's minimum wage up by 45 cents to $15.65 per hour

BC announces new regulations to curb catalytic converter thefts

Regulator fines engineers 8 years after Mount Polley disaster in BC