Victoria Viewpoints: Saturday-Monday, March 19-21, 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 19-21, 2022

Coronavirus response in BC

BC expands eligibility for rapid COVID-19 tests to people over 30

BC records 8 deaths over the weekend, including a person in their 40's

COVID-19 rapid tests now available for people aged 30+ at BC pharmacies

Dropped mask mandates: Public facing workers face hostility, health risks 

We are dangerously relaxed about COVID

BC reports 19 fewer people in hospital with COVID-19, 3 more in the ICU and 8 more deaths over weekend

Those 30 and older eligible for free rapid antigen tests at BC Pharmacies 

Globe and Mail

BC Supreme Court to hear lawsuit over First Nation's land rights

Let's not trifle with the true meaning of Freedom

BC Seniors struggling to find home care services in their native tongue

CBC

Great thinkers love walking. This retired prof explains why you should do it too

Parents call on Sooke School District to do more to fight racism after N-word defended online

Prince George safe streets bylaw slammed in studies investigating its effect on homeless

Sentencing begins for man who stole funding from vulnerable BC youth as unqualified social worker

Flaw in rail track found but not fixed before 38 cars derailed in northern BC

Man pleads guilty to shoving 92 year old to the ground at Vancouver 7-Eleven store

Lawyer for BC First Nation says historic land title case is about reconciliation and justice

BC Parks' campground reservation system opens - with a new interface

Train cars carrying sulphur derail in North Vancouver

End of an era as cannabis giant Tilray sells land and leaves Nanaimo

Vancouver and Victoria rents jump 20% in 6 months as thousands move to BC

Families left high and dry as BC cities struggle to meet demand for swimming lessons

Vancouver Sun 

'It shouldn't be this hard': Vancouver rents have jumped 23 per cent since last year

BC wants to keep John Doe's cash and cannabis

Don't hold your breath for speed on Massey Tunnel completion 

How did the province's new campsite reservations website do on Day 1?

Union pitches Burnaby project as 'game-changer' for affordable housing

Gas sky-high? Welcome to your option - the bus

Victoria Times-Colonist 

Truck gets stuck in mud while cutting through Beacon Hill Park, driver fined $600

Island First Nation's land rights claim is about reconciliation, lawyer tells court

Pickets outside three Vancouver Island Regional Library branches in Nanaimo today

BC Parks still has some May long weekend campsites available 

Central Saanich offering interest-free loans for heat pump conversions

BC Ferries extends schedule changes due to staffing shortage

Is Pacific herring the next Atlantic cod?

Canada needs to set a new course with energy and minerals

Victoria  News

Rolling convoy driver's truck impounded after failed attempts to cut through Victoria park

West Shore moms press for anti-racism bias training in schools

BC says global and market inflation impacting farmers and ranchers

Global

Victoria family frustrated after hospital puts patient in room with no washrooms, call button

Man gets conditional discharge for assault of 92 year old Asian man in Vancouver

Victoria police to continue access control points for 'foreseeable future'

Disgraced former BC social worker to be sentenced

How the war in Ukraine and CP Rail strike is affecting BC's agriculture industry

Frustrations still reported as BC's new campaign reservation website goes live

BC to provide nearly $500,000 to help 14 communities develop emergency evacuation routes

BC Supreme Court to hear lawsuit over First Nation's land rights

Safe schools group calls on BC to keep mask requirement in K-to-12 schools

Hundreds of First Nations youth attend Kelowna basketball tournament

Georgia Straight

The real reason Doug Ford is staying above the Conservative party leadership fray

BC MP Marc Dalton seeks Conservative leadership with thinly veiled pitch to convoy supporters

Vancouver police arrest suspect in videotaped assault at Granville Station

Surrey mayor Doug McCallum's pretrial conference on public mischief charge will be held in Prince George  

Foot soldier in BC's so-called freedom movement demands more transparency about donations

The Tyee

How Poilievre is reinventing Right-Wing Politicking 

Why Vancouver is a Sci-Fi Paradise

Rumours of the Death of False Creek are False

BC needs its own Gig Worker Protector

Miscellaneous

Safety board says flaw in rail found, but not fixed before 37  cars derailed in BC

BC First Nation's land rights claim is about reconciliation, lawyer tells court

BC surf town cuts out plastic forks, knives in growing pollution prevention efforts