Victoria Viewpoints: Thursday-Friday, March 3 & 4, 2022

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Provincial scene for Thursday-Friday,  March 3 & 4, 2022  
   

Coronavirus response in BC

BC reports 8 more deaths as cases in hospital fall below 500

BC to begin distributing rapid tests to people aged 60+ on Monday

BC records 8 more deaths due to COVID-19, expands free rapid test program to those 60+

Rapid test kits available for people aged 60+ starting Monday

Globe and Mail

Vancouver families opt for a communal home

Fraud, breach of trust case against former BC Legislature clerk rests with judge

Distro Disco hits the right notes with aid for Vancouver's unhoused population 

CBC

Restaurants, bars worry end to pandemic patio allowances will hurt bottom line

Hundreds pay respect at vigil for security guard killed in attack at UBC Okanagan

RCMP investigates as review finds BC First Nation staff member sold land for 1/3 its value

Cloverdale Rodeo accused of discrimination in human rights complaint

Nearly every elementary school in Vancouver's core has a waitlist for kindergarten, and parents are frustrated

Concerns remain after Vancouver police recruitment video deleted

Dr. Bonnie Henry, Michael Bublé honoured at Order of BC ceremony

North America's oldest Little India is Vancouver's Punjabi Market

Complaint filed against radio host for comments about mothers 'abandoning' babies to adoption

Record-breaking gas prices in BC could keep climbing, experts say

These scientists are helping BC companies cut plastic pollution

Vancouver Sun 

Backing away from the cliff: Finally, life saving help for BC youth aging out of care

Taxi, limo, truck drivers in BC call for relief from soaring gas prices

City hall moves fast after red-tape complaints on events, patios

Bill gives a say to ferry-reliant communities, not politicians, Horgan insists

BC not putting a rush on gas price measures 

Victoria Times-Colonist 

Horn honkers at Victoria protests now subject to $125 ticket

Pharmacists to provide free rapid tests to those over 60 starting Monday

Ukrainian community hopes for large turnout for Sunday rally along Douglas Street

No sailings out of Duke Point on Saturday, ferries to run out of Departure Bay

Police watchdog probes arrest after traffic stop in Cobble Hill

Police take aim at street racing, screeching tires at Nanaimo Mall

West Shore Mounties going electric with Tesla and Mustang

Students offer ideas on how Royal British Columbia Museum can change

Victoria  News

Complaint filed against Sooke School District teacher for reading 'derogatory word' aloud

Incessant honkers can now face $125 fine on the spot in Victoria

Gas prices hit new high in Greater Victoria

Online marketplace required to start collecting BC sales Tax July 1

BC by-election coming soon for Falcon's bid to return, Horgan says

New control over BC Ferries isn't a takeover, Horgan says

Global

Gas prices in Metro Vancouver now over $2 a litre

Surrey Police Service inks 1st contract, making officers among the highest paid in Canada

'Concerning': FOI into BC woman's potential fatal mauling returns 270 blank pages

100 days after the floods, some members of Shaken Indian Band still can't go home 

TED Talks return to Vancouver, will feature Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Al Gore and Finnish PM Sanna Marin

Human rights complaint against city of Surrey, Cloverdale Rodeo gets green light

BC Swiss-style community, Edelweiss Village, up for sale for $2.3M

1 person in critical condition after rock falls on vehicle near Golden

'Worst I have ever seen it': Vancouver business owner says city not taking crime seriously

Massive ICBC profits not expected to go back to customers for now

New Liberal leader to get by-election before summer: Horgan

Okanagan Gondola moves ahead in regulatory process, despite rezoning concerns

Georgia Straight

 Report says surge in Metro Vancouver home listings sets stage for spring market 'barnburner'

Healing Canada's social infrastructure should be every Canadian's responsibility

BC Prosecution Service describes senior RCMP officer's statements as 'grossly inaccurate'

Survey finds Metro Vancouver  residents plan to buy homes  despite belief region in a 'housing bubble'

Group calls on Vancouver residents to rally against weekend antiimedia truck convoy 

Can Jean Charest save the Conservative party of Canada from itself

Expo Line 'track issue' shuts down Sky Train in New Westminster for rest of day

Bank of Canada's 0.25 percent rate hike means $13 month payment increases per $100,000 mortgage: broker                                                                                                                                                

The Tyee

In Alberta, a Drug Poisoning criss rages

Hot Hot Housing

Why are US Politicians mad at Canada?

Budget promises extended supports for Youth Aging Out of Care

Come Clean on Bungled BC Bid system, say BC Liberals

Government's Effort to licence groundwater falls short 

Experts reject BC's Safe Supply Claims

Inside a student newspaper's battle against censorship 

Miscellaneous