Victoria Viewpoints: Thursday-Friday, March 10-11, 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 10-11, 2022  

   

Coronavirus response in BC

BC reports three new COVID-19 deaths as mask mandate is lifted

BC to ease COVID-19 restrictions on masks, long term care visits, vaccine cards

Respecting mask choices

BC reports three new deaths, fewest cases in ICU since mid-August

Masks still required in some indoor public spaces, despite lifting of BC's mandate

'People are feeling more positive': Okanagan reacts to easing COVID-19 restrictions 

BC scrapping requirement for health-care workers in all sectors to be vaccinated

Province drops mask requirement for TransLink, BC Ferries most public spaces

BC ending Mask Mandate, Vaccine Card program

BC to drop mask mandate in most public spaces, end vaccine passports

BC reports fewer than 50 COVID-19 patients in ICU for 1st time since mid-August

No vaccine mandate for regulated health professionals, BC officials confirm

Henry blinks, backs off lax order for all BC health care workers

BC reports three new COVID-19 deaths as mask mandate is lifted

End of provincial mask order hardly noticeable in public on Day 1

Goodbye masks and vaccine card and hello long-term care visitors: A list of what COVID restrictions are being lifted

BC Covid hospitalizations drop to 368, three new deaths reported

BC removes COVID-19 restrictions for kids' camps, religious services

Globe and Mail

BC ski hills, churches, campuses and homes prepare for Ukrainian refugees, premier says

BC coroner says January was third deadliest month for drug deaths

Permanent daylight time shifts in BC, Ontario remains on hold as clocks set to move ahead Sunday

CBC

Affordable housing hard to find in Richmond as residents watch condo construction boom

BC municipality asks provincial Crown Counsel to take action on repeat offenders

1 dead in shooting outside Superstore in North Vancouver

207 lives lost to illicit drugs in BC in first month of 2022

BC expecting thousands of Ukrainian refugees says premier

Some BC businesses embrace mask mandates lifting, while others keep requirements in place

Gas prices fuel already hot electric vehicle demand in BC as wait lists grow longer

https://www.timescolonist.com/local-news/greater-victorias-unemployment-rate-inches-up-still-among-lowest-in-canada-5152068

Vancouver Sun 

Man shot dead in Superstore parking lot in North Van, IHIT investigating

'Ask your child to continue wearing a mask," BC mom issues desperate plea to son's classmates

Museum 'modernization' lacks plans or timeline

Civil lawsuit trail deadlines may be needed, appeal court says

Victoria Times-Colonist 

Horgan says he'll keep wearing a mask, feels 'sad' for horn honking protesters

City backs Songhees in Victoria land claims; properties include two parking lots

Permanent daylight time shift remains on hold as clocks set to move ahead Sunday

Nanaimo library branch behind pickets on Friday

Greater Victoria's unemployment rate inches up, still among lowest in Canada

Overnight closing of Malahat for repairs postponed to next week

BC panel admits drug-crisis response isn't working, urges shift to safe supply

Victoria  News

Victoria supports Songhees Nation treaty negotiations with BC, Feds

Here we go again: cuts to counselling, music possible for Greater Victoria schools

BC implements changes to the Elections Act to 'modernize' voting process

BC Premier urges patience as Ukraine refugees head for Canada

BC Senior homes bracing for increase in visitors after March 18

BC's COVID-19 care home visitor limits to be removed by March 18

'Mob rule' won't affect BC's COVID-19 restrictions, minister

Global

Shooting in North Vancouver Superstore parking lot leaves man dead

BC woman helping Ukrainian family flee to Canada says system too complicated

BC Premier tells trucker convoy planning to occupy Victoria to 'get a hobby'

Delta Police Chief and wife sued over 2020 garden hose incident

BC premier asking for patience as BC manages calls for support for Ukraine

Victoria braces for 'Freedom Convoy' COVID-19 mandate protest

'They don't want to drive' Volutneer-driver BC charities hit hard by rising gas prices

BC businesses hail end of mask mandate, but face long road to recovery

BC orders review of Maple Ridge social housing complex amid 'serious' allegations from residents

TransLink, BC Transit, BC Ferries to drop mask requirement in alignment with province

Masks still required inside BC airports and while flying, despite mandate ending

Georgia Straight

Brentwood SkyTrain station to undergo extensive renovations for the next year

Stanley Park seawall open again between Second and Third beaches

Women entrepreneurs struggle to recover from pandemic impacts

Ableism, the Great Barrington Declaration and the BC NDP government's response to COVID-19

Ottawa must end all financing for fossil fuels 'abated' or not

BC Health officials warn about deadly HarryPotter poison in Burnaby ginger powder

Fuelling a climate of uncertainty while cynically exploring the Russia-Ukraine crisis

Now over $1 million, price of typical East Vancouver Townhouse seems to defy gravity

The Tyee

The pandemic stalled rents. Now they're climbing again

BC approved Wet'suwete'en Police enforcement during  flooding

BC lost 207 people to toxic drugs in January

How Canada's Net Zero strategy is bad news for the planet

Well, Jean Charest, This will be interesting

John Diefenbaker would be ashamed

Miscellaneous

'Get a hobby,' BC premier tells those considering protesting COVID-19 mandates

BC ski hills, churches, campuses and homes preparing for Ukrainian refugees: Horgan

B C coroner says January was third-deadliest month for toxic illicit drug deaths

RCMP say one dead after shooting in North Vancouver grocery store parking lot

BC lost 207 people to toxic drugs in January