Victoria Viewpoints: Saturday-Monday, April 30-May 2, 2022

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Provincial scene for  Saturday-Monday, April 30- May 2, 2022

Coronavirus response in BC

Sidney restaurant still checking vaccine passports receives support from patrons

Globe and Mail

BC introduces law to collect data on race

BC PharmaCare program approves additional medications, expands coverage 

Muslim groups demand  hate crime probe after Surrey charity repeatedly targeted 

Bomb experts disable 'suspicious device' along Vancouver marathon route, police say

Federal ban on strychnine prompts fears among ranchers and farmers

Canada's health care system is crumbling at the worst possible time

CBC

Thousands of British Columbians living in pain as orthopaedic surgeons raise alarms on wait times

Victoria police seek 2 men believed to be witnesses to arson attack on Ukrainian priest's home

BC tables data collection law to help track and dismantle systemic racism 

Burkina Faso investigates BC Mine company after flood leaves 8 trapped underground 

Woman says she was scammed almost $7K by fake taxi operation in Richmond

Travellers advised to arrive at Vancouver airport hours before flight as security screening causes delays

She moved to BC's Interiors to find affordable housing. Now she's living in a motel

Amid SkyTrain construction woes, Vancouver business owner calls for government support

Big win for tenant's rights in US fuels push for renters' representation in BC

BC Liberal Leader Kevin Falcon wins legislature seat in Vancouver-Quilchena

Vancouver Sun 

Four trees stand in the way of building low-income housing for Vancouver seniors 

Greens were prophetic on how John Horgan's NDP would govern

BC introduces 'monumental' anti-racism legislation  

Mayor of fourth largest BC city opposed to provincial police force 

Patience is wearing thin with BC health care and housing crisis 

Kevin Falcon emerged unscathed from by-election mudslinging, but has more challenges ahead

Majority not eat only path to power in Vancouver's fall election 

BC;s civil forfeiture law in criminal

Victoria Times-Colonist 

Innovative schooling takes BC teen from building ferry models to steering the real thing

Spring real estate market slow out of the gate in Greater Victoria 

BC's worst mining disaster remembered Tuesday in Nanaimo  

'Bring a coffee': British Columbians experience long wait times for passport renewals 

Victoria shipyard workers get new four-year deal

Family physicians deserve fair compensation 

Doctors and lawyers are working together to help children and youth

Shift to electric vehicle acceptance is accelerating slowly in BC

BC Liberal leader Kevin Falcon wins legislature seat in Vancouver by-election by wide margin

Victoria News

BC to collect data on 'invisible' racism in provincial services

Kevin Falcon takes Vancouver by-eletion for seat in BC Legislature

Global

Lytton debris removal delays a result of archaeological importance, costing issues

"What rebuilding?" Lytton resident says 10 months after fire, properties still not cleared

BC becomes first in North American to introduce Anti-Racism Data Act

BC PharmaCare program approves additional drugs, expands coverage 

'Hang on to your seats': After over 800 protests in 2021, Vancouver's top cop says more to come

No quick fix to long security lineups at YVR, airport says

Plagued by public safety concerns, Chinatown business owners plead for government's help 

Voters reject plan to incorporate Sorrento, Blind Bay into BC's newest municipality 

Cannabis retailers suing BC for $40M while seeking end to illegal pot shops on reserves

Community 'navigators' pair with posties to restore Downtown Eastside mail service 

BC Liberal leader Kevin Falcon wins Vancouver-Quilchena by-election 

Georgia Straight

Fake taxi linked to debit-card fraud scam in Richmond 

A suspicious device along half-marathon route 'rendered inert' by Vancouver police

New Vancouver party called VOTE Socialist launches on May Day in Grandview Park

After experiencing cognitive decline, Howard Green ends hunger strike on day 31

City Councillors who benefit from systemic discrimination refuse to take real action to address the status quo

BC Liberal Leader Kevin Falcon wins Vancouver-Quilchena by-election

Is it fair to characterize Premier John Horgan as 'anti-science'?

Stop logging old-growth forests immediately

The Tyee

How to revive Canada's Child-Care Workforce

Two DOXA films explore the legacy of Hydro in BC

A visit with Climate Crisis Hunger Striker Howard Breen 

The Legal Battles of Vancouver's Bling King

Competitor cries would over BC government $2 Million No-Bid contract 

Miscellaneous

BC tables data collection law to help dismantle systemic racism, says Premier 

BC PharnaCare program approves additional drugs, expands coverage 

Pickleball's growth raises a racket in Victoria, amid bans over noise complaints