Victoria Viewpoints: Thursday-Friday, May 19-20, 2022

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Provincial scene for  Thursday-Friday, May 19-20, 2022

Coronavirus response in BC

540 people in BC hospitalized with COVID-19, milder cases among vaccinated

Cases in BC hospitals fall as sixth wave shows sign of peaking 

BC's weekly COVID-19 reports seem to indicate a drop in hospitalizations 

Globe and Mail

Cutting the environmental cost of redevelopment

High-end Reno nets Kitsilano condo three offers

BC to end subsidies for drilling deep wells for natural gas 

Crews work to restore power to thousands across BC's south coast after windstorm

Former BC clerk of the legislature Craig James guilty of breach of trust 

CBC

Vancouver Park Board received $8M from BC Hydro for substation project at West end school site 

Daycare left 5 near old locked alone in vehicle for over an hour, says Kamloops mom  

BC manager 'attacked, belittled and devalued' Black woman who complained of racism, tribunal says

The Fraser Valley has 80% of BC's poultry farms. Now avian flu is threatening almost an entire industry

Early Chinese Canadian gold miners remembered for their contribution to BC's Cariboo communities 

17 arrested this week in decades long fight to protect inland Kootenay rainforest 

BC flood victims left high and dry as backlog of aid requests close approval queue 

BC Premier Horgan will 'leave it to Soccer Canada' to explain decision to host Iran

Work to exhume remains at former Kamloops residential school could begin soon, chief says

Storm surge dusts BC mountains with snow, elevating flood and avalanche risk

Vancouver Sun 

Building a new Royal BC Museum no more expensive than renovating, CEO says

Metro Vancouver murder victim had links to organized crime in two provinces 

Vancouver cop once hailed a hero now charged with assault 

John Horgan can only blame himself for museum faux pas

Huawei ban puts UBC research partnerships in the spotlight 

Former BC clerk of the Legislature guilty of fraud, breach of trust

Citizens, city staff and experts weigh in on hotly debated Broadway plan

Victoria Times-Colonist 

International students under curfew due to Victoria violence 

Big weekend presence for police downtown due to recent youth problems 

No suspected cases of monkeypox being investigated in BC: officials

One man missing, two rescued after boat overturns near Nitinat Narrows

Governor General welcomed to BC legislature with 21 gun salute

Langford opens new 'cultural precinct' along E&N Rail line

Victoria police chief regrets scrapping school liaison officers 

BC using AI to hunt for racist land titles

Public doesn't yet understand reasons for $789M museum project, says premier, details next week

Museum rebuild makes sense; better communication would help make the case

Why a 95 year old without a family doctor spent hours in emergency

Time for Horgan to shuffle his team

For museums, a better future means confronting past wrongs  

Victoria News

Governor General Mary Simon hits Victoria for first official visit to BC

Langford cultural district opens along downtown railroad stretch

19 storey tower proposed for Royal Oak Site in Saanich

One man missing after boat capsizes near Nitinat Narrows

BC primary care teams 'chronically understaffed' opposition says

BC to phase out oil and as drilling credits, raise provincial revenue

Global

Surrey mayor 'not pinned' against vehicle, according to new details in public mischief case

Surrey RCMP officers called when tensions rise outside Service Canada passport office 

BC hockey team flying to Calgary for tournament as it's cheaper than driving to Kelowna 

'Heart wrenching': BC man's sitar survives Everest base camp but not Flair Airlines

'He deserves better': BC parents say more support needed for son with autism

After investigating two cases, BC CDC says monkeypox not suspected  

After New Brunswick police killing of Indigenous woman, chiefs demand systemic racism inquiry

Hundreds rally at BC legislature calling for solution to mayfly doctor shortage 

BC government to release business case for museum rebuild 

BC restaurants call for looser foreign worker rules amid labour shortage  

BC Premier grateful 'very sad chapter' in legislature history over with Craig James verdict

Anger, frustration after hundreds continue to camp out outside BC passport office 

BC introduces new royalty system to end largest fossil fuel subsidies 

Georgia Straight

Vancouver park board relaunches Alcohol in Parks pilot program for another summer 

Basic income is an affordable and. compassionate response to poverty 

BC Prosecution Service charges decorated Vancouver police officer with assault 

In-person Canada Day celebrations return to Canada Place after two year absence - but still no fireworks 

The Tyee

A poetic lens for BC's complex Asian Canadian history 

Climate change is shifting what Seafood Restaurants like Tojo's Source and Serve 

Is it time for Renters to Unionize?

Securing Black Futures Brings High Schoolers to UBC

The Winters Hotel Fire Victims have been identified. Their Families have Questions 

Family Medicine is dying. Here's How to Save it

Miscellaneous

Government to release business case in support of new Royal BC Museum

Chief sees process of 'exhumation to memorialization' at Kamloops, BC graves site

BC First Nation to start new radar search near former Kamloops residential school

West Van moves forward with Gordon Avenue affordable housing

West Van quashes proposed 'missing middle' 8-plex off Marine Drive 

North Van City green lights 74 unit rental building on Victoria Park