Victoria Viewpoints: Thursday-Friday, May 12-13, 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 12-13, 2022

Coronavirus response in BC

A geeky scientific paper on airborne COVID-19 and the biggest BC scandal of the year

Globe and Mail

Ownership restrictions a speed bump in cop sale

Emergency alert system in BC to be in place for extreme heat in June, Minister says

Ottawa confirms $416 million disaster payment to BC for last year's wildfires 

Vancouver aims to avoid the downside of density 

Vancouver Hong Kong Fair a 'place of reunion' for the city's diaspora

Mediated talks collapse, strike continues in lengthy Sea-to-Sky transit dispute 

Quebec resident fined $20,000 after Parks Canada recovers 45 fossils stolen from BC fossil site Burgess Shale 

CBC

Indigenous leaders say Pope's Canada tour 'a missed opportunity' for skipping BC

Royal BC Museum to be rebuilt at the cost of $789M

Feds say they're committed to wildfire prevention and response as BC readies for another season 

BC's emergency alert system will be in place for extreme heat as well as floods and fires: gov't

Chilly conditions break century-old temperature records in parts of southwest BC

Upbeat ad filmed in fire-ravaged Lytton, BC called 'a slap in the face' to residents 

Researchers in BC to map landslides in Fraser River in effort to protect salmon 

Real estate association says higher interest rates pushing BC home sales back toward normal 

Smackdown! BC village ditches buggy trail name in an attempt to attract more visitors

Vancouver Sun 

Canada's home ownership class war is just getting started 

Province to spend $789 million for a new Royal BC Museum set to open in 2030

BC First Nations leaders disappointed Pope will not visit

Horgan all in on his conversion to Site C supporter

Despite BC's budget deficit, high credit ratings remain untouched 

What's the real crime? Metro Vancouver make-believe crisis about public safety threats 

Victoria Times-Colonist 

Province to invest $789 million in new Royal BC Museum set to open in 2030

BC First Nation Elders say salmon catches have dropped 83%

Moving some ICBC matters to tribunal acceptable, top court rules

City endorses plan to expand Downtown Victoria Business Association

Port McNeill hospital ER faces another weekend closure due to nurse shortage 

Surge of violent youth crime downtown, Victoria police say

BC Ferries hires 500 to help prevent sailing cancellations

Dix undermines morale of family doctors with comments

$25 billion spent, thousands of new hires, BC's health care still falls short 

Victoria News

Victoria residential rezoning proposal aims to keep families in the city

Royal BC Museum gets $780 million overhaul

Beer truck on tap for new Langford Station space this summer

BC doctor shortage sparks dispute over nurse practitioners  

Global

John Horgan encouraging people 'to think before you hop in the car' amid record breaking gas prices

'Missed opportunity' Pope will skip BC on reconciliation trip to Canada

Royal BC Museum to close in September as province plans new inclusive building for 2030

Emergency Alert system in BC to be in place for extreme heat in June: Minister

Taller tower proposed for Kelowna's old RCMP detachment site

Victoria police say groups of youth are randomly attacking people, openly consuming drugs

BC First Nations encouraged by government collaboration ahead of wildfire season

Okanagan Sixties Scoop survivor concerned about compensation delays

Vancouver Mayor promises protection for renters potentially displaced by Broadway plan

BC mayor censured, pulled from appointments over 'unbecoming' conduct

Day parole continued, full parole denied for Kelly Ellard, killer of BC teen Reena Virk

Georgia Straight

Why we need more moms in politics

City of Vancouver hiring 1,500 for the fall municipal election - but no anti-vaxxers need apply

Canada's health care system is about to burst

BCREA reports home listings 'starting to accumulate in some markets as demand fades

The Tyee

DFO suppresses Science and pushes Salmon farms, critics tell MPs

Should we get rid of tipping?

How the shipping industry sails through Legal loopholes

Prescriptions for our housing crisis

Chinatown needs Senior Housing. What's in the way?

Province fighting climate change by fertilizing forests with Urea, by Helicopter

Am I a crypto wimp?

'Let's not be the ones dividing. Lead instead,' says Stephanie Cadieux

Abortion. Bitcoin. Political Orphans. That was some debate

The man behind Alberta's Pull away from harm reduction

Miscellaneous

BC invests $789 million for new safe, accessible and culturally inclusive museum 

$416 million in disaster funding comes through for homes lost in BC wildfires 

Emergency alert system in BC to be in place for extreme heat in June: minister