Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Provincial scene for Saturday/Sunday, May 30/31, 2020
Coronavirus response in BC
BC reports 11 new COVID-19 cases, bans overnight summer camps
Globe and Mail
Evacuation alert, state of emergency declared in BC's central Kootenay
Four First Nations in BC tout low-carbon path to postpandemic economic recovery
Health Minister under pressure to ease long-term care restrictions
Demand for camping getaways - even under pandemic restrictions - crashes reservation system
Minimum wage goes up June 1 in BC as businesses face COVID-19 challenges
Watchdog asks Crown to consider charges against five Mounties in death of BC man
CBC
Thousands in Vancouver rally against police violence as George Floyd protests shake US
Hundreds of homes ordered evacuated in the Kootenay's due to rising rivers
North Vancouver considering open street plan, allowing drinks outside
Protesters block downtown Vancouver streets as unrest over killing of George Floyd grows in US
Young Canadians seek refuge in parents' homes as COVID-19 disrupts jobs, lives and dreams
BC winery, tour operator hope staycation tourists can boost summer season
UBC students to get fall reading break starting in 2021
Vancouver Sun
BC's dual health crises lead to more deaths and more demand for recovery services
Vancouver anti racism rally draws over a thousand
Delta hospice that refuses to permit medical assistance in dying loses funding
BC tourism organizations get federal funding
Number of students returning is a wild care as BC schools set to reopen Monday
Victoria Times Colonist
We have a chance to reorder the world. Will we take it?
Victoria News
Saanich Peninsula steps into post-pandemic phase
Province recognizes three Greater Victoria residents for work to combat racism
Global
Huge crowd protests racism in Vancouver as George Floyd protests, rock US
Rain pounds BC's southeast, as Central Kootenay placed on 'unprecedented' flood evacuation alert
Waterways in the Okanagan, Similkameen and Boundary could breach
BC's billion-dollar sport fishing sector hopes local anglers can keep them afloat
TransLink ups bus capacity to two-thirds, begins collecting fares Monday
Oppenheimer Park faces long remediation before returning to public use
Coronavirus won't stop BC from hiking minimum wage Monday: Minister
Penticton's proposed booze-on-the-beach pilot project could start this week
Surrey's governing party under fire over deleted tweet accusing RCMP of murder
Georgia Straight
George Floyd solidarity protest begins in downtown Vancouver - without Black Lives Matter Vancouver
Mark Nykanen: Premier John Horgan to protesters - Go Fuck yourselves"
The future of the Empire in a post COVID-19 pandemic world
Some Vancouver Airbnb units are being converted into long term rental dwellings at far lower prices
The Tyee
Vancouver Courier
Surrey Mayor Doug McCallum's party posts, deletes tweets accusing RCMP officers of murder
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