Victoria Viewpoints: Friday, September 11, 2020

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Provincial scene for     Friday,  September 11, 2020 


Coronavirus response in BC

BC reports 132 new COVID-19 cases, number of patients in hospital climbs again

Interior Health warning of possible COVID-19 exposure at hotel in downtown Kelowna

New Healthcare outbreak, Kelowna hotel exposure incident, and air passenger information collection

COVID-19 cases fall slightly in BC

Hospitalizations rise as BC confirms 132 more cases of COVID-19

13 infected after COVID-19 outbreak at Surrey care home for disabled adults goes unnoticed

Northern BC First Nation school closed due to COVID-19

Months into the pandemic, with more to come, Dr. Bonnie Henry will not waver

Health officials announce 132 new cases, no deaths

BCCDC warns of COVID-19 case on flight to Victoria

BC records 132 more COVID-19 cases, one in long term

Globe and Mail

Most of BC now warned of smoky skies and lower air quality from US wildfires

CBC

Hospitality industry calls for changes to new COVID-19 liquor laws

Alaskan sisters beg Canada to let them go to school in BC

Overdose crisis affecting more British Columbians than COVID-19: survey

Murky skies, poor air quality in BC as more smoke from US wildfires drifts north

Anti-Black racism caused eviction from Okanagan campsite, says biracial family, witnesses

BC to protect 353,000 hectares of forest with old-growth trees from logging until new plan is developed

Vancouver Sun

Vancouver city council decision on homeless delayed after special meeting

Dix leads public health care cheers, boosted by $1.6 billion injection

Victoria Times-Colonist

Province funds upgrade of Bamfield Road, a year after fatal bus crash

School resumes amid COVID-19 concerns, protocols

Victoria council stands pat on allowing camping in Centennial Square

When a virus sets the election date

$10 million from province for 10 hydrogen fueling stations

Victoria News

Greater Victoria forest fire risk upgraded to 'extreme'

$300M  plan announced to make Bamfield Road safer

Police board offers letter of support to VicPD amid 'defund the police' movement

BC suspends some old-growth logging, consults communities

BC businesses owe $6.2 billion in deferred provincial tax payments

Global BC

BC government protecting nine areas of at risk and old growth forest in logging policy shift

Masks will be mandatory indoors on all UBC campuses starting next week

Air quality advisory extended for Metro Vancouver due to US wildfire smoke

Vancouver council defers debate on sanctioned tent city, emergency housing

BC government protecting nine areas of at risk and old-growth forest in logging policy shift

BC government, First Nations announce deal to upgrade deadly Bamfield Road

Okanagan post-secondary students adapting to 'new normal'

BCHL approves back up plan if health officials don't allow fans to attend games

Georgia Straight

John Horgan's LNG follies - what's a BC climate voter to do?

The Tyee

BC says preserving biodiversity now guides logging policies

This is how a pandemic buckles a health system

As COVID-19 cases increase in downtown Eastside, so does concern about transparency

Is free contraception finally coming to BC?

Site C's radical, risky makeover

How BC can fix primary  health care, with or without corporations

Vancouver Courier

Old growth forest strategy mixes diversity conservation, stakeholder needs

Miscellaneous