Victoria Viewpoints: Friday, May 28, 2021

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Provincial scene for  Friday,  May 28, 2021
   

Coronavirus response in BC

BC reports 317 new cases, 2 deaths as active and average case counts fall

Over 300 new cases; virus transmission between humans and cats 

BC steps up pace for Second COVID vaccine doses

BC records 317 new cases of COVID-19 and 2 more deaths

About two thirds of adult population in Island Health now vaccinated

BC sees 317 new COVID-19 cases Friday, more than 60% vaccinated

Globe and Mail

Discovery of children's remains at Kamloops residential school 'stark example of violence' inflicted upon Indigenous peoples

BC plots a cautious reopening course; Alberta, not so much

Living in a van on the West Coast

CBC

Remains of 215 children found buried at former BC residential School First Nation says

40 years after their final show, Chinatown's Pender Guy radio is reuniting

Residential school survivors society calls for action following discovery of children's remains

Arrests at BC protest camps against old-growth logging hit 137, RCMP say

Photo of massive tree being hauled down Vancouver Island highway sparks global outrage

UNBC board chair fired over 'racist and discriminatory comments'

Vancouver Police Board ordered to review police action in case of handcuffed judge

A decade after Madison Scott's disappearance, parents continue to call for witnesses

Artists hosting hot pot dinner party to help restore historic Vancouver Chinatown building

CN Rail fined $100K for spraying herbicide on tracks without clearance, damaging vegetation 

Vancouver Sun

'It was devastating,' chief recalls after remains of 215 children found in Kamloops

BC Special needs people overlooked during the pandemic, families and advocates say

Fairy Creek blockades a political 'embarrassment' for Horgan government: critics

Online photo of massive old-growth tree being hauled on Vancouver Island goes viral

Moody's sounds a note of caution as BC Debt skyrockets

Victoria Times-Colonist

Neighbour suing to overturn City of  Victoria approval of silo on Trio Ready Mix Site

Burial site for 215 children discovered at Kamloops residential school

Weddings are back on, churches to open doors, casinos gaming seats being counted

Faith groups eager to go back inside, but maybe not right away

Victoria News

Anti-logging protest lands on Premier John Horgan's Langford doorstep

Protesters removed from trees as arrests continue on Vancouver Island

BC expands grant program for community sexual assault response

Indoor church services, weddings, funerals coming back in BC

Global

Grief sorrow after discovery of 215 bodies, unmarked graves at former BC residential school site

'Tip of the iceberg' Experts say more burial sites, like at BC residential school, could be found

Rallies against BC Old growth logging held at offices of premier, attorney general 

Concerns about staff shortages preventing some BC businesses from fully reopening

Rise of B.1.517 variant could mean trouble for BC's reopening plan: expert

CN Rail fined $100,000 for spraying pesticide on BC track without authorization

BC adds $10 million to abusive services program

Premier Horgan not pushing to re-open border with US, calls for  'thoughtful'plan'

Georgia Straight

First Nation and BC chiefs react to gruesome discovery of dozens of bear paws near Shuswap Lake

Making BC electoral boundaries commissions more independent

BC statement on Jewish Heritage Month during increases anti-Semitism

Why I voted to allow nonprofits to build 12 storey buidlings 

Remains found of 215 children from Kamloops Indian Residential School

The Tyee

Vancouver's RV residents prepare for a crackdown 

Poisoned Drugs claimed the lives of 254 First Nations people last year in BC

Follow that tree: Where the Giant Came From. - and Where it might have gone

Miscellaneous