Victoria Viewpoints: Monday, May 31, 2021

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Provincial scene for   Monday,  May 31, 2021
   

Kamloops Residential School Graves

Indigenous leaders say discovery of children's remains at Kamloops residential school is beginning of national reckoning

It's time to bring our children home from the residential schools

The Kamloops residential school's mass gravest: What we know about the 215 children's remains, and Canada's reaction so far

UBC mulls rescinding degree given to principal of Kamloops residential school

Charlottetown to remove Sir John Al Macdonald statue after Kamloops residential school discovery

Trudeau vows help after discovery of children's remains at Kamloops residential school, but offers no details

Sir John A Macdonald statue to be removed from Charlottetown corner

UBC reviewing honours given to Catholic bishop and former Kamloops residential school principal

'No words, just cries': In Kamloops, calls for healing calm - and accountability for 215 children lost

Under fire over Indigenous children's mass grave, Trudeau defends his government's work on reconciliation

'Emotional ... beautiful': From shoes by statues to teddy bears on porches, memorials for 215 Indigenous children stretch from coast to coast in Canada

Survivors helping survivors: residential school hotlines flooded with calls after Kamloops mass grave discovery

Catholic Church must take responsibility for the harm done in residential schools

Trudeau says federal government will help find other residential school gravesites

Technology uncovered remains at BC residential school but secrets still remain beneath the soil

'It's blood curdling': Calls for accountability after mass grave found at BC residential school

UBC reviews honorary degree given to principal of Kamloops Indian Residential school

Trudeau vows 'concrete action' after discovery of 215 bodies at former residential school site

Splastin band members gather to remember Kamloops Residential School students

'I want all of us to live with the burden:' BC Premier on remains of 215 children found a former residential school

UBC will review honorary degree granted to former Catholic bishop John Fergus O'Grady

BC Legislature issues apology after shoe display commemorating Indigenous children take down

An emotional, powerful day in the BC Legislature

Unmarked graves prove Canada's genocide of Indigenous children

Musqueam Indian Band office flooded with flowers in tribute to 215 children buried at resident school

Call to examine St, Paul's Indian Residential School site after children's graves found in Kamloops

Hundreds gather to mourn after remains of Indigenous children found

BC Legislature observes a moment of silence for children of residential schools

Island schools working together to support community after graves found at BC residential school site

Victoria vigil honours Indigenous children buried at Kamloops residential school

Gitksan grandmother says Canadians need to face the whole truth about residential schools

BC must do more for Indigenous reconciliation after residential school deaths: First Nation MLA

Coronavirus response in BC

BC's top doctor says stay vigilant as not enough second vaccine doses administered

UK sees big spike in variant cases and hospitalizations -- is Canada next?

BC reports 708 new COVID-19 cases, 11 deaths over three days as hospitalizations drop sharply

12 youth given wrong COVID-19 vaccine in Vancouver

Vaccine error among youth; one new blood-clots case

BC health officials urge caution until more people have 2nd doses, even as cases continue to fall

Vancouver teenager was one of 12 mistakenly given Moderna instead of Pfizer vaccine

More than three million British Columbians have now received vaccine

A dozen kids mistakenly given the wrong vaccine in Vancouver

BC's third case of rare AstraZeneca related blood clot reported in Island Health

BC's COVID-19 infection decline continues, 11 death on weekend

Globe and Mail

BC's minimum wage increase will be the highest in Canada: ministry

CBC

Hundreds of protesters flood back into old-growth blockade camps cleared by RCMP

RCMP Shooting in Prince George leaves man with life threatening injuries

Family of Shuswap woman looking for answers as BC's police watchdog investigates fatal crash

Vancouver Sun

Can apartment blocks exit on Vancouver side streets? Why not?

Victoria Times-Colonist

At least six arrested at old-growth blockade near Port Renfrew

BC minimum wage jumps to $15.20 and hour Tuesday, final step in four year pledge

Greater Victoria school board postpones budget talks due to discovery of bodies in Kamloops

Victoria News

Oak Bay cop targets police history, aims to share

Global

On June 1, BC's minimum wage will become one of the highest in Canada

'Hoping there isn't a serial killer': Trucker who found body last year off BC highway shaken after 2nd body found

BC's police watchdog investigates Prince George Shooting

BC high school grads urge province to allow larger celebrations for those vaccinated

With tourists gone amid COVID-19 BC small tour operators shift to cleaning coastline of debris

Georgia Straight

Vancouver land assembly pitched as potential site for rental project with city incentives lists for $39 million

Adler University's Master of Public Policy and Administration trains social change agents  to build better world

The Tyee

The Fate of the Canadian Rockies Rest on this Decision

Miscellaneous