Victoria Viewpoints: Thursday May 27, 2021

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Provincial scene for Thursday,  May 27, 2021
   

Coronavirus response in BC

BC moves to 8 week gap for second Pfizer or Moderna vaccine dose

BC reports 378 new COVID-19 cases, seven deaths

Dose interval shortened; non urgent surgeries resume

BC cuts interval between 1st and 2nd COVID-19 vaccine doses to 8 weeks for 'most people'

BC cuts wait time for second vaccines dose in half, from 16 weeks to 8 weeks

Pockets of Metro Vancouver lag when it comes to vaccinations

Interval for second vaccine doses shortened to eight weeks from 16

BC shortens second COVID-19 vaccine wait from 16 weeks to eight

Globe and Mail

Remains of 215 children found at former residential school in British Columbia

What you need to know about the anti-logging protest in BC

Trans Mountain pipeline begins construction of tunnel in Burnaby

CBC

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

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

Prince Rupert, Whistler won't get accelerated reopening despite huge drop in COVID cases

New camping rules in Squamish leave van dwellers in the lurch, drivers say

Vancouver Sun

Greens succeed in embarrassing NDP on environmental issues

Remains of 215 children found at former Kamloops residential school: First Nation

Businesses trying to staff up for reopening but still wary of COVID's long reach

History repeats itself with police treatment of Black former judge

Victoria Times-Colonist

Mayfair Shopping Centre is about to be sold

Oak Bay chooses BC developer for marina, Turkey Head revamp

Housing plaza, offices planned for White Spot site on Douglas

Partial ban on cars in Beacon Hill Park will continue 

BC urged to push for Alaska cruise solution; new US law allows ships to bypass Victoria

Specialized officers brought in to remove 'tree sitters' at logging protest

Victoria News

Oak Bay selects proponent for transformation of Turkey Head, marina

Sooke's volunteer fire department faces firefighter retention challenges 

Houses selling for $30K - $100K over asking the new normal, Sooke realtors say

Global

Police watchdog orders review after retired Black judge detained, handcuffed in Vancouver

First Nation in Kamloops confirms bodies of 215 children buried at former residential school site

Vancouver approves plan to turn Commercial Drive into pedestrian-first 'high street'

The story behind the viral photo of a massive old-growth tree on a BC highway 

BC allows indoor religious gatherings of up to 50 people to resume

UBC launches 13 wee COVID-19 test trials

New tactics on display as BC's old growth logging dispute heats up

Toxic drug deaths surge among BC Indigenous people

TMX beings tunnel construction in Burnaby

Georgia Straight

Sorry not sorry - why VPD Chief Palmer's position on systemic racism isn't just defiant, it's dangerous

Point Roberts newspaper reports that America is ready to unilaterally end border closure with Canada on June 22

The Tyee

Downtown Eastside residents say they were taunted and harassed by two police officers

Did nature really 'heal' during the Pandemic?

The other fight at Fairy Creek: Press Freedom

BC is changing electoral boundaries again. Who will benefit?

Miscellaneous