Victoria Viewpoints: Thursday, June 10, 2021

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Provincial scene for    Thursday,  June 10, 2021
   

Coronavirus response in BC

BC could nearly wipe out COVID-19 by September with 70% contact rate and high vaccine uptake: officials

BC reports 153 new cases, hospitalizations at 7 month low

Delta COVID-19 variant cases are rising, prompting caution on reopening plans

Monthly update reveals progress

BC considers tougher measures to boost vaccination rates among long-term care workers

BC on track to ease more restrictions next week as health officials cite 'dramatic drop' in cases

BC on track for Sept 2 of reopening next week as modelling shows cases could dip by the fall

BC poised to ease COVID-19 restrictions starting on Tuesday

Province looking at mandatory COVID vaccinations for staff at long-term care homes

BC hospitalization from COVID-19 declining, 54 in intensive care

Globe and Mail

Victoria cancels Canada Day celebrations as Mayor says they would be damaging to reconciliation efforts

Squamish Nation calls on BC to halt old-growth logging in traditional territories

Systemic review of BC government supports for Indigenous children required: report

Tahltan Nation BC Government sign agreement for shared decision-making

CBC

BC movie theatres get ready to reopen Tuesday

BC's capital cancels scheduled Canada Day programming in wake of Kamloops Residential School discovery

220 affordable, supportive housing units announced for Victoria

Prince George set to evict people sleeping on empty city lot

Indigenous youth who died in government care failed by the system, says new report

Central Okanagan residents, irrigation district concerned over proposed 40 year gravel quarry

US officials plan to curtail salmon fishing along West Coast to help killer whales

Squamish Nation calls for old-growth logging moratorium in its territory 

Vancouver Sun

Musqueam Chief wants to know about boy who went missing from St, Paul's Indian Residential School

Liberals accuse Eby of abetting racism, Eby blames the media

Squamish Nation calls for old-growth logging moratorium in its territory

Change needed after funny, smart Indigenous girl died on 17th birthday: Report

Victoria Times-Colonist 

Victoria cancels Canada Day broadcast as First Nations mourn residential school deaths

Council votes to look at improving accessibility in Beacon Hill Park

Public asked to comment on electrification plans for Island Class Ferries

Conditional offer accepted on Boys and Girls Club property in Metchosin

Victoria to explore implications of renaming Trutch Street

Community concerns mount over the future of Oak Bay Marina

Deserted downtown prompts debate about restarting economy 

Victoria News

No Canada Day events in Victoria, out of respect for First Nations

Victoria street renaming proposal to have moment of truth this fall

Langford mulling sale, development options for property near Langford Lake

Global

Victoria scraps online Canada Day event after remains found at Kamloops Residential School

Rare tornadoes spotted over water in the Strait of Georgia for second day in a row

Mandatory vaccinations urged for BC care home staff

'We were always hungry': Survivors recount life in Canadian residential schools

Squamish Nation asks BC government to defer old-growth logging for 2 years

Tahtlan Nation, BC Government sign historic agreement

Green Party MP Jenica Atwin crossing the floor to join the Liberal Party

RCMP broke the law with Clearview AI facial recognition software: watchdog

Catholic bishops to send Indigenous delegation to meet Pope Francis on residential schools

Georgia Straight

Why a name change for Ryerson University is the only path to reconciliation 

Ottawa warns Americans in boats this summer to avoid crossing the Canadian border while fishing, sightseeing

BC realtor suspended, fined more than $17,000 for allowing his name to be used by another agent

Indigenous history delivered with flair in Brotherhood to Nationhood

Designer says tiny homes offer big solutions to housing crunch in Victoria

The Tyee

How the Uber rich transformed Housing in Vancouver and the World

We Could change BC's Drug Policies and Save Six Lives Today

RCMP fails to explain how it used Clearview AI Facial recognition

BC is moving too slowly to protect Northern Old Growth, says Whistleblower

Miscellaneous