Victoria Viewpoints: Tuesday, June 8, 2021

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Provincial scene for   Tuesday,  June 8, 2021
   

Coronavirus response in BC

BC reports 165 new COVID-19 cases, no additional deaths

As vaccinations ramp up in BC, who remains at greatest risk of COVID-19

No sign of surges from May Long Weekend

Curve continues to bend as BC reports 165 new cases of COVID-19 and no additional deaths

More second vaccine doses now being administered in BC than first doses

BC's COVID-19 infection rate below 200 for third day Tuesday

Globe and Mail

Pembina Pipelines joins Indigenous effort to buy Trans Mountain

Chief Medical officer of health for Interior Health Authority arrested on sex charges

Who sabotaged the Sea to Sky Gondola? An unsolved mystery hangs over Squamish as tourist attraction is set to reopen

Members of Catholic community call on leadership to address residential schools legacy

CBC

Feds outline $674M plan to save declining Pacific salmon

Uniquely situated, Point Roberts, Washington pushes to be test case as Canada mulls reopening border

Suspect charged with attempted murder of 5 RCMP officers after Merritt shootout

Virtual medical care is here to stay post-pandemic, Doctors of BC say

BC Muslim community leader calls for crackdown on Islamophobia in wake of deadly Ontario attack

Wildfire service outlook points to rising fire risk for Southern BC

Chief medical officer for BC's Interior Health charged with sex crimes against child in Alberta

Backlog in road tests forces BC man to quit his job

Church apologizes for residential schools a necessary step in reconciliation, says Vancouver Archbishop

Vancouver Sun

Interior Health Chief medical officer charged with sexual offences

Former client sues BC Lawyer convicted of sexually assaulting her

'Symbols of trauma': BC First Nation calls on Ottawa to remove day-school buildings

Indigenous group seeks full ownership of Trans Mountain Pipeline

NDP lobbies its majority for permanent party subsidies from the public purse

Victoria Times-Colonist 

Firm headed by Island resident buys Mayfair Shopping Centre

Langford's Stew Young undecided on whether to run for mayor again

Roads closed near legislature for drum circle in honour of dead at residential school

Tune changes on allowing addictions centre to be built on farmland  

Victoria News

Island First Nations canoe, drum, sing in Victoria to honour 215 residential school children

Alouette Drive residents in Langford fed up with commercial traffic, speeding

Remote BC addiction treatment centre tries again with ministry support

Global

BC tourism minister expresses optimism US tourists could come this summer

BC got it right when it came to keeping schools open 

BC Interior Health's Chief medical officer arrested on sex charges: Alberta RCMP

Hundreds gather on BC legislature lawn to honour Indigenous children from residential schools

Poll finds Anti-Asian discrimination in Canada has gotten worse

Pay parking grinds gears of downtown Penticton merchants

Chantel Moore's mother 'disappointed, but not surprised' over decision to not lay charges

Georgia Straight

The bizarre characters behind death threats against Ontario Premier Doug Ford

RBC Economics says homeownership to become a 'more distant dream' for rising number of Canadians

The Tyee

MPs tell Liberals: Stop Fighting First Nations People

Racist Catcalls shatter a quiet moment to honour Residential School Survivors

From imported wildlife to farms Canada's Cruelty laws run thin to none 

'We seek to find our loved ones, and we seek to find Justice'

BC's Opioid substation system isn't a system at all, say Frontliners

Miscellaneous