Victoria Viewpoints: Wednesday, June 2, 2021

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Provincial scene for   Wednesday,  June 2, 2021
   

Kamloops Residential School Graves

Ottawa pledges funds to locate unmarked Indigenous graves at residential schools 

Kamloops survivor says Canadian outpouring of support can bring healing

Indigenous faculty call on Ryerson to change name

Trudeau response falls short at a moment of national shock

Catholics need to 'ask their church to do better' in the wake of Kamloops discovery, minister says

Ottawa says it's not liable for cultural damage caused by Kamloops Residential School: court documents

Murray Sinclair asks for inquiry into residential burial sites, more support for survivors  

'The fault of Canada': Trudeau addresses Commons on discovery of remains on BC residential school

For Justin Trudeau and Joe Biden, healing a nation's racist past means listening to those who bear the scars

Indigenous children were abused and died in Canada's residential schools. Was anyone held to account?

Should statues of Sir John A Macdonald be taken down? Canada's minister of Indigenous services says no

Mourning 215 little lost souls

If there are 215 graves at one School, there will be more

The graves were never a secret: Why so many residential school cemeteries remain unmarked

Discovery of graves reignites calls to strip buildings of names of residential school architects 

Residential school remains could reveal how 215 - children lived - and died, experts say

'These were 215 beautiful, innocent, trusting little spirts'

After  burial site discovery, BC chief calls for space to heal - then systemic change

What survivors said about life at the Kamloops Indian Residential School 

'The Church was unquestionably wrong': Vancouver Archbishop pens letter to First Nations

Small red dresses line BC highway in tribute to children found in burial site

'It doesn't leave a person': Residential schools aren't 'history' for many, advocates say

'The Story of a National Crime'

Unmarked burial site at residential school damages Canada's human rights reputation, advocate says

Students could be triggered by Kamloops residential school discovery, BC teacher says

Discovery of Indigenous children's bodies reminder of Canada's genocide, experts say

Vancouver Catholic Archbishop apologizes to Indigenous communities for church's role in residential schools

Vancouver Catholic school students call on religious order to apologize for its role in residential schools

Crisis lines offering support to residential school survivors see spike in calls

Catholic Archbishop says church will help identify the remains of 215 children found near old Kamloops residential school 

Residential Schools - the truth comes out every few years, then shockingly fades away

'This is the trauma our families have carried for generations'

Survivors raising funds to scan grounds of Island residential schools for unmarked graves

Trudeau, Horgan talk Kamloops residential school remains, next steps

Indigenous leaders want Vancouver Island residential schools searched for victims

Coronavirus response in BC

BC reports fewer than 200 new COVID-19 cases for 2nd consecutive day

New case count remains below 200

BC records fewer than 200 new cases of COVId-19 for 2nd straight day

BC health officials acknowledge some slow to accept easing of restrictions

BC's COVID-19 infections below 200 for second day Wednesday

Globe and Mail

Vancouver city manager proposes first round of reforms to complex permits process

CBC

Homes along Skeena on evacuation alert due to flooding

Additional logging deferrals expected this summer, says forestry minister

How BC cities can advance reconciliation beyond studies and flags at half mast

Police say they've made 158 arrests so far at BC protests against old-growth logging

Burnaby names sports facilities after Christine Sinclair and Rosemary Brown

Vancouver Sun

Green Party's Adriane Carr calls for leaf-blower ban in Vancouver

UNDRIP behind Horgan's slow, measured response to Indigenous issues

Victoria Times-Colonist 

Legions get funding boost as revenge from food and beverage service dries up

Nanaimo mayor enthusiastic about BC bid for 2030 Winter Olympics

Benchmark value for single-family home in core now over $1 million 

Former staffer in Victoria mayor's office convicted of sexual assault in Alberta

Forest industry in for big changes, including much bigger role for First Nations

Victoria News

Man, believed to be armed, arrested after he reportedly drove truck on BC Legislature lawn

Redistributing BC forces licences a long-term project, Horgan says

Global

Parents create amusement park staff in Penticton for forcing kids to wear masks

Questions about BC Ambulance response times as woman waits hour with broken hip

Haida Gwaii asking visitors to stay away until at least July 1 

'We're just waiting': Federal cash still needed to finish SkyTrain to Langley

Trudeau to attend G7 Leaders' Summit hosted by UK next week

Georgia Straight

BC honours Filipino Heritage Month, during challenges of COVID-19 and anti-Asian racism

Vancouver councillor says many cannot afford non-market homes in 'problematic' definition of social housing

The Tyee

'We're Not Going to see tankers in Active Pass Ever Again'

Vancouver's Cultural parks aren almost gone,  but some Caretakers haven't given up

Blackstock on Trudeau: 'How much money does he think a child's life is worth?'

In their shoes: Community creates a symbol of mourning for Those killed in residential schools

BC's 'Intentions Paper' on Future of Forests is panned for lack of specifics

Miscellaneous