Victoria Viewpoints: Friday, July 16, 2021

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Provincial scene for  Friday, July 16, 2021
   

BC Fires

BC recruits firefighters from Mexico and Quebec for wildfire help

'Hoping we can get the town rebuilt in 2 years': Lytton mayor shares vision for future

With more than 300 wildfires burning and no state of emergency, some BC residents on edge

BC premier again resists calls for wildfire state of emergency

BC's top doctor talks masks, vaccinations during wildfire season

BC Premier defends not declaring state of emergency over wildfires

Crews battling relentless wildfires face lighten in the forecast for parts of BC

Coronavirus response in BC

BC records 45 new cases of COVID-19 and no new deaths

Half of eligible BC Residents fully vaccinated, 45 new cases reported

Cruise ships to enter Canada in November; most new cases in Interior Health

Island Health delivers millionth COVID shot, says almost half population fully vaccinated

Half of eligible BC residents fully vaccinated, 45 new COVID-19 cases reported

Globe and Mail

Glen Jack experienced the horrors of the Kamloops Residential School. He's been trying to get people to listen for 50 years

Lumber prices crash 70 per cent from record highs as party ends for producers

BC Civil Liberties Association leader resigns after controversial social media post

CBC

BC's prescribed safer supply program expands to reduce overdoses and deaths from illicit drugs

BC hopes to battle climate change through new clean energy innovation centre

BC Civil Liberties Association leader resigns after controversial social media post

BC residential school survivor makes comfort quilts for those who lost everything in Lytton

2 men, 1 youth charged with human trafficking of underage girls, says Vancouver police

Vancouver Sun

BC Premier says province ready to reopen border to US and International travel

Head of BC Civil Liberties Association resigns following controversial tweet

Four years in and with pandemic waning, Premier faces a new test - traditional governing

Premier Horgan says 'all hands on deck' for firefighting, no need for BC state of emergency

Victoria Times-Colonist 

Man arrested after string of suspicious blazes in Port Alberni

Allegations of racism and poor medical care during childbirth 

Reparation, land and justice for Indigenous Peoples is long overdue

Cruise ships permitted in Canadian ports starting in November

Victoria News

Return of cruise ships will buoy Greater Victoria businesses

Global

Head of BC Civil Liberties Association resigns after 'burn it all down' tweet controversy

Heat wave: More than 800 died in BC, in a single week, four ties more than normal

Surrey RCMP investigate after anti-Muslim graffiti scrawled around Newton

Poor communication had role in Vancouver ship collision: TSB

Communities say possible Canada-US border reopening 'overdue' but experts cautious

Military forensic team could help identify residential school remains: officials

Georgia Straight

Lower Mainland gang conflict: Public safety warning about Abbotsford man

Surrey RCMP investigation several reports of anti-Muslim graffiti 

Health Authority delays explaining why St. John Ambulance attendants are stationed at VGH emergency department

The Tyee

A family mourns their own killed by Police. And Watch Police Mourn a Dog

Too Slow, Too Small. Critics pan BC's safe supply plan

What Should a Dean of Forestry say about Old-Growth Logging?

How the British Empire died in Burrard Inlet

Miscellaneous

BC Premier says province ready to reopen the border to US and International travel

Shell, British Columbia, Ottawa team up on clean energy centre