Victoria Viewpoints: Friday, July 9, 2021

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Provincial scene for   Friday, July 9, 2021
   

Western Canada Heatwave/BC Fires

'It will never look the same' Lytton residents return to tour remnants of their hometown

BC heat wave highlights growing power of science to discern human influence on extreme weather

Ash, rubble ... and hope: Lytton residents tour their fire-ravaged  BC town for the first time 

Lytton residents make the emotional return to burned-out town

TSB deploys team to Lytton to probe 'fire potentially involving a freight train'

Out of control wildfire threatens homes in Coldstream

Transportation Safety Board sends investigators to Lytton amid speculation a train may have sparked deadly fire

Transportation Safety Board investigates possibility that a train sparked fire in Lytton

Wildfire near Vernon prompts evacuations

How Lytton residents worked together to survive racing fire

Lytton residents left homeless after fatal wildfire get 1st look at devastation

Report flags wildfire risk in areas around North Saanich parks

Coronavirus response in BC

BC reports 45 new cases, no new deaths

Vancouver nightclub exposure; active cases increase for third day

All Plagues are Political

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

Is BC's Death rate really as low as official numbers show?

No COVID-19 vaccination, visits restricted in BC senior care homes

Globe and Mail

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CBC

Vancouver police officers face new review in case of detained Indigenous man and granddaughter

Federal government announces $1.3B for SkyTrain extension from Surrey to Langley

Vancouver Island First Nation chiefs decry recent vandalism, racism in the capital region

27 Lower Mainland gang members convicted thanks to special task force, police say

Vancouver Sun

A provincial mea culpa on heat wave inaction

Anti-gang task force results in 27 convictions, drug and firearm seizures: Vancouver Police

$1.3B from Ottawa kick starts work on Surrey-Langley Sky Train extension

Homeless campers at Vancouver's CRAB park being evicted

Vancouver Police officers face new review in case of detained Indigenous man

Victoria Times-Colonist 

South Island chiefs denounce acts of vandalism, Songhees hire security guards

Fish farm giant blasts federal minister over Discovery Islands decision

Mechanical woes result in lengthy delays on Horseshoe Bay to Departure Bay route

Victoria News

Victoria neighbourhood benefits from opening up of Royal Athletic Park

Most of Eastern Vancouver Island at drought level 4

BC natural gas well cleanup shifts to Indigenous land sites

Global

'This isn't a heatwave issue': BC paramedics say there's a systemic crisis in emergency care

Lytton residents make the emotional return to burned-out town

TSB deploys team to Lytton to probe 'fire potentially involving a freight train'

Out of control wildfire threatens homes in Coldstream

Feds pledge $1.3B to finish Langley SkyTrain extension, funding to plan UBC extension

'Thousands of residents' in support of court challenge over shelter: Penticton mayor

Indigenous communities optimistic with newly-elected national chief

Georgia Straight

Man wins $63,750 court judgment 16 years after being mauled by Surrey RCMP police dog

Justin Trudeau offers billions for rapid transit in Metro Vancouver before Bill C-25 has even gone to second reading

Lower Mainland gang conflict Taskforce announces 27 Metro Vancouver gangster convicted over three year effort

The Tyee

Jason Kenney, Godfather

When the Heat Wave Hit, he was left to care for his mother alone

Miscellaneous