Victoria Viewpoints: Tuesday, July 27, 2021

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Provincial scene for  Tuesday,  July 27, 2021
   

BC Fires

Approximately seven suspicious fires in Salmo under investigation 

Extra help is on the way to fight wildfires in British Columbia

BC responds to double the average annual number of wildfires, halfway into fire season

Fire razes Nanaimo Christmas tree farm; so dry, 'muffles from trucks were starting fires'

Follow local evacuation orders, BC Wildfire Service urges

BC's active wildfires fall to 250, evacuation orders up to 61

Coronavirus response in BC

BC kicks off COVID campaign to boost vaccination 

BC targeting nearly 1 million eligible people who have not yet received COVID-19 vaccine

Some restaurants, pubs in Kelowna temporarily closed because of positive COVID-19 tests 

150 new cases; Interior Health has most new and active cases again

New Immunization campaign 

BC Steps up measures to Increase Vaccinations

New COVID-19 cases surge in BC among the unvaccinated

BC begins a two week COVID-19 vaccination blitz

COVID numbers jump again as BC records 150 new cases but no additional deaths 

Walk-clinics to provide COVID-19 jab as BC pushes to reach those unvaccinated  

Unvaccinated British Columbians may face limits on where they can go

BC's COVID-1 daily cases jump to 150 Tuesday, mostly in Interior

Most new BC COVID-19 cases are now among unvaccinated people 

Globe and Mail

Heat warnings, special weather statements issued for parts of Western Canada

CBC

Indigenous leader grateful to survive after finding herself 'hanging upside down' in flipped floatplane

Surrey approves construction contracts for controversial road through Bear Creek Park 

Well water fears prompt calls to halt proposed bottling plant near BC village 

Wildfires, floods and rock slides force pause on permanent fishway project at Big Bar landslide site

Pervasive racism a toxic problem in Vancouver's LGBT! community, say activists 

Merritt man pleads guilty to arson attack that destroyed historic Nicola Valley church

Student Society raises lack of confidence in UBC's return-to-campus plans

Vancouver Sun

Distracted driving not limited to holding a cellphone, says BC appeal court

Strata council ordered by BC court to release list of all owners to one of its members

Victoria Times-Colonist 

'I felt hand coming and lifting my head up': First Nations leader recalls float plane crash

Hicks says he won't run again, but he's not handing the keys to goose-poop picker

Farmers fight to save crops, tourists urged to bring water with them 

Public gets say Thursday on redeveloping two of Victoria's oldest buildings 

Central Saanich lands new fire chief 

Victoria News

Developer brings eighth proposal for Northern Junk buildings to Victoria council

Heat related deaths, BC Wildfires spur Greater Victoria doctors' call to end pipeline construction

Global

City Councillor demands answers from Delta Police over handling of scandal involving chief's wife

Concerns after residents refuse to heed evacuation orders  

Cloverdale Rodeo addresses human rights complaint

'We've really reached a tipping point': Scarred by COVID, Chinatown leaders want city to remember its commitment

BC First Nation condemns actions of Fairy Creek protesters who cut down small trees 

Weather statement for heat, smoky skies issued for lower third of BC

Georgia Straight

Hate crimes targeting race, ethnicity in Canada almost doubled in first year of COVID-19 pandemic

As new heatwave looms, BC Coroners Service adds more than 100 deaths to number recorded during last heat dome

The Tyee

My Dog can get a shot for Lyme disease. Why Can't I?

For this Cree-Métis artist, singing Bach in 'an Act of Resistance'         

Miscellaneous

Unseasonable heat returns to British Columbia and the Prairies 

Salmon getting through Fraser River slide zone as officials ponder permanent fix