Victoria News: Tuesday, August 24, 2021

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Provincial scene for  Tuesday,  August 24, 2021
   

BC Fires

BC wildfire conditions trending in the right direction, official says

Fatigued BC firefighters get hall back at camp as marathon wildfire season takes its toll

Okanagan Indian Band initiates evacuation after planned ignition 

White Rock Lake wildfire: Number of 'impacted' residences now at 78, say officials 

Roving police patrols in evacuated zones helping deter crime, say RCMP

Coronavirus response in BC

BC to require older students to wear masks; COVID-19 vaccinations not mandatory

BC reintroduces mandatory mask policy, including for students in Grades 4 and up

COVID shots in incorrect freezer prompts vaccine callback at BC's Interior Health

BC brings back mandatory masks in public indoor spaces for entire province

BC reports 641 new COVID-19 cases as the province reintroduces mandatory mask policy

Interior Health administers hundred of 'invalid doses' of COVID-19 vaccine 

Masks to be required in BC classrooms from Grades 4-12 in September

North Okanagan politicians speak out about low COVID-19 vaccine rates

Over 600 new cases; active cases increase

Masks mandatory again in public spaces, K-12 and post secondary school health guidelines announced 

BC reverses course on masks, reveals back to school plans

BC government once again changes its pandemic policies in a matter of hours

Hospitalizations double in 2 weeks as BC records 641 new cases of COVID-19

Over 500 people in BC's Interior need to retake their vaccine because of improper storage 

Masks will be required for staff, students in grades 4-12 for new school year 

Mask rule back in public indoor spaces in BC, including K-12 schools

Mask mandate back in place for BC's Indoor public spaces starting Wednesday

Students in Grade 4 and up will be wearing masks as BC Goes back to school 

The walls are closing in on the unvaccinated 

Island Health reports 53 new COVID-19 cases, 430 people ill in region

BC records 641 more COVID-19 cases Tuesday as restrictions return

Globe and Mail

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CBC

Protesters against old-growth logging rally outside Justin Trudeau's Vancouver hotel 

BC Health care workers 'at the end of their ropes' as 1 in 4 consider quitting, union says

Struggling Okanagan tourism industry cautiously welcomes vaccine passport

BC business community looks for more guidance on prop-of-vaccine rollout

Protests across BC call out RCMP enforcement at Fairy Creek blockade 

Vancouver Sun

Some gangsters involved in Lower Mainland conflict have fled BC

West Van tree-topping neighbours slapped with injunction, $48,000 in damages

BC arts community relieved the show will go on with BC Vaccine Card

Victoria Times-Colonist 

Clipper Ferry to sail into Victoria on September 17 for first time since start of pandemic 

Victoria News

New 10 year housing strategy to direct Saanich council, staff

No need for vaccine certificates to board BC Ferries

Masks, vaccination proof needed for BC post secondary gatherings  

Global

BC University students will not need proof of vaccination to attend classes in person

Nurses at Kamloops hospital walking off job due to exhaustion 

Georgia Straight

Vancouver Writer's Festival presents Jody Wilson Raybould talking about her new book on September 15

The Tyee

This Overdose Awareness Day activists will again hand out safe drugs 

What's in an place name? One History or Another 

Miscellaneous

RCMP arrest eight as protests continue against old-growth logging in BC