Victoria Viewpoints: Friday, September 3, 2021

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Provincial scene for Friday,  September 3, 2021
   

BC Fires

Crews bring White Rock Lake wildfire under control, meaning many residents can now return home 

Coronavirus response in BC

BC reports three deaths, 671 new cases of COVID-19

BC records 671 cases of COVID-19 as more than 200 people are in hospital 

More new cases in Northern Health than Vancouver Coastal Health

Hospitalizations continue rising as BC records 671 new cases of COVID-19, 3 more deaths

BC records 801 new cases of COVID019 and 6 more deaths

BC's COVID-19 spread slows to 671 Friday, hospital cases still rising

Globe and Mail

Is Fairy Creek the Clayoquot Sound of the 2020s? Not  quite - and activists need to know why before they can win

Vaccine protests threaten to disrupt essential services as crowds gather outside hospitals, police headquarters

CBC

'My last straw': Vancouver paramedic on brink of quitting due to hospital protests

BC to cull up to 35 coyotes from Vancouver's Stanley Park following attacks

BC based Chinese currency exchange implodes amid tangle of lawsuits and failed transfers 

Pilots 'give hope wings' in effort to bring medical flights to remote communities

BC Housing experts caution on whether campaign policies will change affordability crisis

Vancouver Sun

Broadway's tallest tower pitched through 'exceptional' process

People with 'invisible disabilities' are being left out

Officials set to trap, kill up to 35 coyotes in Stanley Park

It's never good news when Dix/Henry call a news conference 

Victoria Times-Colonist 

Victoria police officer violently attacked in Vic West Park

Police seek witnesses in incident that shut down Trans-Canada Highway

Restaurant association calls for security cost help as vaccine passport looms

Support health care workers, not the mob

Victoria News

Unvaccinated British Columbians 'universally opposed' to proof of vaccination: survey

COVID-19 entertainment passports a 'nudge' for vaccine 'complacent'

Victoria police offer attacks in park Thursday night 

Saanich highway reopens after early morning incident hospitalizes man

Global

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Georgia Straight

Two people arrested at Extinction Rebellion Vancouver protest held in support of Fairy Creek demonstrators 

Organizer of BC Hospital protests, Kristen Nagle, recently claimed that you can't catch a virus

The Tyee

'If they destroy this, they're wiping us off the territory'

Celebrate Labour Day by demanding Jason Kenney resign 

Supportive Housing provider paid resident workers less than minimum wage

Miscellaneous

BC, Tahltan Nation step up wildlife patrols after 'contentious' hunting season 

Okanagan College won't require COVID-19 vaccination disclosure when classes resume