Victoria Viewpoints: Thursday, September 16, 2021

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

Coronavirus response in BC

BC Health Minister Adrian Dix says province won't  take COVID-19 patients from Alberta

BC says it can't take patients from Alberta's overwhelmed ICUs

British Columbia won't take COVID-19 patients from Alberta: Dix

These health care workers have informed thousands of patients they have COVID-19. Why breaking the news is different in the fourth wave

Four new deaths, 706 new cases in BC

No room in BC hospitals for Alberta COVID-19 patients , says province 

Over 700 new cases, active and hospitalized cases increase

BC records 706 new cases of COVID-19 and 4 more deaths

BC says it won't take ICU patients from Alberta because of its own health care demands

705 new cases of COVID-19 reported in BC, including 81 in Island Health

BC COVID 19 infections creeping up, 706 more Thursday

Globe and Mail

Fairy Creek old growth logging standoff returns to court 

Ongoing protests, arrests at Fairy Creek over logging 'not working' says judge

June heat wave in BC was deadliest weather event in Canadian history

CBC

Vancouver clinic to offer take-home medical grade heroin in North America first

BC sues family of gang members for seized cash, diamond ring 

Fairy creek protesters aren't terrorists, lawyers argue during third day of hearings on injunction 

Heavy rain in the forecast as storm set to hit BC's South Coast early Friday

Schools in remote coastal BC First Nations community closed due to COVID-19

CN fined $2.5 million for spraying pesticides near the Skeena River

BC's Howe Sound designated a UNESCO biosphere region after years of lobbying

Prince Rupert man says he was racially profiled by RCMP in traffic stop

Vancouver Sun

Housing goals clearly the priority as Eby cuts deal with developer

Gangster Aman Manj killed after more than a decade in the lifestyle

Victoria Times-Colonist 

Our Place temporarily shuts drop-in, citing violence, mask non-compliance

Woman runs to ambulance station while on hold with 911

High speed foot-passenger ferry planned between Nanaimo and Vancouver

Victoria News

Victoria peer assisted crisis team looks to be difference maker for mental health calls 

Camosun College celebrates 50th with Indigenous art unveiling in Saanich

Friday weather warning for south coastal BC includes heavy rainfall, winds

Victoria Clipper ferries visitors to town for first time in 18 months

BC Lions join tribute to National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

Global

BC's South Coast in for a 'soaker' as rainfall warning issued 

Security company sees bump in demand amid rollout of BC Vaccine passport

Protesters claim vehicles being illegally towed from area near BC old growth blockade  

Vancouver Police redeploying officers to 'hardest-hit' areas of downtown

Georgia Straight

Heavy rain and wind warning issued for Lower Mainland ...

For BC's complex learners back in school, it's not just about vaccines

Canada joins all the other nations that fell in the sands of Afghanistan 

Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver forecasts 'upward pressure on prices in the fall'

The Tyee

Resign, Kenney, Resign

Sorry, Not Sorry! Jason Kenney's COVID-19 disaster

Miscellaneous

Ongoing protests, arrests at Fairy Creek over logging 'not working,' says Judge 

Vancouver police say fatal daylight shooting in downtown hotel parkade was targeted