Victoria Viewpoints: Thursday September 9, 2021

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

BC Fires

Firefighters from Mexico set to head home after battling wildfires in BC

Coronavirus response in BC

130 people in ICU with COVID in BC right now; 111 off those are unvaccinated 

BC records another 5 deaths from COVID along with 774 cases

Province seeks to protect hospitals from protests; almost 775 new cases

BC man who lost his unvaccinated sister to COVID-19 urges others not to make same potentially fatal choice 

5 more die of COVID-19 as BC announces 774 new cases

Surgeries being postponed, delayed and adjusted across BC as COVID-19 pressures mount

Island Health hits highest one-day total for new COVID-19 cases

BC records 774 new COVID-19 cases Thursday, 5 deaths

Globe and Mail

Former BC Lottery director says he's 'whistleblower' on money laundering at casinos

Second woman convicted of railroad track sabotage in Washington state 

Refusing COVID-19 vaccine hurts wider population, BC health minister says

BC to review death of 70 year old woman at Kamloops hospital

BC opens consultation on anti-racism legislation as groups praise data collection 

CBC

'Repugnant behaviour' of former Vancouver cop not enough to overturn pimp's convictions, court rules

Fairy Creek protest on Vancouver Island now considered largest act of civil disobedience in Canadian history

As hospitals fill, death of 70 year old waiting for care in BC emergency room to be reviewed, minister says

Parent's on BC's Malcolm Island say most children kept home from school over teacher's mask exemption

Vancouver Sun

Vancouver luxury realtor Layla Yang's provocative, pricey world

'I am not prepared to commit fraud' by writing false vaccine exemptions, BC doctor says

Casino whistleblower lambasted at Cullen Inquiry 

BC Legislature to require vaccinations, politicians on all sides decide unanimously

Victoria Times-Colonist 

More than a million get BC Vaccine Card in two days after unveiling

ICBC investigates claims that driving school owner Steve Wallace sexually harassed students

Coroners Service investigating death related to crash in Sooke early Tuesday

Esquimalt-Saanich-Sooke: In bedroom communities, housing costs a key issue

Victoria News

Greater Victoria housing analyst says solutions lay with province, local governments, not feds

Ocean Clean UP stops in Victoria to restock for next plastics hunt

Health Minister says Kamloops ER waiting room death will be reviewed

More BC Hospitals postpone. surgeries as COVID-19 cases increase 

Global

BC Lottery Corp. brass bowed to revenue pressure from casino managers, inquiry hears

As another BC wildfire season winds down, exhausted firefighters return home 

It's time to overhaul long-term care, advocates say. Here's what they suggest

Georgia Straight

Climate-altering negligence is endangering our children

The Tyee

Tree Sit protesters say TMX is putting them at risk

West Coast Doctors Join the Call: No More Fossil Fuels

One Girl's experience of being #BlackinSchool 

Miscellaneous

Refusing COVID-19 vaccine hurts wider population, BC health minister says

Former BC lottery director says he's 'whistleblower' on money laundering at casinos