Victoria Viewpoints: Tuesday, September 14, 2021

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Provincial scene for  Tuesday,  September 14, 2021
   

Coronavirus response in BC

Another 677 new COVID-19 cases reported in BC, along with one additional death

'None of the ICU cases in BC under 50 are fully vaccinate': Health Minister

Over 6,000 active cases, updated Interior Health restrictions

BC Orders Health-Care Workers to be vaccinated

BC records 677 new cases of COVID-19 and 1 more death

Over 70 per cent of all British Columbians now fully vaccinated 

BC reports 677 new cases, 1 death due to COVID-19

Globe and Mail

BC Interior sawmills scale back lumber output as consumers delay home renovations

Teal Cedar Products asks BC court for one year injunction extension at Fairy Creek

BC government failing to regulate dam safety, Auditor-General's report finds

Metro Vancouver is the eviction capital of Canada, according to University of BC study

CBC

BC First Nation demands Enbridge reroute gas pipeline after 2018 explosion

Head of BC's car sales regulator admits he wrongly believed his deputy was a practising lawyer

Students at Prince George Secondary told to list 'positive' impact of colonies on Indigenous people

Incentives, programs to help recruit health care professional to northern BC, health minister announces 

Pro RCMP group cries found after members banned from Surrey City Council meetings

Federal leaders are failing First Nations in BC by declining invitation to AGM, regional chief says

BC isn't effectively overseeing safety of dams, auditor general finds

Fairy Creek protesters sue logging company after vehicles towed, $1,500 demanded for release 

Vancouver Sun

BC goes after parents of murdered gangsters over cash and jewelry

BC health minister says preparations being made if care staff quite over mandatory vaccines

What you won't change anti-vaxxer's mind with education or information

Tories, NDP want to use transit cash to force higher-density housing

Victoria Times-Colonist 

Two more residents die in COVID-19 outbreak at Victoria care home

Union expresses concern over escalating violence after man shot, killed by police

BC health minister defends mandatory COVID-19 vaccines for health-care workers

VicPD cites escalating violence as officers head-butted, spat at

After 18 months, Clipper to return to Inner Harbour on Friday morning 

Mental Health, addictions care improving in BC: Progress report 

Snuneymuxw First Nation receives $77,000 to search grounds of former hospital

Rising costs mean municipalities have to think differently   

Victoria News

Saanich counselling centre sees uptick in demand before back-to-school

Old-growth activists want fewer police powers at Fairy Creek, RCMP  asking for more

Local BC governments seek ways to go beyond talking about reconciliation

Many of BCs 1,900 has not adequately regulated , auditor finds

BC offers cash, housing help to tempt health care workers into moving north

Global

BC nurses fear health-care system could 'crash' due to vaccine mandate for workers 

Surrey mayor bans several people from speaking at council meetings

Liberals say Trans Mountain pipeline could stay open until 2060 

Georgia Straight

Average home price in BC starts to pick up  amid "drought" is sale listings

Vancouver Health Facility to be renamed due to namesake's political advocacy for Japanese Canadian internment

The Tyee

Little Mountain: Big Money for a Developer, Big Questions for BC Liberals 

A Brief history of BC's Housing Dumpster fire

Miscellaneous

BC offers incentives like child care to recruit and retain health-care workers

Teal Cedar Products asks BC court for one-year injunction extension at Fairy Creek

BC not effectively overseeing safety of dams: auditor general

Meet the RV dwellers facing eviction in Tofino