Victoria Viewpoints: Wednesday, September 8, 2021

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Provincial scene for Wednesday,  September 8, 2021
   

BC Fires

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Coronavirus response in BC

BC reports 814 new COVID-19 cases and no new deaths

BC reports 814 new COVID-19 cases, no additional deaths

Over 800 new cases, active cases resume increasing

Over 77% of new COVID-19 infections among unvaccinated, as BC records  814 new cases

Record 90 new COVID-19 cases reported in Island Health on Wednesday

Three new deaths linked to COVID-19 outbreak at Victoria care home

BC COVID-19 cases up to 814 Wednesday, hospital admissions rising

Globe and Mail

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CBC

With caution and hope, businesses prepare for BC's vaccine card rollout 

BC victims seek justice after voyeur fled Canada before sentencing

Hospital protests pushing already exhausted staff to the brink, says Vancouver doctor

2022 rent increase capped at 1.5% in BC

Under pressure first responders urged to reach out for mental health support

Vancouver police cite troubling trend after 11 offices assaulted over Labour Day weekend

Vancouver Sun

'These will be the casualties': Outlook gloomy for store merchants beneath downtown Vancouver office towers 

Despite official optimism, an early end to vaccine cards seems unlikely

BC care providers fear 10 per cent staff exodus over mandatory vaccines

'The greatest act of civil disobedience in Canadian history': Fairy Creek surpasses Clayquot Sound in arrests

Kamloops woman died in Royal Inland Hospital ER waiting room

Victoria Times-Colonist 

Fairy Creek surpasses Clayquot Sound in arrests

In person classes resume at UVic with mandatory masks, vaccine declaration

A need to preserve our vanishing architectural past

Helicopter restrictions on Pender aren't necessary, would be impossible to enforce

Victoria News

Victoria demonstrators call out governments for not treating climate change as a crisis

Saanich Police, ICBC join forces to advocate for back-to-school road safety 

Urban area BC mayors want next Parliament to focus on housing

BC under 30's lead in shots as COVID-19 vaccine card arrives

Global

BC's hospitality industry concerned about anger over COVID-19 vaccine cards 

Video shows vaccine protesters calling BC RCMP officers "Nazis' and 'brownshirts'

Kamloops woman, 70, dies while waiting at Royal Inland Hospital emergency room 

Anti-vaccine passport rallies held in BC communities Wednesday

11 Vancouver officers attacked, assaulted during violent long weekend: police 

Security concerns shutter candidates' debate in Northern BC

Georgia Straight

During violent incidents on Labour Day long weekend, 11 Vancouver officers injured or assaulted

The Tyee

Six seconds, five shots. Did Chester Libo-On have to die?

Alberta's War Room is Hiring!

Starting Monday, Some Doors will close for Unvaccinated People

Miscellaneous

BC's COVID-19 vaccine card system good first step, medical group says