Victoria Viewpoints: Saturday/Sunday, October 2 & 3, 2021

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Provincial scene for    Saturday, October 2 & 3, 2021
   

Coronavirus response in BC

BC's top doctor touts COVID-19 vaccination ahead of Thanksgiving gatherings

Globe and Mail

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CBC

Robot named Robbie the newest staff member at Victoria restaurant

Special delivery: More than 700 letters of appreciation handed out to Vancouver health-care workers

Civil suit alleges 2 Victoria realtors drugged and sexually assaulted their client

New film narrated by Shania Twain an ode to Indigenous love and resistance

As BC Legislature returns, COVID recovery and child care are priorities for opposition parties

'I was pretty scared for my life' says witness at Metrotown mall incident

City and builder tussle over tiny lot in East Vancouver

BC Hydro report says residents unaware of best choices when cutting carbon footprint

Vancouver Sun 

Vancouver land assemblies come with a range of difficulties

Legislature resumes Monday with promises of forestry reform and limits to anti-vaccine passport protests

New grassroots tool to help BC parents track school notifications, clusters and outbreaks

Affordable Vancouver housing development for women, by women

Mining giant Rio Tinto's control of Nechako River water flow in BC challenged by local First Nation

Victoria Times-Colonist 

More owls turning up dead, despite ban on rodenticides

Port Alberni's food hub a hit with small business processing local resources

Ocean heat waves could wipe out half of Pacific salmon catch by 2050

The growth of Orange Shift Day is refreshing

Seafood shortage: It's more complex than overfishing

Intellectual narcissism is a danger to public discourse

Victoria is facing a public-safety crisis

Woman sues Victoria real estate agents and company over alleged sexual assault

Victoria News

North Saanich council asks OCP consultants to revise key concepts

New CEO of Saanich Peninsula Hospital foundation draws on health care background

Saanich supports electric vehicle use with charging station rebate

Oak Bay police look to fill 2 reserve spaces in 2022

Protesters arrested for blocking industry at Fairy Creek

Public correspondence reveals strong opposition to pontoon replacing Sidney's Beacon Wharf

Global

'This is ridiculous': BC Hydro questioned after mass stranding of salmon on Cheakamus River

COVID-19: Is mandatory vaccination for teachers the next front in the school safety battle?

Contractor seems to have 'abandoned' North Shore wastewater plant, says Metro Vancouver

COVID recovery and Child care are Opposition targets as BC Legislature returns 

The growing problem of 'swatting' and why experts say it's a dangerous trend

Penticton's mayor pushes for more cops and bylaw officers to combat crime

Man charged after allegedly hitting Victoria police officer with stolen vehicle

Poll finds 1 in 3 British Columbians haven't been asked for vaccine passport as they should have

Alaska's vanishing salmon push Yukon River tribes to brink

Georgia Straight

Two Vancouver born young people appointed to Prime Ministers Youth Council

Whistler resident fined $60,000 for feeding bears

Antivaccine-passport activists set their sights on Yaletown restaurants in midst of food festival

The Tyee

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Miscellaneous

Marine heat waves could win out fish stocks, UBC study finds