Victoria Viewpoints: Thursday, October 14, 2021

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

Coronavirus response in BC

Top doctor brings in more rules for northern BC as COVID spreads

Northern BC COVID restrictions tightened again amid lagging vaccination rates

Nine deaths, 580 new cases in BC as hospitalizations mount 

'Significant' COVID-19 outbreak infects more than 7 in 10 residents of BC Care home

BC records 580 new cases of COVID-19 and 9 more deaths

BC officials impose additional COVID-19 restrictions on Northern BC to curb transmission

BC introduces 'circuit-breaker' restrictions in Northern Health

Another 580 COVID-19 cases in BC Thursday, 9 deaths

Northern BC COVID-19 restrictions don't extend west of Kitwanga

Globe and Mail

Washington town wants COVID-19 exemption for Canadian visitors

Transportation investigators rule out trains as cause of fire that wiped out Lytton, left two dead 

BC to give out iPhones to connect youth in care to services, technology

CBC

'Atmospheric river' to bring heavy rainfall to Metro Vancouver and Sunshine Coast 

Lytton residents cast doubt on TSB finding train not linked to catastrophic fire

Police watchdog asks Crown to consider charges after violent Williams Lake arrest

BC to invest in treatment and recovery spaces in Prince George 5 yard after man's death in 'drunk tank

New inhalation overdose prevention site announced for Victoria

Woman who lost her home in Lytton fire pushes back against TSB reports 

Vancouver Sun 

BC's vaccine cards hit with constitutional challenge  

5 reasons to question Vancouver's label as the 'anti-Asian hate crime capital of North America' 

Horgan calls on celebs to back up call to save old-growth forest with cold, hard cash

No link between Lytton fire and rail activity, says TSB report

Victoria Times-Colonist 

After 15 minute wait for an ambulance, she called a cab to get to hospital

Victoria and Esquimalt Police Board asking for six new officers 

Temporary supervised drug inhalation site to open next month on Pandora Avenue

Ambulance service boost plan not working, union says

'Atmospheric river' conditions forecast for weekend, Hydro issues Puntledge warning

A testing time for Coho ferry as US opens border

Locking up dangerous people still a no-go despite random attacks

Victoria News

BC public servants spread messages rebuking province's vaccine mandate

Victoria police investigating spray paint vandalism as hate crime

BC government puts $2M toward carbon capture fuel plant in Merritt

BC's minima working age going from 12 to 16 on Friday

Global

'Disbelief and anger': Lytton residents skeptical of report clearing railway in deadly fire

RCMP investigating possible mischief charge linked to claims by Surrey Mayor Doug McCallum 

BC NDP take heat over blacked-out business case for new Massey Tunnel

Old-growth logging protests highlight a change in this BC NDP government

BC's South coast under rainfall warning as 'atmospheric river' approaches 

'They walked away from health care': Okanagan care home workers suddenly quit over vaccine mandate

BC police watchdog asks Crown to consider charges against officer in Williams Lake arrest

Georgia Straight

Surrey Mayor Doug McCallum's story about hit-and-run takes a surprising turn

Is the heavy rain coming to Metro Vancouver another sign of climate change?

The Tyee

How Fairy Creek is influencing the Wet'suwet'en Resistance

A Nobel reminder for Alberta that raising the minimum wage is OK!

Miscellaneous

BC School once slated to be built on cemetery offers reconciliation hope: advocate

Government-funded iPhones to connect BC's youth in care to services, technology

Lytton resident asks: If not the train, then what sparked the fire that destroyed their village?

Point Roberts leaders want COVID test exemption for Canadian visitors