Victoria Viewpoints: Wednesday, October 13, 2021

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Provincial scene for  Wednesday,  October 13, 2021
   

Coronavirus response in BC

Tofino hospital the latest to declare a COVID-19 outbreak

BC reports 605 new cases as active and average cases trend downward

Why Northeaster BC has the lowest vaccination rates in the province - and how that's slowly changing

92 new COVID-19 cases reported in Island Health, one additional death

BC counts 605 new cases of COVID-19 Wednesday, 4 deaths

BC Senior Care staff now 96% vaccinated against COVID-19

Globe and Mail

The Fairy Creek injunction battle needs to consider harm to environmental and Indigenous rights

Vancouver reimagines vast swath of city land around False Creek

CBC

Hope on the horizon for business owners. over BC-Washington border reopening, but questions remain

Northern BC First Nation launches pilot project to deliver medical supplies by drone

Crown wanted plea deal in Whistler bear feeding case to avoid 'controversy' over killings

Heiltsuk leader says community still waiting for environmental justice 5 years after 'traumatizing' oil spill

Thousands of death investigations remain incomplete at BC Coroners Service, as family waits for answers

Vancouver Sun 

Retired judge finds Vancouver coup engaged in misconduct in notifying Indigenous mom of death of her son

Canadian snowbirds look forward to flocking to US again next month 

NDP hide the number needed to judge tunnel versus bridge 

If you mix up these Vancouver political veterans, you will get pranked

BC looks to overhaul decades-old ol and gas royalty system

Victoria Times-Colonist 

Former Victoria boss to pay nearly $1M for sexually assaulting employee

Woman found in water after car abandoned on Nanaimo ferry

'No shot, no job': Holdouts force to face new reality

Firefighter in hospital after battling Sooke blaze

Final Island Class Ferry en route to Victoria 

North Saanich needs to be a complete community

Victoria News

Civil case against former Langford boss nets sexual assault survivor nearly $1 million

Council to vote Thursday on extending Victoria's street and sidewalk patio permits

Sidney councillor invites public feedback as deadline for Beacon Wharf submissions approaches

BC adding addiction treatment, transition services, minister says

Global

Details to be released about wildfire that destroyed Lytton and possible train involvement 

'Atmospheric river' forecast to bring 'wet and windy' weekend to BC's South Coast

Nanaimo restaurateur fears vaccine opponents responsible for smashed windows

Former Chilliwack pastor handed 14 month sentence on child porn conviction

City of Vancouver plan looks to triple the number of homes in False Creek South

Ken Sim to lead new party as mayoral candidate in 2022 Vancouver election

Officers not responsible for man's death in Surrey: police watchdog

BC Ferries' 6th and final hybrid electric Island class ferry sets sail for BC

Georgia Straight

City of Vancouver considers 50 percent fee discount for 'green burial' atMountain View Cemetery

Washington governor Jay Inslee says border should have been opened sooner to Canadian travellers

Mayor Kennedy Stewart: A False Creek South where all can stay and a new generation can join

Avoid building basements to help the environment: U of T researchers

US government prepares to reopen land border to fully vaccinated Canadians in advance of Black Friday

The Tyee

FortisBC wants to expand an LNG plant on Vancouver's Doorstop. Opponents say No

How Environmentalism's White Supremacist roots branch into today's struggles

Drug treatment services to expand as 'Waitlists have become Death Lists'

Miscellaneous

British Columbia spends $132 million on treatment services 

Safety board releasing results of investigation into wildfire in Lytton

BC civil rights group sues federal government over solitary confinement