Victoria Viewpoints: Wednesday, November 17, 2021

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Provincial scene for    Wednesday,  November 17, 2021
   

Extreme Weather in BC

Death toll in BC expected to rise after record flooding devastates province

Grocery store shelves in BC picked clean as flooding cuts off major transport routes

A catastrophic year in BC just got worse

First fire, now floods: Why BC is trapped in a world of climate extremes

Evacuation train departs Hope bound for Vancouver with 200 passengers

BC declares state of emergency as flood recovery continues

BC farmers save Abbotsford cows from flood waters using unconventional means

BC declares state of emergency in wake of devastating flooding, mudslides

Overnight closures on the Malahat cause supply chain issues

BC residents used not to panic buy as bare shelves fuel food security angst

Trucking industry working to get around catastrophic BC highway closures  

Want to help victims of BC's floods? Province says check first before donating physical goods

Historic flooding in southern BC by the numbers

Extraordinary kindness and community help British Columbians navigate historic floods

'If I don't get dialysis, I drop dead': Chilliwack dialysis patient cut off by flooding flown to care

Abbotsford mayor says catastrophic flood danger averted for now, as water levels drop

Thousands of animals have died on flooded BC farms in 'agricultural disaster'

Historic flooding in southern BC by the numbers 

Woman whose care was struck by landslide can barely believe she survived 

BC must rethink foot-dragging reaction to emergencies

As hoarding resurfaces, officials and experts ask for calm to maintain supply chain stability

Mudslide survivor recalls hearing 'roar of mud and trees and rocks'

Floodwaters recede in Abbotsford for now as state of emergency declared 

Migrant workers evacuated from Abbotsford flooding face uncertain future

Sandbag volunteers rally to save key Abbotsford pump house

Flames erupt in Abbotsford RV sales centre among hundreds of vehicles tightly parked under hydro lines

Police called in as tempers flare over Malahat closure

BC farms take in rescued cows as milk supply chain cut off

BC supply chains: Rattled or resilient after extreme rainfall?

Greater Victoria gas stations see long lineups as supplies run low due to Malahat closures

This video from 1985 shows how BC's Coquihalla highway was built

Greater Victoria recovering from floods, outages

Crews dealing with flooding aftermath across Saanich Peninsula 

Section of  West Saanich 'road will remain closed until November 22

BC Transit routes between Duncan and Victoria, in Duncan and Shawnigan Lake altered

Coronavirus response in BC

COVID numbers continue to fall as BC records 324 new cases of COVID-19 and 7 more deaths 

BC's COVID-19 infections decline, seven more deaths Wednesday

Globe and Mail

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CBC

City demolishes portion of court-protected homeless camp in Prince George

Vancouver Sun 

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Victoria Times-Colonist 

A sharp shift away from privately run child care

First Nation aims to stop colonial history from repeating itself

Victoria News

Rain, pandemic staffing, mental health issues compound issues for Victoria's homeless

Second low-cost carrier set to land at Comox Valley Airport

BC government shifting funds to public, non-profit child care

Global

Transit police investigating after duo spotted riding on top of Canada Line in Richmond

Coastal GasLink, elected Wet'suwet'en Council call for resolution to pipeline conflict 

Georgia Straight

Vancouver housing campaigner Sara Sagaii decries city's 'right-wing neoliberal faith in the market'

The Tyee

First United launched $30 Million campaign to transform its Downtown Eastside site

Canada puts off UN request for Indigenous Rights Update

The Power and Peril of Injunctions

Are fossil fuels in our future? BC Wants to hear from you

Miscellaneous

Coastal GasLink, elected Wet'suwet'en council call for resolution to conflict

Teachers, stop going to the cops: Board staff are asked to stop filing police reports over vaccination mandates