Victoria Viewpoints: Saturday- Monday, June 24-26, 2023

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Provincial scene for Saturday-Monday,  June 24-26,  2023

BC Wildfires

Recent lightning strikes carpet Northeast BC as active wildfire count climbs

Dry June could set the stage for bad wildfire season in the valley 

Brush fire above Horseshoe Bay being held, Highway 99 remains closed

Wildfires to impact BC summer vacations: poll

Two new 'suspicious' fires burning on outskirts of Port Alberni 

More than 10,000 lightning strikes carpet northeaster BC as wildfire count climbs 

Brush fire closes Sea-to-Sky Highway in both directions near Horse shoe Bay

Wildfire crews on alert after 10,000 lightning strikes hit northeastern BC over weekend 

Humans to blame for all 47 of Vancouver Island fires: Wildfire Service 

'Quite visible from Port Hardy': New wildfire burning on North Island

Globe and Mail

BC moved ahead with ending letter grades despite parent, teacher, student concerns

First Nations in BC call on Childrens' Minister to resign over horrific child-abuse case

Controversial Vancouver Chinatown condo development approved by development board 

David Eby resists early vote in BC despite big by-election wins for NDP

Advocates urge BC leaders to halt planned evictions at Abbotsford tent camp

BC New Democrats win both by-elections, keep seats on Island and Vancouver 

International students face tougher job prospects than domestic peers 

CBC

BC to build 4 new animal rescue shelters to help care for glut of abandoned neglected animals 

With the help of search dogs, volunteer group continues nearly 2 year search for missing BC woman 

Vancouver permit board conditionally approves controversial Chinatown condo project

RCMP seek witnesses to plane crash that killed 2 in northeastern BC

Kamloops farmer potentially facing summer without water 

BC leaders urged to halt planned evictions at Abbotsford homeless encampment 

First Nations in BC call on minister to resign over horrific child abuse case 

Shots fired between suspected impaired driver and West Vancouver officers on Highway 1 off ramp: Police 

Labour board seals first collective agreement for telecom workers on strike since 2019 

Growing calls to extend BC's heat pump rebates to condos to keep vulnerable residents cool 

Surrey used to be a destination for newcomers. Some settlement experts say rising costs are changing that

Here's what BC's opposition parties could take away from this weekend's by-elections  

Vancouver Sun 

BC economy in for a rough ride, says TD Bank economic forecast

BC United faces a huge branding challenge 

Sea to Sky Highway closed in both directions due to wildfire 

BC moves ahead with ending letter grades despite parent, teacher, student concerns 

BC seeks forfeiture of money, gold bars linked to failed cryptocurrency company QuadrigaCX

Vancouver city staff propose to limit empty tax refund for developers  

BC condo dwellers awarded $3,500 for damages by civil tribunal for thumping bass

First Nations in BC call on minister to resign over horrific child abuse case 

Victoria Times-Colonist 

Woman with terminal cancer forced to transfer from St Paul's Hospital for assisted dying 

BC chips in $1M for first-of-its-kind animal behaviour centre in Duncan 

Oak Bay issues earning about poisonous 'death cap' mushrooms 

VicPD looking for man wanted on multiple firearms charges 

David Eby resists early vote in BC despite big by-election wins for NDP 

Free Transit in Campbell River,  Comox Valley this Canada Day

BC United has work to do after 'collapse; in by-election: Pundit 

New Hullo foot passenger ferries arrive at Ogden Point 

Victoria News

Victoria homeless entrepreneurial project stifled as bylaw takes belongings 

Death cap mushrooms growing in Oak Bay

Sinkhole reroutes weekend traffic on Salt Spring Island 

'Worn out': Housing crisis pushes more Victoria workers to add side hustles 

BC nurse stripped of licence for sexual misconduct with psychiatric patient 

BC Premier rules out early election - again - after NDP wins 2 by-elections 

BC government dishes out $12 million for 4 new SCPA shelters 

Global

'Monumental shift': New details in search for woman who never returned from BC hike 

Township of Langley exploring ways to save Twilight Drive-In

Watchdog to probe First Nations child abuse case as BC minister urged to resign 

Abbotsford group calls for end to 'deeply harming'  3-month Fraser Valley bus strike 

Controversial condo complex in Vancouver's Chinatown gets green light 

What does BC United's poor by-election showing mean for the party?

7M passengers expected to travel through YVR this summer 

BC shells out $12M for 4 new animal shelters as demand rises

2 years after BC heat dome, coroners service and activists demand government change 

31 British Columbians give recommendations for primary health care changes 

Tribunal ruling of discrimination against Indigenous BC mom faces court challenge  

The Tyee                                       

Deena Hinshaw's a victim of UCP vindictiveness

Indigenous Justice and a new path for Canada's prisons 

A crane collapsed. Five people died. after two years, no answers 

CHEK TV

Mother bear near Thetis put down due to 'food-conditioned behaviour'  

Fish spill closes part of Highway 19 north of Nanaimo;  delays expected 

Tourists return to Alberni, Tofino as Highway 4 reopens, but 'fear' remains 

'We've never seen this before': BC could experience historic drought this summer  

Oak Bay warns of death cap mushrooms growing in district

New Nanaimo-Vancouver passenger Hullo Ferries arrive at Ogden Point

First Nations in BC call on minister to resign over horrific child abuse case 

First of its kind Animal Behaviour Centre coming to Duncan, says province 

Miscellaneous

BC New Democrats win both by-elections, keep seats on Island and Vancouver 

First Nations in BC call on minister to resign over horrific child abuse case 

Advocates urge BC leaders to halt planned evictions at Abbotsford BC tent camp 

David Eby resists early vote in BC despite bi by-election wins for NDP

BC shells out $12 million for four new animal shelters across province as demand rises 

BC moved ahead with ending letter grades despite parent, teacher, student concerns 

Vancouver Chinatown condo project is approved after years of controversy  

Groups decry 'punitive,' 'coercive' drug policies amid worsening overdose crisis