Victoria Viewpoints: Tuesday-Wednesday, August 22 & 23, 2023

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Provincial scene for Tuesday-Wednesday, August 22 & 23, 2023

BC/NWT Wildfires

BC mayors welcome decision to lift some travel restrictions after rain douses Wildfires

Yellowknife mayor says it's too unsafe for residents to return to NWT capital

Shelves emptying as road, airport closures leave some NWT communities without groceries 

181 properties confirmed damaged or destroyed by wildfires in BC's Okanagan region   

NWT will step up enforcement to prevent people from entering evacuated communities 

What's a 'fire tornado'? Video of rare phenomenon captured in BC

'In my blood to fight': Shuswap residents tell why they defy fire evacuation

Northwest Territories grappling with 'astronomical' cost of fighting wildfires 

BC wildfires: Why some British Columbians say they won't leave the fire zone

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Facebook News ban is risking lives in Wildfires, say Eby and Trudeau

Should politicians pander as cities burn?

'Incredibly rare' BC wildfire tornado over lake in BC

Firefighter attends citizenship ceremony while on front lines of BC wildfire 

Patients in BC long term care homes and NWT hospitals displaced by wildfire 

Helicopter airdrop of granola bars for Poomba the pig, after surviving BC wildfire

181 properties confirmed damaged or destroyed by wildfires in BC's Okanagan region

BC premier encourages community co-operation after wildfire tension in Shuswap 

'We've been abandoned': Why anger in the Shuswap is growing over BC's wildfire fighting strategy 

Trapped BC hiker recalls narrowly escaping raging wildfire

Officials plead with BC residents to respect wildfire evacuation orders amid conflict in Shuswap 

Suspect arrested in theft of $10K in firefighting equipment from vehicles in Kamloops 

BC Forests Minister blames communities for slow progress on clearing wildfire fuel  

Defying orders must stop, Ma says

This year's fire season record will be broken in the near future 

The Okanagan Mountain Fire forever changes our landscape and our psyche 

Evacuation defiance threatens BC wildfire fight, minster says, as rain raises hope

'Threats. abuse': BC Deputy Fire Chief pleads for compassion in midst of wildfire crisis

Why some British Columbians say they won't leave the fire zone

Record BC wildfire season posts to growing threat to urban areas 

'Unified strategy at risk': People urged again to heed BC wildfire evacuation orders 

Permanent Emergency Response team needed, BC Premier David Eby says

Globe and Mail

Prince George explosion sends at least three to hospital

Pause in tourism, wildfire smoke add to woes for BC's hard hit wine industry

Prices for detached homes in Toronto, Vancouver and Fraser Valley down in first half of 2023, report says

CBC

Translink releases video of new Skytrain cars 

BC Transit launches electronic fare payment in Victoria, with BC wide rollout to follow

BC winery owners talk about how climate change is affecting their operations 

'It was chaos': Donut shop staff jump into action to help victims of explosion 

Vancouver Island family returns 18 hectares of former wetland to First Nations 

Prince George explosion victim in critical care. RCMP say cause appears suspicious 

Vessel operating Tsawwassen-Nanaimo route will take at least 2 months to repair, says BC Ferries

Vancouver Sun 

Black bear put down after chasing children at park near Powell River 

Convicted BC drug trafficker named in fifth civil forfeiture lawsuit since 2010 

Trans Mountain pipeline project runs into fresh construction-related hurdle 

Victoria Times-Colonist 

Umo, BC Transit's new electronic fare system, now live on Greater Victoria buses

Langford residents call for action to deal with open drug used, sheltering at Danbrook Park 

Victoria Clipper workers set strike for Labour Day weekend

Man last seen at Sooke Campground failed to return 

Highway 4 having second extended Closure Thursday to allow for rock scaling

Ferries Annual General Meeting coming up Thursday

East Sooke Park expands with 25 acre land acquisition 

Victoria News

BC Transit rolls out $23.3M electronic fare system - starting in Victoria 

Long Victoria Police investigation leads to sentence for child exploitation 

Sooke RCMP search for missing 60 year old man

Calgary company hopes to fill CRD's biosolids gasification needs

Victoria asking for public input on transportation corridor projects 

Global

TikTok showing $1K/200 square foot rental meant to show 'crazy' Vancouver market, creator says 

BC Ferries investigating after construction damages First Nation midden on Hornby Island

Another human foot found in shoe on BC beach

BC man's death undiscovered for days at supportive housing facility

The Tyee                                       

BC RCMP officer  facing manslaughter trial charged with assault

The revitalizing power of Indigenous Typography 

'Not enough' Tugboat owner to pay fine after two died 

How does Prime Minister Rachel Notley sound?

CHEK TV

Residents call for action as Langford sees steady increase in unhoused population

VicPD helped nab BC man convicted of child porn charges 

BC Transit launched tap payment in Victoria 

No injuries after coast guard, RCMP called to search waters off Sooke

Clipper ferry workers issue strike deadline for Labour Day weekend 

'It's just ridiculous': Post Secondary students struggling to find and afford housing on Vancouver Island 

Second full-day closure for Highway 4 work to take place Thursday 

Miscellaneous