Victoria Viewpoints: Thursday-Friday, September 7-8, 2023

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Provincial scene for Thursday-Friday, September 7-8, 2023

BC/NWT Wildfires

Residents of West Kelowna fire zone get brief home access but restrictions extended

Fruit flies and bumper crops: Here's what some Yellowknife's have come home to

Yellowknife residents have returned but the tourists haven't  

Okanagan residents warned not to dodge wildfire checkpoints 

Wildfires in Canada could burn into late fall, winter  

Hay River evacuees won't know when they can return until next week

'It could flip like a with' Will BC move from fires to floods?

Globe and Mail

UBC Okanagan ordered to pay %50,000 in sexual assault discrimination case 

As mortgage rates rise, it is international students rent keeping households afloat

BC's Cantonese speakers fight to preserve language amid uncertainty in Hong Kong 

Gregory Henriquez turns rezoning Vancouver into art 

Boat fire injures one, sends plume of smoke over Vancouver's False Creek

CBC

COVID-19 numbers spike in BC but no more cases of new variant detected: BCCDC

BC Health Minister warns high demand for emergency medical care may be 'new normal'

BC's Cantonese speakers fight to preserve language amid uncertainty in Hong Kong 

As drought continues, new restrictions and an experiment in on Vancouver Island region

BC Trailer park has been waiting over 3 years for manganese levels in water to he made safe, resident says 

Vancouver City Staff propose fee increases to offset property tax increases 

Joffre Lakes Park stays shut for at least another week following First Nations closure 

0 to 180 km in 10 minutes: BC Hydro rolls out faster electric vehicle charging stations 

It's time to remove the 80 year old pier at Vancouver's Jericho Beach, report says 

GranFondo Whistler organizers hope to redeem themselves with this year's edition 

Man hospitalized with severe burns after 3 boats catch fire in False Creek 

Vancouver Sun 

Could a dedicated medical school for family doctors solve the shortage?

Surrey Police Service still on pause two months after province's final decision 

BC's anti-gang agency ineffective in tackling escalating drug war: report 

Sunshine Coast imposes Stage 4 water restrictions due to drought

Vancouver Police Officer charged in 2022 pedestrian collision in DTES

How to really change zoning to increase housing affordability 

These fees may increase to help lower Vancouver's property tax hike

Victoria Times-Colonist 

Victoria grants $2.5 million for hospitality worker housing project 

Sooke man told he'll be waiting years for hip surgery due to OR closures 

CRD issues odour warning for sewage treatment plant

Transit driver shortages in Campbell River, Comox Valley could mean cancelled trips 

Drivers warned to expect delays overnight at Malahat at Tunnel Hill 

Inmate has died at William Head Institution, says Correctional Service 

BC Ferries changing plans for electric ferries, wants to order four new ones 

New ferry terminal building planned for Campbell River 

Victoria News

New park and playground opens on Victoria waterfront 

Victoria ditching 'slip lane' blamed for congestion, but still called 'great fix'

Expect Malahat highway delays near Victoria as drainage work begins 

Quake cottage shakes up campus as Oak Bay, UVic host safety first fair 

Prisoner dies in custody at Metchosin prison 

$200,000 private donation helps BC district fill teacher shortage 

Global

BC man song hundreds left waiting in paid due to Victoria operating room closures 

Multi-boat fire in False Creek renews questions about derelict vessel enforcement 

Minister shares progress on Surrey's health-care woes as doctors prepare for rally 

'I don't want to die in this street': Woman homeless in DTES due to paperwork issue 

'Safest way forward': Pitt Meadows removes two roundabouts on arterial roadway 

Vancouver police officer charged in collision with DTES pedestrian caught on camera 

Severe water restrictions in place for some Sunshine Coast residents 

'It started with dignity': New outreach centre for youth in Downtown Eastside 

'Absolutely unacceptable': Lack of communication confuses Prince George encampment 

The Tyee                                       

How to defeat Poilievre's Politics of Abandonment 

No moral struggle here: Search the landfill for lives lost 

The BC Greens are coming for Adrian Dix's MLA Seat

Forsaken and 'Urgent': Alberta's eroding coal roads 

Storage Buildings, Chicken Coops and the crisis in migrant farmworker housing

When a Social worker gives bad advice 

Kicked out of supportive housing after saying she was sexually assaulted 

CHEK TV

Convicted child rapist and murderer at Vancouver Island prison applies for parole 

Langford resident blames 'vocal minority' for out of hand council meetings  

Victoria approves $2.5 M for housing project for hospitality workers

BC warns of overnight traffic delays on Malahat highway 

'Every day there are these violations' : West Shore bus operators urge drivers to stop passing at stops 

BC's health minister warns high emergency medical care demand may be 'new normal'

Miscellaneous