Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Provincial scene for Tuesday, June 12, 2018
Globe and Mail
B.C. advocate calls for meeting with Children and Youth Minister over concerns with province's group homes
Rising land values in Vancouver spurring demolitions
CBC
Why NDP MP Nathan Cullen says Kinder Morgan purchase 'biggest lemon in Canadian history'
Vancouver police wielding carbine rifles draw scrutiny at Italian Day festivities
Youth group home closed over allegations gang connected staffer offered cocaine to child
Higher prices for passengers as BC Ferries drops fuel tariffs
Vancouver SunYouth group home closed over allegations gang connected staffer offered cocaine to child
Higher prices for passengers as BC Ferries drops fuel tariffs
Harcourt calls housing crisis a permanent condition, confused by taxes
B.C. aims to recycle difficult plastic, six pack rings, chip bags, crinkly wrap
Group home closed after youth offered cocaine, taken on drug runs: Children's rep
Aluminum tariffs the latest in U.S. protectionist squeeze that has caught BC business
Vancouver Province
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Victoria Times Colonist
Two former Premiers rail against housing taxes
CRD's unionized staff closer to strike after mediation fails
Jocelyn Jenkins confirmed as Victoria's City manager
Nanaimo race a new challenge for an old hand
Victoria News
City of Vancouver makes it official: longtime staffer new city manager
CRD staff could look to job action after mediation fails
Talks to begin with Trump Administration on Columbia River Treaty renewal
Insulin pumps to be covered for adult diabetics in B.C.
Global BC
Why do trucks hit overpasses? Because B.C. drivers aren't trained not to: trucking association
Residents cry fowl over 100 backyard chickens living in one of Victoria's priciest neighbourhoods
B.C. children's representative 'concerned' about staffing at care homes
Former BC NDP premier Mike Harcourt says speculation tax needs a
'famous second look'
Amid rising prices, BC Ferries to remove fuel rebate later this month
Georgia Straight
More than 40 percent of seniors in Gastown, Chinatown, and the Downtown Eastside are living in poverty, review finds
City assessing structural safety at Downtown Eastside's Regent Hotel, concedes its future uncertain
Vancouver business community opened its wallet for Andrew Wilkinson in BC Liberal leadership race
Vancouver Courier
So you want to be mayor of Vancouver? Take a number
B.C. Supreme Court sides with West Van in $5.3 million waterfront property dispute
B.C. Ferries to boost fares after cancelling fuel rebates
Nearly a quarter of Metro Vancouver seniors live in unaffordable housing
The Tyee
Lessons from Care: 'We'll be triumphant in our battle to make this system great'
Miscellaneous
BC is failing to screen staff who care for kids in group homes, warns children's advocate
As cost of living increases, number of B.C. seniors living in poverty spikes
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