Friday, February 23, 2018
Victoria Viewpoints: Friday, February 23, 2018
Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Provincial scene:
Globe and Mail
B.C.'s housing tax overshadows Alberta's playground
Biggest challenge for Hector Bremner is to convince the NPA - and voters - that he's ready to be mayor
Federal government confirms $153 million in funding for B.C. child care programs
B.C.'s experiment in home-price engineering is risky and potential gains uncertain
CBC
Provincial power plays: B.C. and Alberta test the boundaries in pipeline debate
2 taken to hospital after aircraft skids off runway at Abbotsford airport in snow weather
'It's very disappointing': Greyhound opts to cut some rural B.C. Interior stops
Companies can skip Canadian taxes if shipping goods through new Prince George trade route
Oak Bay moves ahead with experimental deer control program
$153 million in federal cash to fund child care and education training in B.C.
TransLink to roll out 80 more SkyTrain, Canada line cars by 2020
Vancouver Sun
Clarity unclear on what "affordable' housing looks like
Airplane skids off runway at Abbotsford International Airport
TransLink speeding up purchase of 28 new Sky Train cars
Beijing takes over Anbang Insurance Group, including its billions in B.C. investment
Budget's estimated revenue may be wishful thinking
Chinese ethnic communities alive and well in Metro Vancouver
Vancouver Province
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Victoria Times Colonist
$153M in federal cash for B.C. child-care programs
'Moving forward' looks more like backing up
How to pay for Budget's spending plans
Victoria News
Victoria council denies 44 unit building after tie vote
BC Ferries report net loss of $14.8 million in third quarter
Global BC
Rachel Notley 'blinked' in revoking B.C. wine ban>:Jason Kenney
We're far from out of the woods;: BC Premier John Horgan says bitumen battle isn't over yet
It's sub zero and snowing, but in Vancouver, some sleep outside anyway
Okanagan wine industry celebrates end of Alberta boycott
City looks for solutions to parking woes in downtown Kelowna
Plans to sell waterfront land resurface in Lake Country
TransLink is promising new Vancouver Sky Trains will cut down commuter times
Georgia Straight
Alberta premier lifts ban on B.Cl wine - but vows to continues fight in Kinder Morgan pipeline dispute
Progressive cooperation in Vancouver civic politics as crucial as ever
Vancouver Courier
City scraps hearing for Chinatown condo proposal
Canada Line to gain 24 additional cars
The Tyee
Only fantasies, Desperation and Wishful thinking keep pipeline plans alive
Government Defends lack of increases in welfare, Disability Rates
Miscellaneous
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