Thursday, February 8, 2018

Victoria Viewpoints: Thursday, February 8, 2018




Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Provincial scene:



Globe and Mail 

British Columbia to increase minimum wage to $15.20 by mid 2021
Provinces push ahead despite late-summer end to marijuana prohibition
RVs becoming ticket to home ownership in Vancouver
B.C. Supreme Court chief justice calls on federal government to appoint more judges
Vancouver housing: The view from Singapore




CBC

Vancouver Island councillor leads by example, suggests city hall code of conduct
B.C.'s move to raise minimum wage to $15.20 by 2021 too slow says B.C. Federation of Labour
Trans Mountain pipeline protest in Coquitlam sees 2 arrested
Call for more oil spill research not a delaying tactic, says B.C. NDP


Vancouver Sun

Horgan's delay strategy on trade war may backfire badly


Vancouver Province

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Victoria Times Colonist

B.C. to see minimum wage rise to $12.65 in June on way to $15.20 by 2021
B.C. announces $20M in support for indigenous communities battling overdoses
Troubled 'Grey Bridge' over water needs an audit
In which the planet of the grapes goes to war
Hunting Housing Solutions


Victoria News

B.C. funds more overdose prevention in Indigenous communities
Municipalities racing the pot legalization clock

Global BC

B.C. Premier alludes to changing Family Day date
B.C. and Alberta are feuding over wine: Here's what the trade dispute is really about
'There's something called the market': Andrew Wilkinson defends BC Liberal land sales
'A flaming clown car driving off a cliff': how you saw the Western Canada wine war
2 arrested at Trans Mountain pipeline protest after activist chains herself to machinery
B.C. Supreme Court chief justice frustrated with court vacancies
New BC Liberal leader calls Alberta pipeline fight a 'huge embarrassment
Federal officials dispatched to tackle B.C, Alberta pipeline battle
How long until Alberta runs out of B.C. wine?

Georgia Straight

Petition asks Vancouver Park Board to scrap parking fees at Spanish Banks Beach
We need to talk about the school system's #MeToo incident at Kitsilano Secondary
B.C. minimum wage increasing to $15.20 by 2021
Questions raised about 1,800 social housing units pledged in Vancouver's Northeast False Creek plan
COPE seeks left wing unity around Vancouver housing affordability
Jason Kenny wants Trudeau to employ constitutional stick to push more oil through Kinder Morgan system


Vancouver Courier

Online petition protests pay parking at Spanish Banks
B.C. minimum wage to increase to $15.20 by 2021
Horgan rejects retaliation for Alberta's wine ban
Alberta, We need to talk



The Tyee

BC Minimum wage to top $15 by 2021
Trudeau at Fault for B.C.-Alberta Trade Tiff, say Singh
Everyone's a winner with Williams Lake Band Victory, Says Chief

Miscellaneous





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