Friday, March 2, 2018
Victoria Viewpoints: Friday, March 2, 2018
Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Provincial scene:
Globe and Mail
The RCMP's thin red line: Is contract policing unsustainable?
Vancouver's park board appeals court loss over animals in captivity at aquarium
Former Burns Lake mayor charged with sexual assault
Overkill or common sense: CCTV cameras in a party district
Seeking an elusive, expensive catch: quotas
Vancouver housing sales slump as market braces for tax impact
CBC
Washington state senate bans Atlantic Salmon farming state waters
Crash could have Coquihalla between Hope and Merritt closed until midnight
Former Burns Lake mayor resigns from B.C. Liberal executive after multiple sex-related charges
Conservationists call for emergency order to save B.C.'s killer whales
Hydro rate freeze wasn't the solution low-income customers need, says B.C. advocacy lawyer
B.C. Minister of Health on family doctors, senior homes and pharmacare
Province-wide distracted driving enforcement blitz underway
Vancouver lawyers offer parking lot space after Merritt city council rejects rainbow crosswalk proposal
Province says staggering welfare cheques has 'some merit,' but awaits study before making a decision
How Kitimat got a surplus of nurses while most rural B.C. communities have a shortage
Vancouver Sun
James warns of cash crunch, seeks respectful bargaining
City secrecy on tenant mix at Marpole modular housing alarms community group
B.C. government, Metro Vancouver break ground on affordable housing project
Former Burns Lake mayor Luke Strimbold faces sex charges, resigns from B.C. Liberal party
Popular West End MLA 'a born-and-bred Vancouver boy' considers mayoral bid
DFO shuts down fishery, citing First Nations reconciliation
Federal budget offers little to keep B.C. competitive
Leaked HIVE document shows how far Trans Mountain's B.C. opponents will go to orchestrate outrage
Vancouver Province
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Victoria Times Colonist
440 housing units planned in 7 buildings over 5 years in Langford
City of Nanaimio issues cryptic statement about staffing
Farmed salmon not minister's preferred menu
Victoria News
Nanaimo city investigating 'allegation of significant concern'
21 retirement homes in B.C. now 'owned' by Chinese government
Tougher penalties for distracted drivers in B.C.
B.C. mayor says threat to light her house on fire 'crossed a line'
Global BC
Luke Strimbold, former Burns Lake mayor, faces multiple sex-related charges
Accidents close Highway 3, Coquihall Highway as snow takes over
Merritt council rejects students' rainbow crosswalk. Vancouver lawyers offer their lots instead
Canada Post owes $29,000 in rent to small Vancouver Island general store, owner says
West Kelowna moves one step closer to approving city's tallest building
Pink Shirt Day goes big league with support from Oakland A's pitcher Liam Hendriks
Lumby hopes marijuana will help diversify local economy
What's a bad driver? The B.Cl government wants to know what you think
B.C. government breaks ground on its first affordable rental unit project
Kitimat taking wait and see approach on U.S. steel and aluminum tariffs
Georgia Straight
After Merritt rejects LGBT rainbow crosswalk proposal, Vancouver lawyers offer their parking lot space
We can't let Vancouver lose its soul
B.C. has some tough crowds to please at budget time
Vancouver Courier
Critics set hair on fire over NDP's modest attempts to cool housing market
Public invited to join Premiers, NDP at Sunday's celebration of life for Dave Barrett
VPD supports Victoria department's call for staggered distribution of welfare cheques
The Tyee
BC Liberal exec, Ex-Mayor faces sex charges
Promise denied with No Hydro Rate Freeze for BC
Miscellaneous
Former Burns Lake mayor charged with sex assault
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