Wednesday, June 6, 2018

Victoria Viewpoints: Wednesday, June 6, 2018




Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Provincial scene for  Wednesday, June 6, 2018


Globe and Mail 

New standards for B.C. police expected to address carding practices
Airbnb not required to enforce rules in agreement with Vancouver
B.C. elder receives honorary degree for her efforts to preserve Halq'emeylem language


CBC

Vancouver to ban businesses offering conversion therapy
Landlords, renters disagree on future of tenancy laws as rental task force gets underway
Thieves siphon gas from volunteer fire department's trucks
'High roller' accused of money laundering $855M arrested in B.C.
Wildfires, wood smoke and dust: forum looks at air quality in northern B.C.
Auto glass shops upset with ICBC cost-saving changes


Vancouver Sun

'Modernizing' complex Columbia River Treaty not for faint-hearted
Death at Vancouver Tim Hortons highlights widening front line in homelessness
Vancouver introduces randomized ballot  order for municipal election


Vancouver Province

Despite backlash, NDP won't back down on so-called school tax


Victoria Times Colonist

NDP measures haven't helped housing affordability
Building self reliance


Victoria News

Mobile home tenant rules offer more compensation
Windshield shops hit by new ICBC regulations


Global BC

Alleged money launderer arrested at River Rock Casino
City of Surrey to install rainbow crosswalk
Vancouver will now list election candidates randomly instead of alphabetically
Vancouver's housing market stokes fears of a 'brain drain' of millennials from the region: study
B.C. repair shops say new ICBC policy will cost them 'hundreds' of thousands'


Georgia Straight

Vancouver becomes first Canadian city to ban anti-LGBT conversion therapy
George Affleck slams left's election deal as ploy to prolong Vision Vancouver's reign
It's looking more likely that Patrick Condon will run for Vancouver mayor
Vancouver's in danger of losing its institutional memory in the mayor's office



Vancouver Courier

Randomized ballot a go for Vancouver's 2018 civic election
Vancouver School Board mulls move to random ballot for upcoming election
City approves 46 temporary modular housing units for Little Mountain
Speculation tax reducing price of B.C.'s recreational homes: survey
Spirit of British Columbia back in service after mid-life upgrade
B.C. Ferries vessel running on LNG after fuel conversion


The Tyee

'We can Stop the Flow of Children going into care'
How Vienna cracked the case of Housing affordability


Miscellaneous

B.C. housing tax will trigger vacation property price dip, Royal LePage forecast says
Vancouver Council votes unanimously to ban conversion therapy

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