Monday, July 30, 2018

Victoria Viewpoints: Monday, July 30, 2018




Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Provincial scene for  Monday,  July 30, 2018


Globe and Mail 

Vancouver council's 'reasonable trade offs' on tower proposal marks flashpoint in housing debate
'Cheque week' in BC brings a one-day spike in overdose calls
Vancouver moves to expropriate two derelict Sahota-owned hotels
Rapidly drying conditions prompt campfire ban as BC's wildfire danger climbs


CBC

BC Liberal Party claims potential for $100M cost overruns on Patullo Bridge replacement
Health authorities urge caution as smoke spreads
Arrest made in 2009 BC gangland slaying
Pharmacies expected to run out of EpiPens in coming weeks: Health Canada
Former cabinet minister Peter Fassbender to run for Mayor of Langley
Vancouver moves to expropriate notorious slum hotels
Vancouver Island town mourns councillor killed in Surrey crash
John Horgan pledges pension support for Catalyis Paper workers as U.S. tariffs loom


Vancouver Sun

Premier Horgan defends cost of union-only construction rules
Vancouver seeks to expropriate decrepit Sahota owned slum hotels
Private Surrey MRI clinic joins injunction against BC government
Flag at half mast in Metchosin after councillor dies in Surrey collision
Independent panel to study Metro Vancouver' boards pay and benefits
Former MLA Peter Fassbender will run again for mayor in City of Langley


Vancouver Province

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Victoria Times Colonist

Drought warning issued for Island, flow of rivers is low
Weighing the value of family physicians


Victoria News

BCGEU health care members ratify three year deal
Canada could run out of EpiPens by end of August
Pulp mill struggles long-term, Premier John Horgan says


Global BC

Veterans threaten to give back special licence plates if RCMP are eligible for same plates
Former minister Peter Fassbender running for Langley Mayor job
Province not considering changing social assistance cheque distribution for now
Vancouver House twisty tower not leaning or sinking despite rumours


Georgia Straight

16 BC pipeline protestors can appeal their convictions but they still have to pay their fines
Protest planned to keep pressure on Vancouver to deliver 100 percent welfare-rate housing at 58 West Hastings
Vancouver health authorities urge 2018 Pride partiers to test their drugs for fentanyl
Insite co-founder takes fight for royal commission on overdose deaths to Canada's governor general
How our highest court stopped TWU's Christian law school
New poll shows BC NDP and BC Liberals in dead heat less than a week after another poll showed five point gap
Vancouver files papers to take ownership of the dilapidated Balmoral and Regent hotels
BC's Aldergrove-Lynden border crossing to the US to go from two lanes to five


Vancouver Courier

Construction of three new lanes at Aldergrove border crossing begins
City seeks to expropriate Balmoral and Regent hotels
Woodfibre appeals tariffs on modules needed by LNG industry


The Tyee

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Miscellaneous

Vancouver moves to seize crumbling Regent and Balmoral hotels
Site C dam opponents rally as injunction hearings continue

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