Sunday, September 16, 2018

Victoria Viewpoints: Saturday/Sunday, September 15 & 16, 2018




Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Provincial scene for   Saturday/Sunday, September 15 & 16, 2018


Globe and Mail 

Now it's the BC NDP's turn to square the circle on LNG and greehouse-gas emissions
RCMP unable to confirm link to missing Indigenous woman after human remains found in Smithers BC
Where did Vancouver mayoral candidate Hector Bremner get all that money for those billboards?
Record number of candidates vying for positions in Vancouver election


CBC

Deadly ghost net entangles, drowns Fraser River seals 
No bells, no classrooms: outdoor school in Interior BC bringing kids back to nature
Vancouver hackathon targets mental health challenges for first responders
Physiotherapist says kid's school bags are packed with problems
'Ive never missed it and never will': Port Coquitlam turns out for hometown hero Terry Fox despite rain
B.C. to have only one store selling cannabis on first day of legalization
NDP's Jagmeet Singh set to run in B.C.'s Burnaby South riding after nomination


Vancouver Sun

It's election time, let the fun begin
Province willing to pay high business licence fees for its own cannabis stores
BC should reject ride hailing and invest in public transit


Vancouver Province

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Victoria Times Colonist

Tenters settle into new digs on provincially owned land
How to make Victoria Harbour waterfront a livelier place
Campaign might be new, but cast is familiar
A taxing problem for the NDP
Why can't we all just get along?


Victoria News

Esquimalt council votes on pay raise, looks at affordable housing policy
Province asks new Saanich homeless camp near Uptown to disperse
'Not photo radar' coming soon to high-crash areas

Global BC

BC woman rescued after 40 km ride trapped in garbage truck
With 1 month to legalization BC warns pot shop crackdown coming
Wave of changes coming in Metro Vancouver municipal politics
Saanich tent city finds new camp location on provincial land


Georgia Straight

Vancouver Police get an earful on Twitter over cannabis seizure at DTES market
Cannabis users, cyclists and sex workers all have a stake in stopping Wai Young from becoming mayor
Vancouver police arrest motorist after his pickup crashes into car and empty store at West 10th and Alma Street
New Westminster council candidate Nadine Nakagawa launches online petition to alter B.C.'s rent-hike formula
Twenty-one candidates enter Vancouver mayoral race, including Connie Fogal, Jason Lamarche and Roller Girl


Vancouver Courier

Voters have 21 choices for next Vancouver mayor
Man arrested after 'driving across border into Canada without stopping'
Receding glaciers make Pemberton-area Mount Meager volcano less stable than ever before
NDP's Jagmeet Singh set to run in B.C.'s Burnaby South riding after nomination


The Tyee

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Miscellaneous

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