Sunday, September 23, 2018

Victoria Viewpoints: Saturday/Sunday, September 22 & 23, 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 22 & 23, 2018


Globe and Mail 

Dismal returns for chinook salmon on BC's Fraser River reveal latest threat to endangered orcas
Vancouver shows BC is still the Wild West of election advertising
Vancouver property gets  $274,500 boost in under a year
Demand growing in Canada for Indigenous food, eateries
BC's pot shop licensing system lagging behind Alberta's


CBC

'It's not pleasant': Hundreds of people without water at Vancouver's Langara Gardens complex
'It's time', says first Indigenous woman in Canada to own airline
Newcomers vying to fill power void in Vancouver's 'weird' election race, says expert
Demonstrators rally for UBC alumna detained in Saudi Arabia
BC group campaigns to include Farsi as second language in schools
Voters to help decide future of Port Moody development
'It's not even close to enough'


Vancouver Sun

Housing remains the top priority as mayoralty candidates debate the issues
Random draw determines order on Vancouver's election ballot
Derrick O'Keefe and Anne Roberts: COPE councillors would work to introduce mansion tax


Vancouver Province

BC's pot minister promises the best bud
Wai Young responds to tale of the ticket, the phone and the makeup compact


Victoria Times Colonist

Cancer patient denied chemotherapy because of where he lives
Mayoral challenger wants Colwood to be more development-friendly
Four year terms get mixed reviews from council members
Orca confusion likely to get deeper


Victoria News

West Shore residents hold forum to voice frustration with Goldstream Park homeless camp
City stamps rezoning approval for Merridale Cidery expansion in Victoria
Looking under the hood of ICBC's war on crashes


Global BC

Backlash over elimination of Golden Ears Park's first-come, first-served campsites
Developer-funded billboards raise eyebrows in Vancouver mayoral race
RCMP, firefighters investigate another sulphuric acid leak near Trail
Spending limits kick in as British Columbia civic elections officially kick off


Georgia Straight

Yes Vancouver's Hector Bremner is winning the video campaign, but will that make him mayor?
Metro Vancouver municipal candidates invited to annual general meeting of parent's group opposed to SOGI
Independent council candidates' reasonable request spurned by city manager Sadhu Johnston
Provincial tuition waiver program helps young people formerly in government care
The BC 'school tax' is, in reality, a failed land-value tax experiment


Vancouver Courier

First Nations question plan to revive TransMountain pipeline expansion
Throwback video shows how Vancouver changed from the 1930's to the 1990's


The Tyee

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