Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Provincial scene for Wednesday, September 12, 2018
Globe and Mail
All housing is political: Author makes the case for democratizing where we live
CBC
Penticton man pleads guilty to panhandling in case that cost city more than $25,000 in legal fees
B.C. municipalities ask for power to opt out of speculation tax, finance minister says no
2 decades later, former West Vancouver mayor Mark Sager wants his old job back
Demand swells for Greater Vancouver Food Bank as charity struggles to keep shelves stocked
'Finally, it's 2018 and 1900': Haida Gwaii village gets cell phone service
Richard Stewart says he'll seek one final term as Mayor of Coquitlam
Vancouver Sun
B.C. Green's still oppose NDP promise of renter's rebate
New subway will transform Vancouver's Broadway corridor
Probe begins into nursing shortage, low morale, at Vancouver's main downtown emergency room
Municipalities vote in favour of changing BC speculation tax
Vancouver Church and members of Bowen Island behind joint private sponsorship of Ibrahim Ali
Weaver outlines how he'd change NDP speculation tax
Vancouver candidates address housing issues in panel Wednesday night
Vancouver Province
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Victoria Times Colonist
Tent city removal underway at Regina Park in Saanich
BC municipalities back Victoria's call for ban on disposable plastic packaging
Housing starts heading in the wrong direction
Speed limit debate returns
Victoria News
Carole James unmoved by BC speculation tax concerns
Housing Minister Selina Robinson touts BC government housing programs
UBCM endorses Oak Bay motion to give municipal control over spec tax
BC cities formally call on province to replace Greyhound
Global BC
Uber could be coming to Metro Vancouver, but on two wheels instead of four
Municipal leaders put pressure on provincial government to change speculation tax
Burnaby spends a bundle in fight against Trans Mountain pipeline expansion
West Kelowna mayor, council meeting with BC ministers at UBCM
Diluted bitumen spills put salmon at risk even if they later end up in clean water: study
Penticton panhandler banned from 200 block of Main Street
Georgia Straight
Random thoughts about the politics of Ian Campbell's decision to halt his Vision Vancouver mayoral run
COPE director John Yano runs as independent candidate for Vancouver mayor
Vancouver park commissioner Sarah Kirby-Yung files motion to ensure public access to urban plazas
Mayoral candidate Hector Bremner's supply-side housing fix includes revisiting Bartholomew's vision for Vancouver
COPE wants Jean Swanson included in Vancouver mayoral debates
VDLC cautions Vision Vancouver against running a new mayoral candidate
Vancouver park board chair Stuart MacKinnon's motion seeks to advance decolonization efforts
Vancouver Courier
New West mayoral candidate creates a stir in social media over discrimination comments
West Vancouver Mayor Michael Smith retiring from politics
George Affleck: Vancouver doesn't need any more divisive, wedge issue politicians
Andrea Reimer: Vancouver voters need to be invested in their government
Coquitlam mayoral candidate paid thousands for claims in court cases
Former West Van police officer view for Vancouver mayor's chair
The Tyee
The 2004 Tweak that accelerated BC's Rent Spiral
The Right-Wing Parties battling each other inVancouver's election
Miscellaneous
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