Sunday, January 27, 2019

Victoria Viewpoints: Saturday/Sunday, January 26 & 27, 2019




Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Provincial scene for Saturday/Sunday, January 26 & 27, 2019


The Plecas presentation fallout

Craig James averaged nearly $44,000 in annual travel expenses over past 14 years at B.C. Legislature
Read the statement of deputy sergeant-at-arms about removal of truckload of liquor from B.C. legislature
Spending-scandal report could shift public opinion of Darryl Plecas
Who supervises Legislature's top officers? No one


Globe and Mail 

B.C. Speaker offers to rescind non-disclosure agreements imposed on terminated legislature employees
Vancouver mayor doesn't plan to quit academic role at Simon Fraser
The dissenting camp: Why Canada's tent cities keep coming back
Work on  TransMountain pipeline crossing in B.C destroyed salmon habitat


CBC

Trans Mountain pipeline work destroyed salmon habitat, scientist says
Meet the 6 candidates in Nanaimo's byelection: the winner could tip B.C.'s political balance of power
Archeological findings confirm oral history of Lake Babine First Nation in northern B.C.

Vancouver Sun

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Vancouver Province

The 'corruption watch' that the watchdog won't wear


Victoria Times Colonist

Washington state faces measles outbreak: BC residents urged to take precautions 
Nanaimo byelection: A fight to the finish in a vote that could tip balance of power


Victoria News

Saanich set to raise development cost charges by 180 per cent


Global BC

Water rates to rise by an average of 4.5 per cent across Metro Vancouver this year


Georgia Strait

Premier John Horgan commemorates International Holocaust Remembrance Day
Tensions rise over pipeline project following truce between Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs and RCMP
Green commissioner Dave Demers aims to phase out noisy, carbon-spewing landscaping gear in Vancouver parks
If B.C. Liberals lose Nanaimo by-election, some veteran MLAs should consider resigning


Vancouver Courier

Aussies living in Vancouver say they prefer Canadian lifestyle to Down Under
BC byelection tests NDP's slim minority as provincial focus on Nanaimo


The Tyee

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Miscellaneous

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