Friday, May 31, 2019

Victoria Viewpoints: Friday, May 31, 2019




Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Provincial scene for Friday, May 31, 2019



Globe and Mail 

Vancouver Aquarium should ditch its old-school thinking on cetacean ban
BC's looming crisis: a forest industry in peril
Farm-worker program recruits from Guatemala stranded in Canada without jobs
BC Wildfire Service sets up special camp as risk soars in province's parched northwest


CBC

'Bittersweet' reaction to MMIWG inquiry deeming deaths and disappearance a genocide
9 illegal pot dispensaries in Vancouver must close after court decision, city says
Court documents outline alleged scheme to evade B.C. property transfer tax
NDP and BC Liberals continue war of words over allegations from fired constituency assistant
Unprecedented criminal charges laid in BC workers death


Vancouver Sun

NDP wisely lets Liberals let off steam over Plecas actions
BC Wildfire Service sets up special camp as northwest fire risk soars
Metro Vancouver gang expands to Vancouver Island
How to remove a Speaker of the Legislative Assembly
Councillor quits Surrey mayor's Safe Surrey Coalition Party
BC Speaker hasn't launched a new investigation, his chief of staff says


Vancouver Province

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Victoria Times Colonist

Pipeline debate may still have surprises


Victoria News

Nisga'a Nation seeks gag order against employee making 'malicious' claims


Global BC

Fortis BC suspends gas line work on Como Lake Avenue after 'ground movements'
Penticton wildfire dangerous sign of 'substantial drought' conditions in region: BC Wildfire Service
BC's invasive mussel defence program launches new season
BC WildFire Service setting up precautionary 150-person camp in northern BC
More than half of British Columbians considering electric car next time they buy: poll
Surrey councillor quits Mayor Doug McCallum's Safe Surrey Coalition, will sit as independent


Vancouver Courier

BC Oil, gas well restoration timelines released
Big Rock Brewery layoffs may include Vancouver operations
Bear on tracks shuts Millennium Line in Port Moody briefly
Union Gospel mission expands to house homeless in East Vancouver
Province to review port tax regime amid business concerns


Georgia Straight

More than 140 grey whales have died off North America's west coast this year and nobody knows why
Police commissioner to review VPD conduct at pipeline protest
Highlights and howlers from Morgane Oger's BC Human Rights Tribunal hearing


The Tyee

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Miscellaneous

A River in the Sky

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