Friday, August 9, 2019

Victoria Viewpoints: Friday, August 9, 2019




Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Provincial scene for    Friday, August 9, 2019


Northern BC Homicides

With the growing number of RCMP information statements and news reports related to the various case files under investigation, we have shifted our daily archive of notes to this listing.


Globe and Mail 

Direction of wildfire in southern BC offers hope for containment, officials say

CBC

Liberals launch next phase of engagement with Indigenous groups over Trans Mountain pipeline
Former BC Mountie settles sexual harassment lawsuit against RCMP
Harry Stevens' name stripped from federal building in Vancouver over Komagata Maru
More controlled underway to fight Eagle Bluff wildfire


Vancouver Sun

Risk of contracting West Nile Virus in BC at its highest in August
Committee recommends money for HandyDART, affordable transit fares in 2020 BC budget

Vancouver Province

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Victoria Times Colonist

Island Health issues advisory after spike in overdoses
Those best-of lists rank us in all sorts of puzzling ways
Conflict of interest amid North Cowichan trees


Victoria News

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Global BC

'They knew he was dying': Father of Langley teen overdose victim wants bystanders charged
Name of man behind Komagata Maru incident removed from Vancouver federal gov't building
Magazine ranking lists Salmon Arm as the No. 1 city in BC, sixth overall in Canada
Eagle Bluff wildfire now 2,260 hectares, crews test new night-vision tech


Vancouver Courier

Vancouver police confronted by angry crowd while arresting armed teen in Downtown Eastside
What you missed when the Liberals announced $184 million for affordable housing in Vancouver
Vancouver retail tenants face demolition clauses
Conservation officers issue warning following increase in bear sightings
Delta pot grower expands to open field in Richmond
Audio of Indigenous languages, including Island voice, featured on Google Earth


Georgia Straight

Former Conservative MP Harry Steven's name removed from federal building in Vancouver
RCMP to relocated forensic lab from Vancouver to new facility in Surrey
Despite warnings about BC wildfires, fire wardens continue to find unattended campfires across province
Going to the Abbotsford International Airshow? Leave your drones at home, organizers and police warn
Vancouver chapter of Extinction Rebellion ups the ante in the fight against climate catastrophe





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