Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Provincial scene for Wednesday, August 7, 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
Vancouver street dons Shepard Fairey's 20-storey tall Earth Justice mural
Ottawa commits $184-million in loans, grants for affordable housing projects in Vancouver
Vancouver needs a huge increase in non-market housing to help with affordability, experts say
BC jail added to properties under evacuation alert as southern Okanagan wildfire grows
CBC
Storm damaged White Rock Pier to reopen at end of August
28 owls evacuated from conservation society near Eagle Bluff wildfire
Vancouver hearing room for residential school abuse claims officially closes
Crews fighting fire with fire in Okanagan Valley as Eagle Bluff blaze expected to spread
Finance committee calls for comprehensive review of BC's tax system
Campers abandoned 32 fires over BC day weekend
Transport Canada investigating hatch explosion aboard cargo ship in Vancouver harbour
Officers bitten, beaten during arrest in Delta Park, police say
It's time to install vending machines to provide addicts with clean drugs, UBC prof says
Vancouver Sun
Feds lend support for previously announce affordable housing in Vancouver
BC Ferries sends robot submarine to find plastic pollution from cable ferry
Plans for City of Surrey policing a case of 'false urgency'
Why parents should fear the measles, not the vaccine
Vancouver Province
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Victoria Times Colonist
City staff want to replace aging Dallas Road railing with something very different
The thong is over: Greater Victoria's last strip bar shuts
Victoria News
Central Saanich ball diamond to be renamed after longtime volunteer
Abandoned campfires left behind as BC wildfire risk rises
Victoria city council considers installing commemorative Remembrance Day medallions along Shelbourne Street
Global BC
BC Liquor Stores planning to switch to paper bags province wide by the fall
New evacuation alerts because of Eagle Bluff wildfire north of Oliver
Ladner residents say city ignored complaints about film crews
BC should include more wildfire prevention, review of tax system in next budget: committee
32 abandoned campfires doused by wardens during long weekend in Southern Interior: BC Wildfire Service
'72 year-old cellphone fanatic' has BC driver's licence suspended for distracted driving
Feds announce more than $180M in loans, funding for Vancouver affordable housing
Vancouver Courier
Philadelphia Mayor visits Vancouver's drug injection sites
Liberals announce $184 million for housing projects in Vancouver
Don't make extra work for firefighters: BC Wildfire Service
Town without people posts budget surpluses
Georgia Straight
Vancouver mayor thrilled about federal housing investment, but former COPE candidate calls it 'a drop in the bucket'
Eden Empire asks City of Vancouver to ease 300 metre rule for weed store near high school
Get ready for the Extinction Rebellion to start shaking things up in British Columbia and across Canada
The Tyee
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