Sunday, September 15, 2019

Victoria Viewpoints: Saturday/Sunday, September 14 & 15, 2019




Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Provincial scene for  Saturday/Sunday, September 14 & 15, 2019


Globe and Mail 

Two students dead, several seriously injured in Vancouver Island bus accident
Task force recommends tightening up regulations on third-party spending for BC municipal campaigns
Fewer trees, higher costs blamed for devastating downturn in BC forestry industry


CBC

BC's home care workers fight difficult conditions to provide compassion and care
The origins of all 651 street names in Vancouver
First Nations medical centre to receive more than $2M in funding from health ministry
"We're tremendously excited": New rec centre opens in Hazeltons years after old one condemned
Student survivor of deadly Bamfield Bus crash recalls screams
UVic opens counselling services after deadly bus crash kills 2 students
Vancouver mayor calls on federal leaders to act on overdose crisis


Vancouver Sun

'A collective scream' UVic student recalls bus skidding off road in crash that killed two 
Huu-ay-aht First Nation calls for action on deadly road after University of Victoria student bus tragedy
BC's new high school curriculum: Genocide and Indigenous studies, drones and mechatronics, more projects fewer exams
T shirts urge: "More Chill Less Wack" as Chilliwack council denies rainbow crosswalk


Vancouver Province

Clutch battle over private auto insurance shifting gears


Victoria Times Colonist

'A collective scream': UVic student recalls bus skidding off road in fatal crash
Aquaculture industry is heading for a sea change
Dangerous road where bus crashed not up to standard community says
UVic opens counselling services after bus crash kills two students
Oak Bay approves subdivision for site of heritage house
In unusual move, BC overrules View Royal on land use
We need greater density to deal with housing shortage


Victoria News

UVic president offers condolences after two students killed in bus crash
Cutting wood waste produces some bleeding


Global BC

Officials, drivers call for safety overhauls to remote BC road where bus crash killed 2
Salmon Arm seniors receive eviction notices with less than a month's notice
Lu'ma Medical Centre gifted $2M in expansion funding from BC health ministry, FNHA
Nine years before fatal BC bus Crash, Alberta teens were stranded on same road
Dad issues warning after son, 8, ingests unknown substance at school


Vancouver Courier

Alex Fraser Bridge is getting a zipper
Aquaculture industry is headed for a sea change
Fewer trees, higher costs blamed for devastating downturn in BC forestry
200 new SkyTrain cars should be re-modelled say riders
Cold economic realities wither rosy BC budget projections


Georgia Straight

Hundreds show up at Aberdeen Centre in Richmond to sing "Glory to Hong Kong'
UVic president Jamie Cassels expresses condolences to families of students who died in bus crash


The Tyee

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