Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Provincial scene for Thursday, September 5, 2019
Globe and Mail
BC's Highway 1 upgrade costs rise, partly because of NDP labour agreement
Vancouver's new overdose response team aims to deliver services to hard-to-reach victims
BC enters second phase of plan to force patients onto cheaper versions of biologic drugs
Taxi industry launched legal action over new BC ride hailing rules
CBC
Firefighters battle out-of-control blaze at Kamloops elementary school
Prescribed burns planned for southern Vancouver Island
Alaska cancels Prince Rupert ferry service
BC Premier on board with ride-hailing as taxi industry fights back
Scientists monitoring new marine heat wave off BC coast similar to 'the Blob'
New Indigenous school in Nanaimo makes space for ancestral wisdom
Standpipe thieves putting highrise residents at serious fire risk: officials
73% of short-term rentals now licensed in Vancouver, city says
'We don't have a choice': Experts call for the decriminalization and safe supply of drugs
Vancouver Sun
Cost to widen Highway 1 through Kicking Horse Canyon grows by $151 million
Eby and de Jong trade barbs over Hastings Racecourse immigration scandal
Uncertainty looms for thousands of co-op home households in Vancouver
BC Taxi Association considers going to court over ride-hailing rules
Why Canada and BC are reluctant to poke the Dragon
Fudging highway cost overruns by applying curious math to CBA's impact
Vancouver Province
--
Victoria Times Colonist
We need community solar energy projects
Elk Lake cleanup a big step closer; waters plagued by algae blooms
Victoria News
Greater Victoria schools offer free menstrual products in bathrooms, in addition to main office
Advocates call for Victoria's Ogden Point to keep its name
Unionized RCMP spells increased costs for municipalities
Global BC
Lyft reminds BC not to impose limits on ridesharing after minister's letter to PTB
'Everyone is in shock': Kamloops elementary school destroyed in massive fire
Attorney General says BC Liberals should have investigated Hastings Racecourse wrongdoing years ago
Work on 58 West Hastings could start this fall. Just half of units will be a welfare rate
Rash of thefts targeting critical firefighting equipment: Vancouver police
Vancouver Courier
City of Vancouver issues hundreds of violation tickets to short-term rental scofflaws
Hong Kongers eye safe have in Richmond
Amazon copies Tsawwassen Mills in bid to attract employees from Surrey
North Vancouver family files court petition over free public education
This is the most a landlord can raise your rent next year
Thieves target invaluable firefighting tools across downtown Vancouver
BC taxi industry challenges 'destructive competition' from ride-hailing apps
British Columbians concerned about health care wait times: survey
Georgia Straight
Chilliwack votes against LGBT-inclusive rainbow crosswalk for being too political and divisive
Fire-safety pipe connections targeted by thieves, creating a risk for high-rise dwellers in Vancouver
SFU praised for response to alleged Islamaphobic incident in which person urinated in interfaith and prayer space
Don't be 'that' parent when it comes to back-to-school teacher conflicts
No comments:
Post a Comment