Victoria Viewpoints: Thursday, September 26, 2019

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Provincial scene for  Thursday, September 26, 2019


Globe and Mail 

Victoria area seniors launch BC Supreme Court challenge of speculation and vacancy tax
Can this BC company be part of the climate change solution?Bill Gates and others are betting yes
BC RCMP to release details from manhunt investigation
BC municipal politicians vote to end foreign sponsorship of receptions at conventions, but room still full of delegates


CBC

Male patient charged after BC nurse badly beaten on the job
BC municipalities want to lower the voting age in local elections to 16
Caving mayor wants law to protect his village's subterranean wonders
Rural communities lobby provincial government to fund recycling programs
BC's housing speculation tax faces first major legal challenge
BC announces $4M in rebates for home and work EV charging stations
First Nations, non-profits also affected by suspension of rural grant program


Vancouver Sun

Speaker not responsible for resignation of BC Auditor General, says chief of staff
Emergency Oppenheimer Park meeting hears of firefighter stuck with needle, police being swarmed and growing drug war
Housing crisis 'not just a big-city problem' UBCM hears
Pat on the back for Bellringer includes a few jabs by petulant Plecas
Finance minister orders cuts to discretionary spending to protect BC budget


Vancouver Province

In pipeline court fight political games cost taxpayers big bucks


Victoria Times Colonist

Victoria mayor seeks power to lower speed limits
BC Transit buses to fill gaps in aging fleet
NDP leader to attend climate strike in Victoria Friday
Groups test rescue, cleanup responses during major marine exercise in BC
People who run the Legislature are careless with our money
Provinces override of View Royal  council sets worrying precedent


Victoria News

UBCM attendees endorse right for permanent residents to get the vote
More than 50 Greater Victoria businesses to take part in Friday's climate strike
Communities seek reforms to BC wildfire, flood response
BC Liberal leader says forest workers' expendable' under NDP


Global BC

Park Board votes for 'collaborative' decampment of Oppenheimer Park, but no injunction
Group of homeowners launch legal challenge against BC 's speculation tax
BC finance minister calls for discretionary spending cuts to protect budget
Could the youth-led climate movement lead to change at the ballot box in BC?
Speakers office rejects idea Carol Bellringer resigned as Auditor General because of their concerns
Top executives leave roles at casino company at centre of BC money laundering inquiry
City of Enderby want relaxed rules for ridesharing in rural BC
BC offers $4M in electric-vehicle charger subsidies as EV sales surge again


Vancouver Courier

Chinese group demands public apology for racist rant
BC gives $4 million in rebates for electric vehicle charge stations
Make casinos cashless local governments say
Local officials shoot down conflict of interest ideas
Remove public employees' names from financial reporting: UBCM
Lower voting age to 16, UBCM votes
New report says current rate of construction could soon fill gaps in Vancouver rental market
Hundreds of new rental unites proposed for properties near Oakridge mall
BC NDP harming jobs, lives with top-down policies: Wilkinson
Indigenous shelter users leave sooner, return more often, federal study shows
Downtown Eastside venue owners, promoters report losses amid increased crime and violence


Georgia Straight

It's great to see school boards support climate strikers
Tribunal orders $485 refund for Vancouver School board candidate

The Tyee

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