Sunday, October 27, 2019

Victoria Viewpoints: Saturday/Sunday, October 26 & 27, 2019




Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Provincial scene for   Saturday/Sunday, October 25, 2019


Globe and Mail 

Five bears feating on garbage in BC neighbourhood are euthanized
Burnaby finalizes plan to overhaul Metropolis mall into walkable city centre
Electric cars and fewer fish: Pattison's empire faces up to climate change
Police say woman seriously hurt in shooting near Vancouver homeless camp


CBC

Support workers strike Monday to close 18 schools in Saanich
Woman seriously injured in daytime shooting near Oppenheimer Park
Wolf conservation project looking for a few 'poop fairies'
Senior says she was forced out of mental health facility, left to live in tent with rats
BC town to get new credit union after losing its only bank
Peachland artists devastated after vandals mar town mural
Rail makes getting to BC's remote Seton Portage an epic adventure
What a Liberal minority government means to Vancouver real estate


Vancouver Sun

Farmers plan to fight for changes to laws preserving BC farmland
More oversight needed for Mandarin-language materials used in BC schools
Support workers set to strike Monday, closing 18 schools in Saanich
Woman shot in car while parked near Vancouver's Oppenheimer Park
Forestry crisis shows up with deepening decline in BC's trade figures



Vancouver Province

Another ICBC sticker shocker? $1.9 billion paid to law firms last year


Victoria Times Colonist

No classes for 8,000; union to begin strike Monday in Saanich School District
Owners of former golf course delay bid to remove land from ALR
Oak Bay property owner goes to court to thwart heritage-control measure
It's time to invest in B.C.'s water security
In handling of ICBC rebuild, attorney general thrown for a loss

Victoria News

Classes cancelled across Saanich School District
New BC petrochemical industry player in the making



Global BC

Granville Bridge seismic and structural upgrades means delays for Vancouver commuters
18 Saanich schools to be closed Monday as support workers take strike action
Delta mayor wants youth council to help create city's climate change strategy
More bodies in single graves among sustainability solutions for Vancouver cemetery
Woman seriously injured in shooting at Vancouver's Oppenheimer Park
Okanagan Similkameen school board chair calls for 'immediate action' on youth vaping
BC government introduces rules to crack down on hidden business ownership
Metro-Vancouver needs to look at region-wide ridesharing licence, mayor says


Vancouver Courier

Trudeau-Horgan two-step promises to be intriguing political dance
BC Appeal Court says Canada must rethink extradition of Indigenous man
In handling of ICBC rebuild, attorney general thrown for a loss


Georgia Straight

Woman in hospital with serious injuries after being shot in downtown east side near Oppenheimer Park


The Tyee

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