Victoria Viewpoints: Monday, December 16, 2019

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Provincial scene for  Monday, December 16, 2019


Globe and Mail 

No carbon emissions, no meltdowns: BC's General Fusion aims to build safe, clean power plant of the future with US$65 million funding
Surrey Mayor Doug McCallum proposes turning street into canal as tourist attraction
BC First Nations' lawyers say Ottawa failed to consult on Trans Mountain expansion


CBC

Surrey budget approved during heated meeting featuring competing protests
First ride-hailing in BC gets green light- and it's Uber or Lyft
First Nation alleges Ottawa withheld info during Trans Mountain consultation
BC government backs down on vow to find alternative detour for Malahat highway
Kelowna father staying at park site for homeless dies after being found unconscious
BC Ferries ditching 1.5% fuel surcharge following price drop
'A very pernicious system': After decades of inaction, could psychotherapy finally be regulated in BC?
'Slow down': Dump of snow, crashes on Sea to Sky highway prompt RCMP warning


Vancouver Sun

Jim Pattison's $1 billion bid to take full control of forestry giant Canfor fails
BC's battle to save endangered steelhead shrouded in secrecy
Wild scenes at Surrey city hall as controversial five year financial plan gets passed
Tofino based Green Coast Ventures granted BC's first ride-hailing licence
BC seeks to seize Salt Spring property allegedly linked to international stock fraud
Will BC LNG be as clean as the NDP boasted? Texas plant claims 'it's the cleanest'
Self governing pharmacists or government? Who should keep bad health professionals in line?


Vancouver Province

Horgan, Wilkinson trade barbs as year draws to a close


Victoria Times Colonist

Cowichan Valley couple identified as victims in Gabriola plan crash


Victoria News

Province adds 260 more childcare spaces in Greater Victoria
Province says 'not' to alternative detour route on Malahat
Several factors led to deadly bus crash on Bamfield: RCMP report


Global BC

Surrey city council passes 2020 budget in heated meeting
Granville Island merchants say sales down 15% amid new pay parking rules
Premier John Horgan expected to shuffle cabinet in the new year
Cowichan Valley couple identified as final 2 victims of Gabriola crash
Horgan says no 2020 election, but admits decision may not be in his hands
BC government rejects detour route for Malahat Highway
First rideshare company approved to operate in BC, Lyft and Uber still waiting for decision
There is lead in some of Whistler BC's prized tap water, Tainted water investigation finds


Georgia Straight

Attorney General applauds Chief Judge Melissa Gillespie's approval of Indigenous court in Williams Lake
Passenger Transportation Board approves first of two dozen applications in BC for hailing
BC union MoveUP declares its support for decriminalizing sex work
BC cannabis consumers still waiting for edibles, topicals and extracts


Vancouver Courier

Protesters rally in support of First Nations' Trans Mountain pipeline appeal
BC approves first ride-hailing service - and it's not Uber or Lyft
Where are the thousands of empty homes returning to rental market like BC politicians promised?
Fuel surcharge gone as of Tuesday
6.000 unit Squamish Naiton project in Vancouver exempt from foreign buyer tax

The Tyee


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