Sunday, December 1, 2019

Victoria Viewpoints: Saturday/Sunday, November 30/December 1 2019




Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Provincial scene for   Saturday/Sunday, November 30/December 1, 2019


Globe and Mail 

Coastal GasLink to take delivery of pipes in BC in crucial step toward construction
For Horgan's NDP, the road to majority government runs through rural B.C.
Vancouver residents campaign for provincial government to take back Little Mountain social-housing site
BC company opens solar farm 100 per cent owned and operated by First Nation
Health Ministry says HIV rate continues decline to record low in British Columbia


CBC

BC Forest industry facing uncertain future as mills close across province
Bus Sociology: UBC professor researches how people act on public transit
HIV rate in BC is expected to hit record low in 2019
East Vancouver's urban salmon stream sees no returning fish in 3 years
World's largest avalanche detection system to be put to the test
For tree months, the Kootenay Lake Ferry strike made a tough commute worse. Now its' over
Activists mark 10 years since housing demolished at Vancouver's Little Mountain
Remote BC school system gets most of its power from $450K solar energy system
'We took a giant leap forward': Northern BC First Nation holds 1st potlatch in 73 years


Vancouver Sun

First Nations graduation rates on the rise in BC
BC law protecting government whistleblowers comes into effect December 1
Richmond council to vote Monday on demolition of derelict home on farmland


Vancouver Province

Last stand as taxi companies in final fight to keep Uber, Lyft out


Victoria Times Colonist

In Victoria Schools get gender neutral option
New View Royal Transit facility will help meet growing demand


Victoria News

Drivers flee VicPD's first impaired driving roadblocks of December
Whistleblower law protects public employees, BC Ombudsperson says
Open house for proposed tallest mass timber building on Vancouver Island


Global BC

Vancouver loses what little ridesharing it had as Kater suspends service
Former Sicamous houseboat site could become public park,  campground
Anger expected at public hearing for Surrey draft budget focused on police transition
BC community opens solar farm 100 per cent owned and operated by First Nation
B.C.'s HIV rate hits record low thanks to provincial programs: health ministry
BC Conservation drone helps nab suspect who fled police after dramatic crash in Terrace


Georgia Straight

Why residents should cheer reelection of Sav Dhaliwal and Linda Buchanan to Metro Vancouver's top posts
Online petition urges Premier John Horgan to take back Little Mountain housing site
Homeless in Vancouver: First sign of Broadway subway demolition


Vancouver Courier

UBC researcher riding Vancouver buses to study unwritten rules, social differences
YVR hoping to keep emissions from soaring
Harbour Air to test-fly 'world's first fully electric commercial aircraft' next week
Metro Vancouver asks TransLink to float idea of electric river bus for Fraser River
NDP has easy ride in Legislature's fall session



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