Wednesday, December 11, 2019

Victoria Viewpoints: Wednesday, December 11, 2019




Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Provincial scene for Wednesday, December 11, 2019

Gabriola Island air crash

BC Coroners Service investigation underway into fatal plane crash on Gabriola Island
Investigators look to piece together cause of Gabriola Island plane crash as one victim is identified
'An amazing pilot and flight instructor': Friends remember aviator who died in Gabriola Island crash
Pilot killed in BC plane crash ID'd as Alex Bahlsen
Pilot who crashed on Gabriola Island remembered as 'amazing' man
Witnesses say plane clearly in trouble before high-speed crash
Small plane in multi-fatality crash on Gabriola was travelling from California to Nanaimo
'A Very highly skilled pilot': Victim Identified in Gabriola plane crash
Process to identify those killed in Gabriola plan crash could take days
Three dead including experienced flight instructor in Gabriola plane crash


Globe and Mail 

Squamish Nation votes to approve massive apartment development in Vancouver
Vancouver's NPA in turmoil over concerns about right-wing shift
Armed with new data, BC set for crackdown on tax evasion in Vancouver property market

CBC

RCMP reveal they've been working with Amazon to catch thieves with bait packages
Vancouver approves $14M downtown park, hours before considering budget cuts
One of Vancouver's biggest players in film animation shutters weeks before Christmas
How rising strata insurance rates across BC could affect you
British Columbia makes regulatory change in battle against money laundering

New temporary homeless shelter run by community group to open in Kelowna


Vancouver Sun

James defends controversial cash cow, a tax geared to beef up rentals
Government hopes BC cannabis revenues will rebound
UBC says its law school's big benefactor can't appeal degrees decision
Chevron's possible exit from Kitimat LNG project dents Canada's aspirations of building an LNG hub
Fate of hundreds of Vancouver rental homes hangs in balance this weekend
More oversight and enforcement needed at addictions recovery houses


Vancouver Province

Combative Wilkinson ready to rumble if NDP call snap election

Victoria Times Colonist

Greater Victoria's walk-in clinic waits longest in six provinces, survey finds
Victoria, Esquimalt mayors probe police call-response times


Victoria News

Saanich seeks contractors for Shelbourne Street upgrade project
Saanich allows retail sale of recreational cannabis for specific zones
Laid off forest workers converge on BC Legislature


Global BC

Chief Superintendent Brian Edwards named as Surrey RCMP's new top cop
Driver ticketed for having phone in plain sight wins BC Supreme Court appeal
BC man becomes first to be convicted under tough new whale protection rules
Squamish Nation approves 11 tower development near Burrard Bridge
Chevron's move to exit Kitimat LNG project a dash of 'cold water' for gas industry


Georgia Straight

Vancouver council refers $2 billion operating budget and $507 million multiyear capital budget to meeting next week
BC can play key role in helping Canada preserve 25 percent of land and oceans
New study urges publicly funded construction of 10,000 non-market rental units per year in Metro Vancouver


Vancouver Courier

Vancouver council considers lower property tax hike than 8.2 per cent
Vancouver has the fourth longest average walk-in clinic waits in Lower Mainland
There is going to be a NYE SkyTrain Party in Vancouver this year
Surrey gets new police chief as RCMP detachment's planned shutdown moves forward
Government loans should finance massive rental build-out in Vancouver: economist
Squamish Nation members vote to move forward with massive 6,000 unit housing project
Pro Hong Kong ad targeted at Richmond bus shelter
Vancouver loses director of homelessness services to Toronto



The Tyee



Miscellaneous




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