Monday, January 27, 2020

Vicrtoria Viewpoints: Monday, January 27, 2020




Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Provincial scene for  Monday, January 27, 2020


Coronavirus response in BC

Coronavirus: BC develops diagnostic test
BC man pleads for help getting wife and daughter home from Wuhan



Coastal Gas Link/Wet'suwet'en

More confusion than Clarity around Helicopter flights in Wet'suwet'en camps
Hundreds of students walk out of classes in Metro Vancouver in support of Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs
Former MP Nathan Cullen appointed BC liaison in pipeline dispute
Penticton Indian Band stages protest in support of Wet'suwet'en 
BC government appoints Nathan Cullen as liaison with Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs



Globe and Mail 

BC eye injection program 'clouded in secrecy'
Surrey mayor digs in heels to keep ride-sharing out, despite province's green light for the service


CBC

Metro Vancouver taxi companies seek injunction to stop Uber, Lyft from operating
Surrey will fine Uber drivers $500 a day, warns Mayor Doug McCallum
Fallen trees sought to help restore salmon streams
Homeless advocate Barry Shantz ID'd as man killed in police shooting in Lytton
BC Premier tasks former MP Nathan Cullen with 'de-escalating' Coastal GasLink conflict
Sonia Furstenau announces she's running for leader of BC Green Party
All day parking, reduced speed limit now in effect on Strathcona's Prior Street


Vancouver Sun

Fight to reveal secret Little Mountain sale deal coming to city hall
Surrey Mayor to Uber drivers: We will fine you
Furstenau promises continued cooperation with NDP if elected Green leader
Province wants to keep cash found during money laundering probe


Vancouver Province

Is it time to break up the ICBC monopoly?

Victoria Times Colonist

Wolf seen in James Bay tranquilized, will be moved to wilderness location
Work on Highway 1 widening will now include Saturdays; expect delays


Victoria News

James Bay wolf released into wild of western Vancouver Island
Victoria shops avoid plastic bags, despite bylaw being voided
Saturday work added to highway 1 construction schedule
NDP suggests easing secondary housing rules for BC farmland
'Big money' funding BC politics now mostly from taxpayers
Furstenau flays NSP as she launches BC Green Party leadership bid


Global BC

Lower Mainland taxi companies file lawsuit seeking to overturn BC ride-hailing licences
Surrey mayor doubles down on Uber crackdown, says company 'operating illegally'
Event featuring controversial speaker Meghan Murphy to go ahead at Vancouver library
Bylaw officers told to crack down on Uber Surrey City Councillor
Vancouver Buddhist Temple says 80% of items stolen in break-in found in Oppenheimer Park
MLA Sonia Furstenau kicks off campaign to become BC Green leader

Georgia Straight

Trans Activist claims that racist pamphlets were distributed in East Vancouver
Vancouver School Board operated childcare suggested by education trustee Allan Wong
BC homeless people's advocate Barry Shantz identified as man shot dead by RCMP officer in Lytton


Vancouver Courier

McCallum to Uber drivers: Get a taxi licence; Surrey City Hall: You Can't get one
Uber and Lyft not licensed to operate in Burnaby, could face fines
Property owners should pay for drug-lab cleanup, policing: Burnaby RCMP
Vancouver health agency floats $6 million take home drug plan for addicts
This Coquitlam councillor is also an Uber driver
MLA Sonia Furstenau announces bid to become leader of BC Green Party
Will Harry and Meghan buy a house in Vancouver?


The Tyee

Three False Creek South questions for mayor Kennedy Stewart


Miscellaneous




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