Friday, January 3, 2020

Victoria Viewpoints: Friday, January 3, 2020




Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Provincial scene for  Friday, January 3, 2020


Globe and Mail 

Delta divided over hospice refusal of assisted dying
Police investigating Vancouver's first homicide of the year at Oppenheimer Park


CBC

3rd suspicious fire in Delta in 3 months
Assembly of First Nations creates plan to help homeless Indigenous population in cities
Kelowna Chef takes a gamble by opening restaurant on city's notorious Leon Avenue
$1 and $2 property assessments confirm worst fears for residents of sink-hole plagued BC neighbourhood
Vancouver planned to be the greenest city in the world by 2020. It probably isn't
Police release video and photos of persons of interest in Duncan homicides
They tried to stage a car crash in Surrey, but ICBC caught them
Ferries cancelled as winter storm brings high winds to BC's South Coast, snow inland
BC lowers threshold for homeowners grant
5 things to know about this year's BC property assessments


Vancouver Sun

Why falling property assessments won't mean lower property taxes
Island crime unit releases video of 'persons of interest' in Duncan double homicide
Lower Mainland industrial property assessments continue upward trajectory as residential assessments decline
Province seeks forfeiture of Victoria house allegedly connected to major stock fraud
BC Government sets a lower value for those claiming homeowner grant
Trial mismanagement turns express into milk run


Vancouver Province

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Victoria Times Colonist


Greater Victoria home values mostly dip or stay same in latest assessment
CRD plans to ship tons of sewage biosolids to mainland
Galloping Goose to be closed at McKenzie interchange starting Monday



Victoria News

Assessments down across most of Greater Victoria as real estate market softens
Contractors picked for BC's Patullo Bridge replacement



Global BC

BC government sets lower threshold for homeowner tax grant after house price dip
Hungry rats led a man to file multiple ICBC claims. Then the insurer withheld the cheddar
Langley condo owners reeling after strata insurance deductible jumps from $5K to $250K
Homicide investigators release images of 2 people linked to Duncan double murder
BC court extends injunction against northern First Nation blocking gas pipeline construction


Georgia Straight

TransLink prepares to launch RapidBus in Metro Vancouver on Monday
Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver reports 3.1 percent drop in MLS home-priced index in 2019


Vancouver Courier

Rare extreme avalanche rating issued for Sea-to-Sky mountains
Metro Vancouver home sales skyrocket 88% over last year as prices rise
Stormy conditions force cancellation of ferry sailings in and out of Metro Vancouver
Vancouver Island lands on CNN's list of 20 best places to visit
BC NDP does victory lap on slumping home values. That feels wrong




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