Victoria Viewpoints: Friday, September 25, 2020

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Provincial scene for  Friday, September 25, 2020 
 

Coronavirus response in BC

BC reports 98 new COVID-19 cases, one new death as active cases dip again

Five more schools, new healthcare outbreak, hospitalized cases stabilizing and more

Active COVID-19 infections in BC continue to fall as recoveries top 7,000

BC health officials announce 98 new cases, one death

BC announces 98 new cases of COVID-19 and 1 more death

BC records 98 more COVID-19 cases, most in Lower Mainland

Winter in a pandemic: How cold air could make the coronavirus spread more easily

The BC election 

With this snap election, John Horgan delivers massive blow to equity in our province

Election call slows details of BC's Promised Safe Supply Expansion

BC election puts money-laundering inquiry on hold for two weeks

Horgan says BC's Liberals left legacy of 'runaway' housing costs

Wilkinson would scrap speculation tax, as Horgan defends housing policies

Campaigns matter, even if first poll shows majority don't want election

New Democrat, Green alliance fractures on the BC election campaign trail

Snap election in BC puts spotlight on party nomination contests

160,000 voters have already asked Elections BC for mail-in ballots

One question that Horgan must answer

Speculation tax misses speculators, BC Liberals say

Horgan to talk housing in Coquitlam Friday as Liberals focus on public safety

Globe and Mail

Mayors say BC Police Act is hindering their efforts at law-enforcement reform

Owners of vandalized gondola in Squamish offer $250,000 reward for information

Low enrolment, PPE costs push child care centres across Canada to edge of insolvency

CBC

$250K reward announced for information leading to arrest of Sea-to-Sky Gondola vandal

Money laundering inquiry delayed over BC election, commissioner says

Prince George city manager leaves job following increased scrutiny over cost overruns, pay

BC municipalities want province to share cannabis tax money

A new era for military search and rescue begins with the Kingfisher

Prince George parents upset some students being moved to new classrooms due to sharp decrease in enrolment

Schools scramble to make up for learning losses that have already occurred in the pandemic

Vancouver Sun

Sea to Sky Gondola offers 250,000 reward for information on vandalism

Victoria Times-Colonist

19 Wing Comox gets Canada's first new fixed-wing rescue aircraft in 50 years

Money laundering inquiry delayed because of BC election: commissioner

The day the lieutenant-governor and the chief justice danced onto the stage

Victoria News

Anti-salmon farm protesters rally outside DFO offices

Resumption of At-Sea Observer program delayed

Global BC

Money laundering inquiry delayed, leaders focus on housing

$250,000 reward offered after Sea to Sky Gondola's cable cut for 2nd time

BC mom finds a very Canadian way to celebrate socially distanced Halloween

Georgia Straight

Canada's Chinese and China Questions loom over BC's new museum

Nurses at the frontline: increasing scope of practice to help end the opiate overdose crisis

Sea to Sky Gondola offers $250,000 reward for information about cable being cut twice

The Tyee

A Seattle Think Tank likes the Vancouver Mayor's Housing proposal

Little action from Feds as Deadline to remove Salmon Farms Looms

The Secret to Caribou recovery? Indigenous Leadership

Vancouver Courier

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