Victoria Viewpoints: Saturday-Monday, May 28-30, 2022

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Provincial scene for  Saturday-Monday, May 28-30, 2022

Globe and Mail

Condo seller accepts only offer in a slowing market

Vancouver could be on cusp of a 'generational change' as city council eyes approval of Broadway, Vancouver plans 

BC's new museum project lands with a thud

On Vancouver's Alberni Street, the luxury buyer is back

CBC

BC starts Burnaby Hospital upgrade as rural hospitals face weekend ward closures 

BC Ferries to expand alcohol sales on major routes between Metro Vancouver and Vancouver Island

Surrey art exhibit explores pop culture and diversity in the 80's

BC's Kootenay Lake School District mulls school naming policy as it reckons with colonial legacy

Security screening officers at Vancouver's airport say they're underpaid and burning out 

Transit strike to continue in Whistler, Squamish, Pemberton as drivers reject tentative deal

Staff shortages lead to temporary emergency department closures at 3 rural BC hospitals

BC cancer patient says he feels 'left behind' as he waits 10 weeks to see oncologist 

High gas prices push maternity care almost out of reach run BC's far north

Vancouver Sun 

BC under pressure to solve staff shortages that closed ERs

What will BC do if Ottawa refuses health-care funding boost?

Unwanted light to shine on BC Municipal Undercover Program as investigation begins

No movement in efforts to free big red barge from Vancouver beach

Victoria Times-Colonist 

Daryl Plecas, Alan Mullen speak out on Craig James conviction 

BC's excess mortality rate dwarfed other provinces before Omicron hit, finds study

911 outage affects Telus, Koodo customers across BC

Housing is important, but so are natural spaces

Finding a shared vision for North Saanich's future

Victoria News

Victoria Starbucks claims its workers denied wage increases over unionization 

Alcohol could be coming to cafes on major BC Ferries routes by the end of year

BC saw more deaths than expected over 18 moths, but research can't pinpoint why

Victoria gets $750K to fix up Government Street north

Global

Chinatown mural painted only 5 weeks ago already covered with graffiti  

'Like their work doesn't matter': Screening agents protest low pay at Vancouver airport

BC government upgrades Burnaby Hospital while others face closures

Striking Sea-to-Sky workers reject deal recommended by bargaining committee

Man turns himself in to police over manure pile left at BC premier's office

BC Ferries to expand alcohol sales on some routes between Vancouver, Vancouver Island 

BC wants First Nations consensus before old-growth logging deferred on shared lands

Staff shortage forces temporary closure of another BC hospital ER

More health care concerns after nursing shortage temporarily closes Port McNeill ER

Georgia Straight

Replacement proposed for East Vancouver's Cedar Cottage Neighbourhood House

Senior turns himself into RCMP in connection with manure dump at Premier John Horgan's constituency office

Needle in a haystack: Richmond condo building offers one bedroom unites for less than $200,000

The Tyee                                                                   

A Better Broadway Plan: Radical Pro-affordabilty

Evicted while Hospitalized, Now Homeless 

The Suncor we don't hear about

When is a species really extinct?

Miscellaneous

Man turns himself in to police over manure pile left at BC premier's office

BC starts Burnaby Hospital upgrade as rural hospitals face weekend ward closures 

There were telltale signs of money laundering. Why didn't Canada's major banks flag millions of dollars in suspicious wire transfers?

Striking Sea-to-Sky transit workers reject deal recommended by bargaining committee