Victoria Viewpoints: Tuesday/Wednesday, May 24 & 25, 2022

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Provincial scene for  Tuesday/Wednesday, May 24-25, 2022

Globe and Mail

BC government makes business case for spending $789.5-million to rebuild Royal BC Museum

Vancouver, Squamish Nation sign deal to ensure service for Kitsilano project

TransLink says ridership recovery outpacing other North American systems 

Court date for man who brought bags with inert explosives to Victoria airport: RCMP

Flood-stricken BC farmers given more time to apply for disaster assistance

BC grapples with a family doctor shortage 

Shortage of family doctors puts BC government on defensive

Indigenous owned resort in BC's Shuswap region damaged in fire but band to rebuild 

CBC

Fresh manure dumped at BC Premier John Horgan's community office, police say

Major BC First Nation housing development one step closer to reality 

Man whose suspicious luggage caused closure of Victoria airport released, given court date: police

Metro Vancouver transportation authority says ridership recovery outpacing others in North America

BC municipality votes to phase out gas-powered gardening tools

Strata ordered to build hillside tram for disabled senior living in BC seaside community 

Province doesn't expect restrictions to return even as COVID-19 spreads through BC workplaces

Minister defends pricey rebuild of Royal BC Museum, says 'there is a risk to doing nothing'

Ecological impact of Mount Polley mine disaster confirmed by new study

Vancouver Sun 

Few details, little rationale, provided in BC museum business plan

Squamish, Senakw, City of Vancouver strike service deal for 11 tower, 6,000 unit development

As Vancouver plans future, families plead: Don't forget schools

Fresh manure dumped at Premier Horgan's community office, police say 

New Royal BC Museum: Here's why the government says it'll cost $789 million

Vancouver's only youth detox facility forced to close during deadly overdose crisis

BC children with speech and hearing problems not getting timely access to support, says advocacy group

Victoria Times-Colonist 

Seismic, space issues key reasons cited for new Royal BC Museum

Inactive hand grenades in luggage led to shutdown at Victoria airport

Lake Cowichan man dies after logging truck loses its load in Comox Valley

Lung-cancer screening program launches with seven sites on Island

No sign of kayaker after single kayak found overturned in Nanaimo River

Manure dumped at premier's MLA office in old-growth logging protest

Nanaimo group want overdose-prevention site for those inhale

Can political parties keep it together

Royal BC museum plan is a cultural investment worth making

Victoria News

Victoria International Airport receives $1.3 million for safety upgrades 

Government funding helps Baptist Housing seniors project move forward in Saanich

Island Health issues drug poisoning, overdose advisory for Greater Victoria

Harmony project Sooke tunes in awards

Victoria staff not happy with design of 19 storey apartment building proposal

BC expanding lung cancer screening for earlier diagnosis

Global

Passport bottlenecks spilling over to EI, CPP applicants

Construction to replace Royal BC Museum set to start before next provincial election

Squamish Nation signs services agreement with Vancouver for Kitsilano development

BC launches Canada's first lung cancer screening program for high-risk residents

Man shot in suspected targeted incident in Maple Ridge

Old growth logging protesters dump manure at BC premier's constituency office

Man arrested in connection with Victoria airport incident released pending court date

TransLink ridership rebounds to 70% of pre-pandemic levels

Protesters yelling racial slurs  force Justin Trudeau to adapt Surrey event

Georgia Straight

Metro Vancouver report says rising construction costs 'impacting new affordable rental housing'

Save Old Growth dumps manure outside Premier John Horgan's constituency office

Interest rate hike hurts homebuyers while banks and mortgage companies earn more

The Tyee

We need better messaging about Monkeypox

How a massive expansion of public housing can pay for itself

Kenney's destructive failure

Please Advise! Is the WHO plotting to rule the world?

BC Considered cancelling late, costly Tech project

Monkeypox: Ten things you should know

Miscellaneous

BC documents outline case to build new provincial museum in Victoria at $800M cost

Fresh manure dumped at BC premier's community office, police say

BC launches Canada's first lung cancer screening program for high-risk residents

TransLink says ridership recovery outpacing other North American systems