Victoria Viewpoints: Tuesday/Wednesday, June 7 -8, 2022

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Provincial scene for  Tuesday/Wednesday, June 7-8, 2022

Globe and Mail

BC Statistics Canada partner on fire prevention pilot project as deaths increase around province 

BC Ferries fined nearly $675,000 over death of worker who drowned after falling from vessel

'Anger' at meeting after marchers allegedly hit by truck, RCMP investigating

BC coroner's report finds 619 died in heat wave of last summer

Vancouver School Board votes to close French-Immersion school on west side

Cooling in new buildings, tree canopy vital during heart waves: BC coroner report

Rising interest rates pose risk to affordable housing program, Metro Vancouver developer warns

CBC

Truck collision with Cambie Road overpass in Richmond closes Highway 99 lanes 

High streamflow advisory issued for BC's Lower Fraser River 

Dredging delays raise risk of fuel spills, boats running aground in historic BC channel 

Vancouver woman accused of fraud in real estate 'fixing and flipping' scheme

Rise in fire-related deaths prompts launch of community risk dashboard in BC

Rescuers called in after empty rental boat found drifting off Vancouver with keys in ignition

Jinny Sims hopes to be the Surrey candidate for voters wanting to turn the page 

BC Ferries fined $674K over worker who drowned after falling from vessel

Hundreds died because they couldn't escape BC's extreme heat. Alerts wouldn't have saved them, advocates say

New mural projects on the pandemic experience irks some residents in North Okanagan 

Renowned carver adopts solar power as clean-energy alternative to diesel on not-so sunny Haida Gwaii

Using natural gas as a climate solution will become a climate problem

503 scratch ticket winners in BC were falsely told they hadn't won, lottery corp says

Day passes will continue to be required at 3 popular BC Parks

Misconduct findings upheld for VPD officers who wrongly handcuffed Heitsuk man and granddaughter 

Vancouver Sun 

Ex NDP MPs aim to move Surrey and Vancouver politics 'forward'

A split anti-McCallum vote could play right into Surrey mayor's hands, says expert 

'News to me' says BC Premier about school spending freeze

RCMP probing allegations of fraud linked to COVID-19 paid sick leave program

Everything AA-OK for BC economy, says credit agency

Post about Dr. Bonnie Henry's lottery win taken down after 'so much unnecessary hate'

NDP MLA Jinny Sims to challenge Doug McCallum for Surrey mayor

BC Liberal convention to focus on party name change  

BC's drug decriminalization bar set so low, it can't help but succeed

Vancouver's future as a cultural city at stake in Broadway plan

Weisgerber was quick to admit his mistakes, slow to take credit for successes

Victoria Times-Colonist 

Most survey respondents don't feel safe at night in downtown Victoria 

Group has four possible sites for new West Shore race track

BC Ferries fined over $600K after worker drowns in Richmond  

Langford mayor, former fire chief to lead humanitarian mission in Ukraine

Oak Bay house sells for $13.105 million setting new record 

CRD director for Gulf Islands resigns, citing personal reasons 

Victoria News

Multi purpose sports court set to open in Sooke

Take-home fentanyl tests could increase safer drug consumption in BC study

Parents sending kids to private lessons during school hours risk future enrolment, SD62 says

BC piloting fire dashboard to help identify communities most at risk of blazes

Damaged cable that took down northwest BC Phone and internet underscores vulnerability of region 

BC High School teacher banned for life for sexual relationship with student

Global

Indigenous group, RCMP meet over alleged hit and run at residential school march

Major traffic disruptions snarl Richmond after oversized load hits overpass 

'What's done is done': Okanagan man one of the first in Canada to be compensated for vaccine injury

Surging costs eroding viability of Metro Vancouver affordable housing projects

BC Ferries fined more than $600,000 after worker dies on the job

BC, First Nation aims for tourism hub with new $3.8M restaurant, gas station 

BC snowpack surges well past 'normal' levels; flood watch to intensify as heat sets in

NDP MLA Jinny Sims challenging Doug McCallum in Surrey mayoral race 

After heat dome deaths, BC report recommends building code changes to keep people cool

Canada issues travel notice as monkeypox continues to spread around the world 

Government caught 'flat-footed' by travel surge at Toronto airport: former airline exec

City of Vancouver apologizes to Italian community for internment during World War II

Transformation of Kicking Horse Canyon portion of Trans-Canada Highway 'remarkable'

Fighting hate requires new strategies, BC Human Rights Commissioner says

Fire related deaths have more than doubled in British Columbia since pandemic start 

Vancouver Park Board unanimously passes 20 year skateboard plan

Georgia Straight

Vancouver City Council will apologize to Italian Canadians for treatment during the Second World War

BCLC tells $3 Road to Riches scratch-and-win buyers to recheck their tickets after system 'error'

John Horgan is still using your money to fuel fracking 

'It's the people not the buildings' - Vancouver Chinatown's future legacies

Groundbreaking report outlines Canada's quick path to clean power 

RBC forecasts national home price benchmark dropping up to 10 percent due to rising interest rates

In tribute to Jack Weisgerber, one of BC's best ever elected public servants 

NDP MLA Jinny Sims could launch Surrey mayoral bid this week

The Tyee                                                                   

Kenney is (Almost) Out. That doesn't mean the NDP Is in

Monkeypox has reached BC: What you should know

Parents lose fight to save Queen Elizabeth Annex School 

The Hail Mary Hatcheries 

One year after heat deaths, Coroner pushes for Change

Are pruning saws the Devils's Right Hand?

Vancouver, we deserve better

Can we have too much pink salmon?

Inside the Winters Hotel as it burned 

 

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