Victoria Viewpoints: Thursday-Friday, September 1-2, 2022

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Provincial scene for  Thursday-Friday, September 1-2, 2022

Globe and Mail

In Vancouver, towers are on the rise 

Auditor General says BC government should adjust bookkeeping method

CBC

Fire in Northeastern BC's Peace region expected to grow: wildfire service 

'Targeted because of my job': Assault on CBC photojournalist results in guilty plea

Filmmaker Mani Amar killed in fight with Surrey neighbour: Police

Former top doctor in BC Interior paid $361K despite sex charges 

Vancouver to appeal ruling that struck down bylaws limiting rent increases for single-room housing 

Threat to killer whales highlighted in case of BC diver who go too close for comfort 

Unions representing 60,000 BC Health-care workers reach tentative contract deal

BC orders more than 750 public sector organizations to form accessibility committees

Vancouver-area home sales in August down 40% from same month last year: real estate board

August was one of the hottest months on record in BC: meteorologists

Family of man shot with beanbag gun by Vancouver police calls for inquest, changes to police tactics

Vancouver Sun 

Pat McGeer and his wife Edith are pioneering medical researchers

Surrey RCMP say gangster Shakiel Snih Basra arrested again in Surrey

Amtrak to restart Seattle-Vancouver Cascades run earlier than expected

Free high dose THC edibles of hard drug users in DTES at centre of federal court case

VPD looking for man charged in Chinatown bear spray attack

Labour Day storm news amid inflation, boomers exiting and housing affordability

Horgan's lack of urgency on health-care crisis troubling 

Victoria Times-Colonist 

Debate on controversial missing-middle initiative adjourned until next week

$88M project to bring 266 new student-housing beds to VIU

Health workers, province reach tentative three year deal

Pat McGeer was a wonk always ahead of the curve 

Saanich Fair hopes to hit a record 55,000 attendees this weekend

Port Hardy closes emergency room this weekend amid critical staff shortage; doctors being hired

Involuntary hospitalization is a zombie idea - why does the NDP keep bringing it back?

Victoria News

Ceremony held on Haida Gwaii to reinstate the ancestral name of Village of Daajin Giids

Travel delays expected across BC for last long weekend of the summer

'This will happen again': BC family pleas for action after man fatally shot while dirt biking  

Family of Indigenous an killed after police shooting in Vancouver demand public inquest 

Pexsisen elementary ready to welcome Langford students 

School Board issues apology for 1900's segregation of Chinese students in Victoria 

New student housing adds nearly 400 beds at University of Victoria 

Global

Cultus Lake visitors being warned they could be towed for parking along highway

Decision on divisive Victoria housing plan pushed to next week

Tentative deal reached for more than 60,000 BC health care workers 

Man wanted on BC wide warrant of rear spray attack on senior in Chinatown 

BC Pakistani community rallies amid historic floods, urges donations 

Woeful Fraser River sockeye run renews fish farm debate

Fifty years after first winning power, the BC NDP has changed in many ways

Family says slain Surrey anti-gang advocate 'touched the lives of many'

Auditor General says BC government should adjust bookkeeping method

Georgia Straight

Why mandatory treatment doesn't work for drug users 

A pro tip for Anjali Appadurai from Bernie Sanders - target the filthy rich

NPA Park Board candidates Kumi Kimora and incumbent Tricia Barker join TEAM for a Livable Vancouver slate

The Tyee                                                                   

'We're sued on Pretty Much Everything we try': Canada's Climate Minister

A freedom denied Canadian Workers

I love my EV. It wouldn't work for everyone 

A Day in the Life: An RN in Northern BC

Herbicide Spraying divides BC communities 

How Canada should respond to Pakistan's Flood disaster 

Health Canada denies compassion club exemption for Safe Supply

What the DTES needs is housing

Miscellaneous

Family of man who died after Vancouver Police beanbag shooting seeks inquest 

Vancouver home sales down 40% from last year, nearly 1% since July: board

Omicron vaccine available to most in BC by end of October, says Dix and Bonnie Henry

BC wildfires scorch area well below averages, but hot September poses threat

Auditor General says BC government should adjust bookkeeping method