Victoria Viewpoints: Thursday-Friday, September 22-23, 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 22-23, 2022

Globe and Mail

Monthly daycare costs in BC to drop by hundreds of dollars for eligible parents 

Perception of crime at odds with reality in Western Canada's big cities

Knife-wielding patient arrested at BC hospital after staff hid on ward

Bigger, bolder, higher: Vancouver's push for density has builders rejigging their plans 

Victoria clinics charge subscription fee for access to a family doctor 

Specialists join forces to push BC for same recognition as family doctors 

RCMP arrest three BC residents, alleged associate linked to Japanese Yakuza  

Merritt to pilot four day work week at city hall to attract workers 

Poaching fears rise as Fraser salmon are dumped to rot, even as returns slump 

CBC

BC businesses celebrate 'record-breaking year' for tourism as cruise season wraps up

Salmon fishers in BC face decision of whether to quit industry via federal licence buyback plan

People in Metro Vancouver ar voting for 21 mayors. Would it be better if it were just 1

New videos surface surrounding incident in which Vancouver police cruiser struck pedestrian 

Benzodiazepines found in 55 fatal overdoses in July as contamination mounts in BC

City of Merrit to launch 4 day work week pilot for staff 

Beanbag gun used on weapons wielding patient at BC Women's Hospital, say Vancouver police

Backlog at Residential Tenancy Branch leaves landlords and tenants in the lurch

Fire in Atlin destroys general store, post office 

Parents of kids up to kindergarten age will soon save up to $550 a month on child-care fees ministry says 

RCMP announce arrests in BC based Yakuza - connected International drug ring 

Provincial, federal help needed to address homelessness, recurring vandalism on BC fairgrounds: Councillor 

Development possibilities around transit hub a key election issue for Port Moody mayoral candidates

Vancouver Sun 

BC parent to save up to $550 a month on child care feeds starting December 1

BC seniors advocate not afraid to roast government despite lack of job security

New footage show details of /Vancouver cop care hitting pedestrian 

BC mother sues authorities over in-care death of Indigenous teen 

Woman shot with police bean bag gun at BC hospital had been denied access to her newborn 

BC's university, college students scrounging to pay for it all

Sure, crime is down in BC, but the severity of crime is up

Victoria Times-Colonist 

Animal in Beacon Hill Park may have been cougar, pedicab driver says 

Saanich needs to plan for public washrooms, water statins, councillors say 

Victoria again stretches patio season, a pandemic byproduct, until spring

Sunken barge near Campbell River to be removed, scrapped 

Victoria giving $45,000 to Quadra Village centre in housing-outreach push

Seniors falling behind amid rising costs, too few supports say watchdog 

Non-profits call on local governments to do more to create affordable housing

Involuntary care needed for those with mental health, addictions problems who attack strangers: report 

Province provides $2 million for suicide-prevention initiative   

Water head appointed chief administrative officer at CRD

Victoria News

Metchosin councillor says skin not thick enough, steps away amid vitriol

In Sooke, mayoralty candidate cites division for decision to withdraw from race 

CRD plans for Colloid dementia care facility clear another hurdle 

Housing criss takes centre stage in Greater Victoria 

Langford schools looking a little greener with environmental stewardship grant funding 

Sooke groups host all-candidates meetings with a twist 

Victoria to part ways with Sir John A Macdonald statute

Global

BC families could save up to $550 per month in child-care costs

'Conversations' about access to her child preceded woman's use of weapons at BC hospital: Police  

ICBC to vacate North Vancouver offices in next 3 to 5 years, leaving prime real estate empty 

Merritt testing out a four day work week for city staff 

Metro Vancouver drivers hit with surging gas prices - and it's not over yet, analyst says 

Highway 8 in BC's interior reconnected, 10 months after torrential rains washed out 25 sections 

Terrace Senior woman in desperate need of hospital bed, now en route to Prince George 

3.5 year sentence for ex-Metro Vancouver hockey coach on child porn, extortion charges  

BC Seniors receiving less support than in other provinces: report 

Former motel refurbished  into supportive housing opens in Kamloops

BC Premier John Horgan to leave office with relatively high approval rating, poll finds 

'Very Scary': Okanagan parent speaks out about children's painkiller shortage 

Georgia Straight

Dark clouds on the political landscape 

A city of immigrants

TransLink opens flagship customer service centre at Waterfront Station 

RCMP say they dismantled a Japanese Yakuza and China-linked crime network active in BC

The Tyee                                                                   

Crime and the Vancouver Election 

'I'm dropping my COVID Hubris' Vows a Top immunologist

For my father, who should have lived 

Alberta is calling, but is anyone picking up the phone?

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Why We need a 'Prosocial' Revolution

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Miscellaneous

Fees in licensed Child care in BC to drop by up to $440 a month by December 1 says NDP

Knife-wielding patient arrested at BC hospital after staff hid on ward: police

BC has Canada's lowest financial support for seniors, says advocate 

Poaching fears as Fraser River salmon are dumped to rot, even as returns slump

RCMP arrest three BC residents, alleged associate links to Japanese Yakuza 

BC man on the run from kidnap sentence found by police working different case