Victoria Viewpoints: Saturday-Monday, November 26-28, 2022

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Provincial scene for  Saturday-Monday  November 26-28, 2022

Globe and Mail

New BC Premier David Eby looking for federal action on crime, health care

Coroner's inquest hears testimony from mother of Cree teen who died in group home

Cold Air pushes into southern BC, brining  wind, snow and arctic chill

BC announces measures to license more internationally trained doctors

BC expanding program that offers international doctors a pathway to be licensed

Giant trees still fall amid old growth funding lag for BC First Nations

Wind, winter storm warnings posted throughout BC conditions to ease Sunday

BC banks on big spending as it announces $5 million surplus

CBC

Prince Rupert residents grieve murder-suicide that shocked the community

3 reasons why Surrey could ditch its new police service - and 3 reasons why it wouldn't

BC human rights commissioner calls for end to police officer program in BC schools

Cold air pushes into southern BC, bringing wind, snow and Arctic chill 

Prince George camp residents still waiting for compensation after city destroyed shelters, belongings 

Mother of homeless man who died says her son was much more than 'a statistic'

Dean hired to lead new medical school at Simon Fraser University 

Coroners inquest hears wrenching testimony from other of BC teen found dead in group home 

Divers recover bodies of pilot, passengers killed in floatplane crash off BC's Central Coast  

Family doctor shortage complicates access to 'life changing' device for BC diabetes patient

Vancouver Sun 

Foreign trained doctor eager to work in BC, 'if Canada will give me a chance'

Snowstorm forecast to bring 20 cm or more to parts of Metro Vancouver

Vancouver School Board votes to reintroduce police into more than a dozen high schools

Vancouver staff propose 5% property tax increase - but that could go up for more police 

$5.7 billion budget windfall unlikely to occur again during NDP's Current term 

Victoria Times-Colonist 

Bodies recovered from last week's float plane crash north of Port Hardy

Watchdog to probe whether police had role in man's fall from Uptown parking lot

Snowfall and below-freezing temperatures forecast for Greater Victoria 

Big picture view of the Saltish Sea emerges in richly detailed map

Esquimalt Harbour among the most expensive cleanups in Canada's history 

As reality intrudes, Eby changes his views about police

Victoria News

Victoria forecast prompts opening of warming centres, heads up from Canadian weather report star 

Police watchdog investigating after Saanich shoplifting suspect falls several storeys at Uptown

Report raises safety concerns about Highway 17/Beacon Avenue in Sidney

Mission accomplished: UVic satellite reaches International Space Station 

Global

Vancouver School Board restores controversial police in schools program

Launch of new BC medical school at SFU delayed to 2026

Council vote set to bring Surrey one step closer to scrapping municipal police force 

Broadway corridor businesses urge shoppers to buy local as subway construction delayed  

Abbotsford police reviewing arrest after officer filmed punching man

BC South coast gears up for first significant snowfall of the season 

Inquest begins into death of Cree teen found in closet of Abbotsford group home 

Nanaimo club heartbroken after vintage canoes destroyed in fire

Document show 'inhumane' approach to wolf cull, group says

Two navigation centres for Vancouver, Nanaimo delayed following 2020 BC budget promise

Human rights commissioner calls for an end to police officer program in BC Schools

IIO investigating after suspected shoplifter fall several storeys from Sannich parkade 

Vancouver rally reflects Chinese COVID protests

The Tyee                                                                   

Alberta's 'World Class' University risks collapse, says expert 

China is in Serious Trouble 

The new faces of BC's Labour movement 

Why did it take a year to De-Barge Sunset Beach

CHEK TV

Tofino earthquake confirms soon-to-come BC alert system could save lives: researchers 

Man falls several storeys from Uptown parking lot as Saanich police respond, IIO investigating

Bodies of pilot, two passengers recovered in BC float plane crash north of Port Hardy

Snow may cancel or delay buses in Victoria, BC Transit warns

Human Rights Commissioner calls for an end to police officer program in BC schools

Esquimalt Harbour among top federal contaminated sites to cost taxpayers billions

BC announces measures to license more internationally trained doctors 

Miscellaneous

New BC medical school at Simon Fraser to train next generation of doctors: Premier

BC announces measures to license more internationally trained doctors

Hundreds in Vancouver rally in sympathy with China COVID protests

Human rights commissioner calls for an end to police officer program in BC schools

Why Justin Trudeau can survive the inquiry and Pierre Poilievre has stayed silent

Pierre Poilievre îs în touch with his feelings, and they're angry

At Emergencies Act inquiry, Justin Trudeau's testimony revealed a previously unknown side of the prime minister

Canada's new China policy says everything and nothing 

Mother of Cree teen who died in BC group home testifies at coroner's inquest