Victoria Viewpoints: Thursday-Friday, November 24-25, 2022

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Provincial scene for  Thursday-Friday,  November 24-25, 2022

Globe and Mail

BC government banks on big spending as it announces unexpected $5 billion surplus 

BC retracts plan to scrap individualized autism funding

Vancouver police officer's suicide to be subject of coroner's inquest 

Snowfall warnings, storm watches issued for southern BC

BC ready to cancel surgeries as respiratory cases flood overcrowded hospitals 

CBC

House 'shuddered' as small earthquake strikes near Tofino

Police watchdog questions Crown transparency in decision not to charge BC Mountie for 2018 shooting

Some BC businesses fear declining trade with China after Xi's rebuke of Trudeau

BC Housing has been undergoing a forensic audit for months, premier says

Homicide team called in after body found in burning vehicle in Maple Ridge 

Snowfall warnings, storm watches issued for parts of southern and northeastern BC

New mental health and substance use unit at Lions Gate Hospital aims to provide comprehensive care 

Families express relief as BC retracts plan to scrap individualized funding for children with autism

Staff report lays out path for keeping RCMP in Surrey

BC used car buyers furious over provincial tax changes that have them paying more 

Crews find wreckage of floatplane that crashed off BC's Central Coast: TSB team deployed 

New legislation gives BC Indigenous communities control of their own child welfare system

Broadway Subway completion delayed to 2026, BC Government says 

Vancouver Sun 

Family's struggle to heal a year after being hit by atmospheric river mudslide

David Eby has far more financial leeway that his predecessor, thanks to $5.7 billion dollar surplus

Homicide squad investigating fourth possible murder in four days

Alberta Hells Angle attacked in Matsqui institution 

Income tax lifts BC's surplus to $5 billion over estimate, finance minister 

BC retracts plan to scrap individualized autism funding 

Eby discloses months-long forensic audit of BC Housing 

Planning for Metro Vancouver's 'next million' residences is just as hard as it looks

Victoria Times-Colonist 

Victoria businesses consider moving amid spiralling random violence 

BC ready to cancel surgeries as respiratory cases flood overcrowded hospitals 

Seaspan Shipyards celebrates keel laying of Coast Guard science ship 

Port Hardy pilot in fatal plane crash identified as crews find wreckage 

Expect delays next week on Malahat as repairs continue 

BC shipyard looks at requirements to build new ferries

Premier's funding plan for RCMP welcomed by experts

Housing debate squelched, but arguments will rage 

Eby must fulfil NDP promises on freedom of information reform 

Victoria News

Premier announces about-turn on BC autism funding cuts 

4.8 magnitude earthquake hits close to Tofino, felt as far as Courtenay

Machinery on the move: Malahat lane closures in effect Tuesday night 

Global

VPD officer who engaged in 'sexual activity' with high school student in Cuba demoted 

Surrey needs 161 new Mounties if police transition scrapped,  cost still unclear: report 

City of Vancouver ends $320,000 Block Stewardship contract awarded to VANDU 

Following backlash BC to maintain current model to fund autism support 

Opposition question spending as Eby pledges $1.2B in first week 

BC Housing's record-keeping, financial transactions under microscope in financial Audit 

No charges for BC RCMP officer who shot and injured impaired driving suspect 

BC fiscal update's $5.7B surplus dwarfs previous estimate 

Tk'emlups te Secwepemc, Kamloops bidding to host 2027 North American Indigenous Games 

The Tyee                                                                   

Conflict of Interest alleged in BC Housing Decisions

A Fast track to Addiction Treatment is coming to St. Paul's 

Retired Forester Blasts Professional Association in Resignation Letter 

Space is for Machines, Earth is for people

A new model for responding to Mental Health Crises

Is family medicine suffering from a bad case of Stigma?

Why Desperate people are suing Immigration Canada 

Why is Vancouver's Mayor in Qatar?

CHEK TV

Shaking felt on Vancouver Island after earthquake strikes off cost of Tofino

BC retracts plan to scrap individualized autism funding 

BC Ferries says Nanaimo-Vancouver sailings at risk of cancellation due to staff shortage 

Port Alberni tiny homes to arrive next week for village housing at-risk people

Restored 'workhorse' float plane now a landmark, to be owned by City of Campbell River 

Miscellaneous

BC forecasts surplus of $5.7 billion, but 'shock rebound' may not last: minister 

BC retracts plan to scrap individualized autism funding 

BC ready to cancel surgeries as respiratory cases flood overcrowded hospitals 

Snowfall warnings, storm watches issued for Southern BC

Suicide of Vancouver police officer will be subject of coroner's inquest 

Crews find wreckage of fatal BC plane crash, TSB team deployed to the site

Blame for deadly heat dome, Lytton blaze pinned on climate change in new study