Victoria Viewpoints: Tuesday-Wednesday, November 1 & 2, 2022

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Provincial scene for  Tuesday-Wednesday,   November 1 & 2, 2022

Regimental Funeral for RCMP Constable Shaelyn  Yang

Thousands of RCMP members in Red Serge Marc in honour of Constable Shaelyn Yang

'She helped everyone she could': Constable Shaelyn Yang remembered at her funeral 

'Always a hero': Thousands honour Constable Shaelyn Yang as she is laid to rest 

Young BC boy in Red Serge salutes RCMP and first responders marching for Constable Shaelyn Yang

Sea of Red mourns BC Mountie Shaelyn Yang, who believed 'she could change world'

BC Mountie Shelly Yang remembered as 'more than a hero' at regimental funeral service

Thousands of officers honour BC Mountain Constable Shaelyn Yang

'We let you go': Thousands of officers attend lain Burnaby Mountie's funeral 

Thousands of officers in red serge bid farewell to Burnaby RCMP's Constable Shaelyn Yang

Globe and Mail

Four years of cannabis research yields a few significant results 

Witness tells BC Mayor's mischief trial that car may not have broken foot bones

Surrey Mayor Doug McCallum treated unfairly in public mischief trial, lawyer suggests 

Vancouver home sales down 45.5% from last year, despite rising nearly 13% from September: real estate board

New Vancouver Mayor faces challenges in fulfilling promise of more nurses, police

Vancouver Council prioritizes hiring police officers, psychiatric nurses to tackle prolific crime 

BC MLA's make dozens of recommendations in overdose and drug toxicity report 

Heavy rain expected for southern BC as late October rainfall nears seasonal in some areas 

CBC

Telus Health launches virtual pet care app in BC

How the feet of 15 cadavers became a part of the outgoing Mayor of Surrey's public mischief trial

Snowfall warnings issued for highways in BC's Interior, North 

Missing book, non-existent honour, leaked membership list among new Turpel-Lafond revelations 

Home sales in Vancouver area continue downward trend, real estate board says

What the new family doctor payment system in BC will mean for patients - and doctors 

BC says old-growth logging has reached record lows as critics call for greater transparency 

Damage, assaults and disturbances: Delta Police investigate large gathering on Halloween 

Vancouver officers who shot and killed armed suspect testify they had 'no other option'

Should Metro Vancouver's municipalities be combined? Half of the region's residents think so, poll finds

Some Universities weighing call from Indigenous women's group to revoke Tuprel-Lafond's honorary degrees 

Surrey RCMP contemplated surveillance operation against Mayor Doug McCallum, says investigator 

Vancouver Sun 

BC will spend $8.800 per person on health care in 2022: Report. 

Port Coquitlam medical clinic tells 2,000 patients they no longer have family doctor  

Dim sum diplomacy - Vancouver's new city council aims to be 'post-partisan' 

Heavy rain expected across Vancouver and Snow on the Coquihalla starting Thursday

Is pace of Coastal GasLink pipeline construction sustainable if more attacks occur?

Passage of Bill 47 proud moment for Horgan, atonement for BC Liberals 

Victoria Times-Colonist 

Malahat repairs pass test of season's first storm 

Recent rains good for salmon, but more needed 

BC's new payment model for family doctor's could lure out-of-province physicians 

Saanichton's Log Cabin Museum reopens with revamped displays 

Committee urges same response to drug crisis as pandemic 

Saanich councillor wants to merge fire departments 

Court sides with Ucluelet in dispute over zoning of land 

For first time in months, Greater Victoria real estate sales have gone up

Intoxicated mob sparks Halloween mayhem at aUVic; two arrested 

MLA report on drug deaths calls for more treatment, recovery beds

Victoria's outgoing mayor offers thanks and some advice

Victoria News

Low-income Saanich seniors struggle in the local housing crisis' grip 

Ditidhaht bypass road nearing completion after years of flooding

VicPD investigating arson at supportive housing building 

New View Royal mayor eyes new committees, transparency 

Administrative destruction planned at Rocky Point range in Metchosin

Global

Vancouver Police officer who shot man outside Canadian Tire gives emotional testimony during inquest

Snowfall warning issued for Coquihalla, Okanagan Connector, Highway 3

Another atmospheric river to bring heavy rain, snow to BC's South Coast, Central Interior 

Fireworks bylaw enforcement questioned after crazy Halloween night in Delta 

BC Liberals calling for PST cut on used vehicles 

Teachers in Surrey have filed 58 workplace complaints due to classroom violence 

Running over foot not expected to cause fractures, expert witness tells Doug McCallum trial 

Clerk stabbed at Vancouver Canadian Tire testifies at inquest into fatal police shooting 

The Tyee                                                                   

Doug Ford is showing the Conservative Movement's True Colours 

Is Canada in for a New Era of Dirty Political Tricks 

BC is Flush. Why Aren't we investigating in a better future?

MLAs Demand 'Immediate Action' on Toxic Drug Deaths 

Winters Hotel Tenants Struggle with Trauma after fatal fire

How this pandemic started. Stopping the Next one

Parent's protest BC's plan to claw back disability funding 

Coastal GasLink halts work on Pipeline section 

Emails reveal a Key Forestry Regulation is 'Out of Whack'

CHEK TV

Island Health at home elderly car is unreliable, says Langford daughter 

Saanich councillor wants to merge Greater Victoria's fire departments going from 13 to 4

BC's next atmospheric river unlikely to bring east Vancouver Island the rain it needs

Doctor travels to Port Hardy to keep ER open, department closes anyway due to lack of nurses

Greater Victoria's unemployment rate creeps up slightly, new report says 

Ditidhaht bypass road nearing completion after years of flooding

Western Forest Products curtails operations at Port Alberni sawmill

Consulting firm hired to propose options for policing in Esquimalt 

Miscellaneous

Car running over foot may not break bones, expert witness tells BC mayor's trial 

New wastewater plant for BC's shishalh Nation brings environmental, economic gains

Vancouver home sales down 46% from last year, up 13% from September: board

Dozens of recommendations in overdose and drug toxicity report by BC MLAs

Several injured, one seriously, as hundreds attend Halloween mayhem in Delta 

Video inconclusive on BC mayor's foot, but other evidence backs mischief case: RCMP