Victoria Viewpoints: Tuesday-Wednesday, November 22-23, 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 22-23, 2022

Globe and Mail

BC Children's Hospital triages patients from emergency room due to respiratory illness spike

BC bail policy change raises Charter concerns

BC Premier Eby promises $230 millin in police funding for RCMP vacancies, new hires 

BC Human rights tribunal awards $150,000 in child welfare discrimination case 

BC NDP housing legislation advances toward third reading after Tuesday votes 

Vancouver city council approves funding for more police, mental-health nurses

BC auditor highlights costs of 2021 disasters, pandemic relief payments 

Homegrown opportunities abound in facing BC's housing crisis 

Opposition demands audits of BC housing providers as Eby lays out more home plans

BC to table legislation increasing ease of government to seize individuals' assets without being charged 

Police searching for two robbery suspects linked to violence series of events in Coquitlam 

'Unexplained wealth orders' will make life harder for criminals in BC, compliance expert says 

CBC

2 dead, 1 injured in Coquitlam shooting

Truck driver charged after vehicle plowed into residential school memorial march

BC Premier announces $230 million in funding for rural police and specialized units 

Accused of abusing position to meet women, Surrey Mountie faces 5 new charges including sexual assault

Mounties confirm 'multiple victims' injured in armed robbery at Coquitlam car dealership

Coquihalla Highway open again after 'active and unfolding police incident'

Human rights tribunal fines Indigenous child-care agency $150K for discriminating against mother

Confiscating unexplained wealth will make life harder for BC criminals, compliance expert says 

Man believed to be connected to Merritt shootings arrested after police standoff, RCMP say

BC Children's Hospital activates emergency overflow amid respiratory illness surge

Vancouver Sun 

BC RCMP to get an additional $230 million in funding from provincial government

Two slain in Coquitlam gangland shooting Wednesday night 

Hunt continues for two suspects after wild car chase through metro Vancouver

Charges laid into organized crime cash laundering operation  

BC Liberals rail at debate 'guillotine' that they used in government 

Sex assault charge laid against Surrey Mountie previously accused of abuse of power 

BC rights tribunal rules Indigenous mother discriminated against by child protection agency, awards $150,000

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

Vancouver police propose hiking budget by 11% to $383 million

David Eby's housing law mostly stick, with slice of carrot for municipalities

In Vancouver election, 'face to face'  prices more important than Facebook

Victoria Times-Colonist 

Speculation and vacancy tax generating millions, is being expanded, government says

New Victoria mayor fined for election advertising omissions 

Leaked audit found rampant mismanagement of housing money

Need increases at the Saanich Peninsula Lions Food Bank

Two-lane traffic on Kennedy Hill will resume by January, Transportation Ministry says

Vic High completion delayed four months to January 2024

Vancouver Island's Paediatric centre needs your support 

Victoria News

 Victoria Mayor latest to be fined by Elections BC

North Saanich Councillor Brett Smyth accuses Mayor Peter Jones of political posturing over OCP

Service award recipients honoured for helping Victoria officer hit by stolen vehicle 

VicPD cop reprimanded for failing woman reporting intimate partner violence: OPCC

Global

'I feel believed': BC mother awarded $150K in child welfare caseHighway 5 reopens but RCMP mum on reason for closure, say investigation 'active and ongoing'

'Collective, highly-violent event' in Coquitlam Tuesday as two suspects still on the run

BC Children's hospital opens satellite clinic to alleviate pressure on emergency department 

BC government provides $230 million to RCMP to fund rural policing, specialized units 

TransLink program encourages employers to subsidize workers' transit

'Virtual kidnapping' scam prompts warning from North Vancouver RCMP

Vancouver Council bans staff from work on any future 'road tax'

BC doctors call for better access to 'special authority' drugs, including for diabetics 

Mixed reactions to BC's proposed lifting of Strata rental restrictions 

Salmon Arm still without homeless shelter for the winter

BC teacher suspended after lesson in segregation leaves Grade 2 class in tears, confusion 

Man wanted on province wide warrant arrested in Merritt after long standoff 

BC NDP housing legislation advances toward third reading

The Tyee                                                                   

Vancouver considers brining back school liaison officers 

The BC Federation of Labour calls for policing alternatives 

Making sense of COP27

Rise of the YIMBYs

NDP vows to fight against 'War on Workers'

BC Liberals target Eby's 'mismanagement' of BC Housing 

A three year strike and a bittersweet win for workers 

Vancouver's so nice. Where's the Graffiti?

Eby launches housing action plan

CHEK TV

Victoria doctor calls for support to develop Island Paediatric Care Centre  

'People are still dying': Changes coming after another suspected overdose deaths in supportive housing 

BC study finds low but increased risk of myocarditis after 2nd Moderna COVID shot

Historic Nanaimo building designed by architect behind BC Legislature, Empress Hotel up for sale

Victoria mayor fined by Elections BC for ads with incomplete authorization statement 

Miscellaneous

BC Premier Eby promises $230M in police funding for RCMP vacancies, new hires

BC Human Rights Tribunal awards $150,000 in child welfare discrimination case 

BC New Democrat housing legislation moves toward third reading after Tuesday votes 

Eby announces dedicated BC Housing ministry, as Opposition seeks audit of providers 

BC auditor highlights costs of 2021 disasters, pandemic relief payments 

Unexplained wealth orders will make life harder for BC criminals: compliance expert 

Vancouver City Council approves funding for more police, mental health nurses 

BC Premier wins labour praise for poking Ontario, rejecting notwithstanding clause 

Robbery, chase, shooting, crash and police response cause mayhem in Coquitlam

Puzzling revelations about Justin Trudeau's confrontation with China 

Canada's tourism spending may recover sooner than expected: Destination Canada

BC 'doing everything' it can to stop bird flu, minster says, as infections spread