Victoria Viewpoints: Thursday-Friday, December 15-16, 2022

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Provincial scene for  Thursday-Friday, December 15 & 16, 2022

Globe and Mail

Yes and No: Premier David Eby's climate leadership is a muddle 

BC's Coquihalla Highway reopens to four lanes as repairs continue after 2021 floods

Record amount of opium found in Vancouver marine containers: border services 

BC government continues the pandemic wage top-up for care home workers 

BC disease centre says flu shows signs of decline, with no new deaths of children

Personal Health information 'disturbingly' vulnerable: BC privacy commissioner 

CBC

Woman shot dead in Coquitlam had a protection order against her ex-husband

Coquihalla Highway fully reopened 13 months after atmospheric river devastation  

Emergency room in Alert Bay closed for more than 2 weeks over holidays

Man dies during arrest at Kensington Square shopping centre in Burnaby 

BC Court of Appeal sides with provincial health officer over COVID-19 restrictions on churches

Dozens of dead crows found near Central Valley Greenway in Burnaby

Largest ever opium seizure by border agency, worth estimated $50M, made at Port of Vancouver

Unusual cold in sore for BC's north, Lower Mainland this weekend: Environment Canada

16 year old dies after Mountie opened fire during driveway traffic stop in Creston: IIO

Why doctors recommend you get a flu shot this week

Single mothers' group claims victory in BC Supreme Court 

A senior says she ended up in E?R after being denied the COVID treatment Paxlovid

Vancouver Sun 

More than one-third of BC's 100 highest paid public servants work for Provincial Health Services

$80,000 provided by smitten BC man to help a woman buy a home not a gift: Judge

Man convicted of Surrey Six murders had died of cancer in prison: lawyer

BC Premier centralizing government power in his office

Students go hungry while school food money is squandered  

Eby needs to take a big stick to his own government 

Victoria Times-Colonist 

Shelters prepare for drop in temperatures this weekend

Majority vote by strata owners enough for Sidney Island deer cull, tribunal rules 

UVic chancellor says she'll return honorary degree if Turpel-Lafond's isn't revoked 

Victoria Harbour Ferry manager sets sail for retirement 

Critics say modular homes for BC's unhoused can be a problem 

Starlight breaks ground for 235 rental units in Central Saanich

Land donations add to CRD Parks on Mayne, Galiano

Five new COVID deaths on Island, 44 people in hospital

As influenza infections level off in kids, COVID on rise, says Henry

Camosun gets $1.28%M donation for women's trades training

More closures  at Port Hardy Hospital, Cormorant Island Community Health Centre

Victoria News

Victoria stores struggle with 'business as usual' amid homeless crisis

Victoria rent skyrockets 22% in a year, remains fourth worst in Canada

Suspect sought after firing handgun outside Victoria business  

Camosun receives $1.2M gift for women's trades program in Greater Victoria 

Global

Advocates concerned as 3 women killed in the Lower Mainland in a week

Plans afoot to raise wrecked ship that may have left BC with millions in gold aboard

'Wintry mix' of snow, frigid temperatures forecast for Lower Mainland this weekend

'Trust, but verify': Animal welfare auditors support greater oversight of BC wolf cull

Man dies after police 'interaction' at Burnaby shopping plaza, watchdog say

Border services in Vancouver make 'record seizure of opium' in fake pallets 

1 year after catastrophic flooding, Coquihalla Highway reopening all 4 lanes

BC SPCA urging people to take down bird feeders as avian flu spreads 

BC government continues the pandemic wage top up for care home workers 

Contraband tobacco inhales 30 to 50 percent of BC Market, retailers, industry fear 

The Tyee                                                                   

Inside Gig Work: Trading Flexibility for uncertainty, Risk and Racism

We're losing journalists. And PR Jobs are rising  

We're making a Terrible mistake on MAID and Mental Illness

Your Medical Info is not Safe: BC Privacy watchdog 

How Public Schools Supported Settler Colonialism in BC

'These kids needed a place to feel included'

'Small  Care' Happens every day

Sonia Furstenau on what must change in BC

CHEK TV

Beacon Hill Children's Farm changes its routine for the winter 

Union says new federal fishing licence buy back program is problematic 

Major donation supports women in trades at Camosun College 

Metchosin community calls for further accountability for William Head Penitentiary 

Has BC turned a new leaf around protecting biodiversity?

Miscellaneous

Record amount of opium found in Vancouver marine containers; border services 

BC government continues the pandemic wage top-up for care home workers 

Personal health information is 'disturbingly' vulnerable: BC privacy commissioner

Drivers warned as temperatures set to plummet from Vancouver to Yukon

BC's Coquihalla Highway reopens to four lanes as repairs continue after 2021 floods

BC disease centre says signs of decline, with no new deaths of children