Victoria Viewpoints: Saturday-Monday, January 14-16, 2023

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Provincial scene for Saturday-Monday, January 14-16, 2023

Globe and Mail

Tentative contract reached for thousands of health support workers in BC

Deep sea vessels that recently went adrift off BC's coast highlight marine shipping risks 

BC plans to create a single hub to speed up homebuilding approvals 

Vancouver council to consider wide-ranging plan to 'uplift' Chinatown neighbourhood 

Federal fisheries officers investigate Coastal GasLink pipeline project

CBC

Tentative contract reached for thousands of health support workers in BC

Tenants must pay over $500K after apartment fire began in unit kept in 'near-hoarding': state

BC concrete company held responsible for employee's racist slurs against co-worker

BC creating permit 'hub' to streamline housing approval process: Premeir

Drag Queen Story Time supporters shout down protesters in Coquitlam

Average Canadian house price fell 12% last year, new CREA numbers show

Canadian mining company Teck Metals fined $2;2M for pollution BC river

BC affordable housing advocates welcome $500M funding, but say more could be done 

Vancouver Sun 

Imperial Oil wants to remove old dam on Sasamat Lake, drop lake by two metres 

City of Vancouver to fly Canadian flag at half mast to honour Canucks hero Gino Odjick

Former Vancouver mayor Kennedy Stewart returns to work at Simon Fraser University

Vancouver's 25 cent fee on disposable cups has raked in millions, but no one can say if it's cutting trash volumes 

BC households consumed by stress over debt and inflation  

Province promises to speed up its own approvals for housing  

Here's why BC doctors are upset about changes to disciplinary colleges 

Premier Eby squanders years of work by Dix on getting consensus on health professions law 

Provinces, not Ottawa, responsible for fixing health care 

Victoria Times-Colonist 

Police Complaint Commissioner  orders review of VicPD jail guards conduct

Work at BC's remote lighthouses - coast guard now  hiring

UVic venue receives federal funding for Indigenous programs, equipment 

Province announces 'one-stop shop' for homebuilding permits 

Here's why BC doctors are upset about changes to disciplinary colleges

Doug White takes experience as First Nations chief into BC Premier's office

Year-long water main replacement project about to begin in Langford

Nanaimo council considers future of drug consumption site

'Staggering' number of first time users during holidays, says Alberni Valley Salvation Army

Why does 'missing middle' housing make people so angry?

BC's pharmacists can help fill the gap in primary care

Rail corridor offers exciting possibilities 

Victoria News

Downtown Victoria says it's still strong for business, despite string of closures 

OPCC orders conduct review of VicPD officer who took 'inappropriate' videos and shared them

Residents upset over East Sooke experimental radio tower proposal

Victoria residents ask council for fireworks ban due to impact on pets 

Employee's racial slurs put BC concrete company on the line for discrimination damages 

Colwood residents encouraged to participate in Council service review

Global

Rockslide  west of Keremeos closes Highway 3 in both directions to 'heavy traffic'

Aging dam causes concern about future of Sasamat Lake in Greater Vancouver  

Vancouver's  Chinatown gears up for first Lunar New Year parkade in years

BC Government streamlining permit applications to build more homes

BC tenants ordered to pay $500,000 after 'foreseeable' fire 

BC avalanche survivor making 'incremental progress'

Repairing Jericho Park likely to require federal funds, park commissioner says 

BC Health support workers reach tentative contract agreement

Progress made following Okanagan College cyberattack

Nicola Valley Hospital emergency department closed again

BC Premier looking at Quebec program to increase housing 

Vancouver business closing due to Broadway subway construction. 

Protesters, supporters face-off during Drag Queen Story Time at Coquitlam public library

The Tyee                                                                   

'Professional' Undergraduate Programs favour affluent students 

Critics say River protection is lacking on pipeline route 

Will Canada  lead a Psychedelic Renaissance?

New Questions raised about deadly Winters Hotel fire

CHEK TV

$14-million proposal to upgrade Victoria's aging, inaccessible public washrooms head to council vote

Thousands of federal workers return to office in Greater Victoria 

Neighbours of Nanaimo drug use site 'scared out of their minds'

Tentative contract reached for thousands of health support workers in BC

BC looks to boost housing permits by streamlining building permit process 

Miscellaneous

Tentative contract reached for thousands of health support workers in BC

Officer who survived deadly avalanche making 'incremental progress': City of Nelson 

BC tenants ordered to pay $500,000 after unit in 'near-hoarding state' catches fire 

Vancouver Council to consider wide-ranging plan to 'uplift' Chinatown neighbourhood 

BC plans to streamline housing permit approval process to get more homes built 

'They start asking if he's breathing': Officer tells inquest of chaotic scene on night immigration detainee died