Victoria Viewpoints: Thursday-Friday, January 26 & 27, 2023

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Provincial scene for  Thursday-Friday,  January 26 & 27, 2023

Globe and Mail

As BC's decriminalization pilot project takes hold, political hopes collide with public fears

BC boy handcuffed, mother says children's hospital should have been safe space 

BC health minister Dix 'delighted' premiers finally set to meet PM on funding 

129 neglected cattle seized from BC property with 'numerous' dead animals: SPCA

BC lays first bricks for $500 million rental protection fund 

Additional information required as BC government mulls Surrey police transition 

BC to install earthquake warning sensors to give life-saving notice 

CBC

BC returns 200 square kilometre of traditional territory to Lake Babine Nation 

Hospital psychiatrist gives contradicting evidence at inquest of death into VPD Constable Nicole Chan

2 Vancouver Island ERs to close overnight for foreseeable future

City Councillor in Courtenay charged with assault 

Recent spate of violence on Vancouver's Granville strip triggers calls to improve safety, revitalize area 

Massage therapist who secretly filmed clients undressing loses licence to work in BC

'People have noticed us': CBC launches permanent bureau in Nanaimo, one of Canada's fastest growing cities 

100 people on Vancouver Island face layoffs as another BC mill closes

BC approves 2.5% Vancouver accommodations tax to help city pay to host FIFA World Cup

Vancouver Sun 

Eby's top heavy leadership reflects approaching election date 

Powers of Hereditary chiefs test many First Nations

Two BC women sentenced to three weeks in jail for protesting pipeline 

Vancouver levies extra 2.5% accommodation tax to fund FIFA World Cup 2026

BC Hydros's lack of foresight means LNG Canada will power with gas

Victoria Times-Colonist 

Dix announces $30M for north Island health, Port Hardy ER to remain closed overnight  

Sea Lice from farmed to wild salmon 'insignificant': study

School in Lake Cowichan to be torn down 

Oak Bay library branch closed after asbestos contaminated dust found 

Courtenay Councillor on leave because of assault charge 

Victoria council adopts divisive missing middle housing program

Rent rose by one third for Greater Victoria apartments changing hands last years: CMHC

Camosun set to open first outpatient training ultrasound clinic

Victoria News

Victoria nurse in trouble for drinking on the job and trying to get others to do it too 

Victoria real estate prices kept climbing while others in BC plummeted 

BC confirms extended overnight closures for 2 rural Vancouver Island emergency rooms 

'Someone out there slaughtered my daughter': Lindsay Buziak's father still seeks answers 

BC to install earthquake warning sensors to give life-saving notice 

Global

BC mom calls for de-escalation training after autistic son handcuffed in hospital 

Hospital couldn't legally hold VPD officer who died by suicide, inquest hears 

As mills shutter, BC mayor says more support needed for boom-and-bust communities 

Temporary tax on short-term accommodations to help fund Vancouver FIFA World Cup 2026

Surrey may need to draft 2 budgets amid policing decision delay: Mayor 

Emergency departments on Northern Vancouver Island to open set hours for now 

Chief would back excavating possible graves at BC residential school if elders, community want it 

City councillor in Courtenay placed on leave amid assault charge 

Residents return home after Keremeos rockslide 

Dix delighted premiers will meet PM On healthcare funding 

Vancouver Folk Music Festival sings different tune on cancellation 

Grim federal report confirms Metro Vancouver has Canada's toughness rental market 

'Fatigue and stress' Interior paramedics responded to voer 5K overdose, poisoning calls in 2022 

BC government needs 'additional information' before decision on Surrey Police Service

The Tyee                                                                   

Overrun with Buns

Investigator finds Six Deltaport Safety Issues after worker's death 

Who will help Vancouver Renters now?

How tragedy prompted Canada to become a leader in Avalanche safety 

Alberta Justice Minister accused of privacy breach in Law Society hearing 

In Haiti's collapse, Canada's shame 

It's 2023 BC Farm workers deserve Basic Minimum Wage Guarantees 

BC's Environmental Regulator issues another Coastal GasLink fine 

Long COVID has never bee taken seriously, Here's where it left us

CHEK TV

Developers excited about new opportunities following Missing Middle Housing vote

'Absolutely dumbfounded: Disability advocate demands apology over Oak Bay patio survey

Victoria nurse disciplined for drinking on the job, encouraging others to drink on the job 

Oak Bay library branch closed until Feb 6 for asbestos testing 

BC announces $30 million for North Island health care services  

Courtenay city councillor on mandatory leave following assault charge 

Western Forest Products' Port Alberni mill closes as company seeks viable path 

Boiler demolished at shutters Port Alice pulp mill as village turns to tourism

Miscellaneous

BC health minister Dix 'delighted' premiers finally set to meet PM on funding 

Fortis BC Holdings Inc. signs agreement wit First Nation over BC LNG project

129 neglected cattle seized from BC property with 'numerous' dead animals: SPCA

Western Forest Products' Port Alberni mill closes as company seeks viable path