Victoria Viewpoints: Tuesday/Wednesday, February 7-8, 2023

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Provincial scene for Tuesday/Wednesday, February 7-8, 2023

Globe and Mail

BC fines Teck Coal more than $16 million over Elk Valley infractions 

Devastation in Turkey echoes past Quakes and offers BC lessons: prof

Housing isn't just an affordability issue - it hurts the economy more than you think

Tug company, senior official charged in fatal 2021 sinking off northwest BC coast

Mill closures threaten to punch holes in the fabric of rural BC towns

BC minister says her cancer has returned, but she's confident' in treatment 

Health care workers on Vancouver Island advised not to test themselves for COVID

Turpel-Lafond returns second honorary degree after being told of identity review

BC introduces legislation to make national reconciliation day a September statutory holiday

CBC

IIO investigating death of off-duty Surrey Police Service officer in Langley

Mill closures threaten to punch holes in the fabric of small towns 

Granville Bridge improvements promised for pedestrians and cyclists as redesign begins next week 

BC fines Teck Coal $16 million for contaminating Kootenay waterways 

Residents worried about building safety after glass panels fall from North Vancouver condo building 

BC cabinet minister says her cancer has returned, but she's confident' she will be fine 

Health-care, tech sectors expected to fuel job growth in BC over next decade: report 

Vancouver Sun 

Major Vancouver developer seeks creditor protection over $700 million debt

Police watchdog investigates apparent suicide of Surrey Police Service member 

Restored elevator at Portland Hotel in Downtown Eastside ends a nightmare situation for residents 

The first electric RCMP patrol car is being trialed on Vancouver Island

Langley property worth over $8 million has become a 'dump' and 'squatters' hideout

These areas will see the most job openings in BC over the next 10 years 

BC NDP plan to spend their way through coming economic storms

Pinning down the BC NDP on involuntary treatment proves slippery

RCMP management more than dysfunctional

BC stressed harm reduction, not treatment and leads Canada in opioid death rate 

Victoria Times-Colonist 

Public gets chance to weigh in on Harris Green makeover

Destination Greater Victoria aims to win back US visitors

Island forecast to have highest rate of employment growth over next decade 

Suspect sought after window-breaking spree in downtown Victoria  

Plan to cull Canada geese gets go-ahead from CRD

Victoria now has second-highest wait times in Canada for walk in clinics

BC Liberals now stressing addiction treatment 

Victoria News

Police seek suspect after Wednesday morning window smashing spree downtown 

CRD gives green light to start culling Greater Victoria's Canada goose population 

'An invasion' :  Victoria homeless decry city and cops confiscating tents, food 

'Strategically important': Feds weighing $431 M Vancouver Island Rail corridor future as deadline looms  

'I'm not going to be negative, but they have to do better': Dix on Federal offer 

BC government promises to fight possible US softwood lumber duties

BC pushes bail reform forward in talks with feds 

Global

'Their thing is to bury it' BC RCMP whistleblower speaks out

Police watchdog investigating Surrey Police Service member's death in Langley

Sexual misconduct allegations surface involving former BC recovery worker 

Surrey prostate cancer patient seeks treatment in Ontario, calls BC system flawed

Charges laid in fatal BC tugboat sinking that claimed 2 lives

City of North Vancouver announces $360,000 grant for displaced fire victims 

Catalytic converter thefts on the rise again in the Okanagan

Geotechnical investigation closes section of Trans-Canada Highway in BC's Interior 

Allegations against former Falkland RCMP officer debunked in civil suit

Interior Health ends employment of former top doctor convicted of sexual assault

Construction to begin this month to upgrade the Granville Bridge

Burnaby Urban Search and Rescue off to Turkey to help with earthquake relief 

BC makes September 30 'Day of Reconciliation' a paid stat holiday

The Tyee                                                                   

Extra Money isn't enough to fix Health care, Premiers agree

Lytton Fire Victims head to BC Supreme Court 

BC embraces a remote work future

In Chinatown, Precious few places for Seniors to Live

Breaking Down Canada's Settlement with Indigenous Day Scholars 

How to be a farmer in a climate emergency

Finding Climate fixes in the Boundary Bay Marsh 

CHEK TV

Victim of Nanaimo axe attack speaks: "I was just thankful to wake up"

No charges for Nanaimo Mountie after BC Police watchdog probes July shooting

More flights part of plan to bring US tourists back to Victoria 

Tofino Resort Restaurant cuts staff as fire-ravaged eatery set to take over, workers claim 

BC forecasts more than one million jobs over next decade, health, tech key areas 

Two north island doctors call for resignation of Island Health official 

Miscellaneous

Urban Search and Rescue team from Burnaby deploys to quake zone in Turkey

Devastation in Turkey echoes past quakes and offers BC lessons: profs

BC forecasts more than one million jobs over next decade, health, tech key areas 

West Fraser Timber Co. to temporarily curtail operations at Quesnel Mill

BC's pink sea urchins are on the move to shallower waters thanks to climate change

Tug company, senior official charged in fatal 2021 sinking off northwest BC coast

BC minister says her cancer has returned, but she's confident in treatment

National reconciliation day to become September statutory holiday in BC

Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond returns second honorary degree after being told of identity review  

Mindset of those present when immigration detainee died is key, inquest hears