Victoria Viewpoints: Thursday-Friday, April 13-14, 2023

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Provincial scene for  Thursday-Friday,  April 13-14, 2023

Globe and Mail

Bus drivers; union seeks better safety after bloody' fight on West Vancouver bus

BC First Nations health gets $8.2 billion in federal funding to fix 'disparities'

Former BC Paramedic gives advice on the seventh anniversary of the overdose crisis

Shortage of property managers spark fears of impending crisis 

Marine protected areas represent the future of a sustainable coast 

A different take on the missing middle

A dozen more addiction centres coming for youth in BC

Violence on public transit systems across Canada prompts calls for solutions 

Ash from Russia volcano causes flight cancellations in northwestern BC

CBC

BC woman sentenced to 10 years in prison for killing husband

How to effectively administer naloxone to someone who may be experiencing an overdose event 

Vancouver Sun columnist Vaughn Palmer celebrates 50 year in news (audio)

Top BC lawyer cited by law society for alleged trust account mismanagement 

Police release video of alleged hate crime in Vancouver coffee shop

Bus drivers' union calls for better safety after violent incident in West Vancouver 

Hells Angels clubhouses seized in Vancouver, Kelowna and Nanaimo

Trudeau announces $8.2B to renew 10 year funding for BC First Nations Health Authority 

Marriage commissioner shortage in remote BC community means couples may need to wait to say "I do"

Harm reduction advocate being mourned after likely drug overdose 

BC Mayors call on federal government to cover retroactive RCMP costs  

Volcano eruption in Russia causes flight cancellations in Northwestern BC

Vancouver Sun 

BC Government takes inventory at three Hells Angels clubhouses

Metro Vancouver gangsters charged with killing Okanagan woman

Mother of teen killed in Surrey bus stabbing tracked his phone to hospital, aunt says

Top lawyer accused of mishandling millions 

Federal Liberals are directly inflating house prices 

Vaughn Palmer celebrates 50 years at The Vancouver Sun

Victims of toxic drug crisis remembered on seventh anniversary of health emergency 

Surrey plays big personal and political role for Kevin Falcon in rebranding 

Chinese Canadian Museum shares stories to make a better future 

Victoria Times-Colonist 

Toxic drug deaths: 'They don't seem to recognize the urgency'

BC government takes inventory at three Hells Angels clubhouses 

Thieves plunge highway into darkness while plundering copper wiring in Nanaimo 

BC COVID levels relatively high and holding, modelling shows 

BC government to pump $30M into sewage pipe for Comox Valley

Victoria settles on 6.15 per cent tax rise for residents and businesses

Island Health  warning of increased risk of overdose in Greater Victoria and Campbell River 

Safety review of Sooke Lake Dam coming up

NDP members pass motion for BC government to investigate forestry company 

Victoria News

Safe supply advocates rally in Victoria to mark 7 years of toxic drug crisis

Victoria school thrilled as $11.7M in bike lanes, traffic elements coming to Fort Street 

BC MPs demand feds top corporate landlords in Victoria who 'swoop in' to push out tenants 

RCMP at Nanaimo, Kelowna Hells Angels clubhouse to 'keep the peace' amidst forfeiture. 

Global

Myles Gray: Inquest set to begin 7 years after fatal confrontation with police 

'We will not stand for this': TransLink CEO addresses recent bus, SkyTrain attacks

BC court levels $150K in fraud damages for trio of staged car crashes 

BC seizes three Hells Angels' clubhouses

Breakthrough: Broadway subway tunnel-boring machine reaches City Hall station 

Parents, politicians call for care, compassion on 7th anniversary of overdose crisis

'First of its kind' report on BC sex workers outlines risks, calls for action

BC United leader calls for help for suffering downtown businesses in Kelowna, across the province

Former BC Paramedic gives advice on the 7th anniversary of the overdose crisis 

1 in hospital after 'serious assault' on transit bus in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside: police 

City of Vancouver says safety up, overdoses and attacks down, after tent camp removal

Ash from Russian volcano drifts into BC, some flights delayed or grounded 

The Tyee                                                                   

What the 'Freedom Convoy' Taught us about ourselves

The War on Journalists, Part Two

In Gastown, the case of the Misunderstood clock

We should be archiving MP's newsletters 

In BC, Precarious work is the new normal

Why we need social justice in the Just Transition  

Alberta chooses Religion over Lives in Drug treatment  

The War on Journalists 

CHEK TV

Vancouver Islands first cannabis tour company opening on 4/20

Advocates call for regulated safe supply as BC's drug emergency hits year seven

Hells Angels clubhouses in Nanaimo, Kelowna and Vancouver seized by provincial agents 

Nanaimo intersection in the dark after 2.500 metres of electrical wire theft 

Cormorant Island emergency department to have weekend closures again 

Miscellaneous

City of Vancouver says safety up, overdoses and attacks down, after tent camp removed           

First Nations Health gets $8.2B in funding; may be used on 'social determinants'

Bus drivers' union seeks better safety after 'bloody' fight on West Vancouver bus

22 overdoses in one night: Ex-paramedic looks back on 7th anniversary of BC crisis

BC marks 7th anniversary of overdose emergency with grim record statistics 

A dozen more addiction centres coming for youth in BC

BC seasonal forecast suggests long cool spring, flood risk in his snowpack regions