Victoria Viewpoints: Thursday-Friday, May 25-26, 2023

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Provincial scene for  Thursday-Friday,  May 25-26,  2023

Globe and Mail

Special prosecutor named in investigation of BC school board candidate 

BC extends reach of property tax aimed at turning empty houses into rental homes

First Nation in BC signs deal with developer to reclaim land, language - and a share of prosperity 

Residential school memorial in downtown Vancouver closed after Indigenous ceremony 

Central Vancouver Island to get cancer centre at Nanaimo hospital, says BC Premier 

Transition to a denser Vancouver has some renters worried

Lululemon promises 2,600 new jobs after exemption from some immigration rules 

Eby close to calling by-elections in ridings once held by former premier, minister

BC Premier embarks on trade mission in Japan, Korea, Singapore and Vietnam

New COVID modelling shows BC with the highest incidence of the virus in Canada 

CBC

RCMP apologize to dead Indigenous teen's family, saying investigation was never closed 

BC nurses in recovery say punitive, dehumanizing return-to-work agreements have derailed their lives

Province announces cancer care centre for Nanaimo 

Special prosecutor to investigate school trustee-turned-NDP aide for potential elections violations 

Lululemon promises 2,600 new jobs after exemption from some immigration rules 

BC extends reach of property tax aimed at turning empty houses into rental homes

BC wildfires fuel online conspiracy theories, says researcher 

Repairs close to complete, Vancouver's Kitsilano Pool to reopen June 4

BC government offering e-bike rebate of up to $1,400

Vancouver Sun 

David Eby seeks housing education on visit to Singapore

BC rest areas, park and rides fill with people who can't afford a home 

BC offering up to $1,400 rebates on e-bike purchases 

Vancouver police seize an estimated $13 million in drugs, guns and cash 

Tough times, but not yet last call for Vancouver's hospitality scene  

Central Vancouver Island to get cancer centre at Nanaimo hospital, says Premier 

Two years after Lytton burned, not a single building permit has been issued 

Victoria Times-Colonist 

Rally for justice in Duncan after Indigenous girl's death

Pacific Salmon Foundation gets $750,000 to fight invasive green crab

New cancer centre coming to Nanaimo Regional General Hospital

Arson destroys children's playground in Duncan 

Thousands living in Royal Bay welcome first retail complex

Americans should be exempt from Canada's foreign housing tax, members of Congress say

Victoria News

Group demands justice for late Indigenous teen with protest outside Cowichan RCMP detachment 

BC gets failing grade on alcohol policies from UVic-led national project

Developer plans 26 storey 'amenity-rich' condo tower at former site of Esquimalt's Carlton Club

'Ive never gone back': Accessibility concerns remains year after Langford Station opening 

Global

Eby Close to calling by-elections in ridings one held by former premier, minister 

I would have no hesitation of going to Surrey Memorial: Fraser Health CEO

'Substandard conditons' among concerns Surrey ER doctors noted in patient charts 

'Deplorable': Woman says she was left to care for own mother at Surrey Memorial Hospital

BC Addictions doctor raises concerns about safer supply as minister offers reassurance 

BC expands speculation and vacancy tax in Vancouver Island, Howe Sound

BC NDP aide faces probe over recent municipal election 

Broadway subway: 2nd tunnel-boring machine breaks through at City Hall station 

As ChatGPT's popularity grows, BC Greens want artificial intelligence task force 

'A different place': How the missing children of a former BC residential school changed Canada 

The Tyee                                                                   

Where they stand: The UCP and NDP on Four Key Issues 

A vote for the UCP is a vote for wage suppression 

How 105 Keefer can be done right 

A day in the life: A Paramedic in BC

Corporations and Wildfires Grow in similar ways

When John Vaillant contemplates catastrophe, we should listen 

Where the Alberta parties stand on LGBTQ2S+ Youth rights 

The NDP and the UCP both need better immigration plans 

'You're leaving your life behind' 

The real lessons from the phoney Chinese election interference scandal 

BC Housing Board had conflict concerns in 2021, says former member 

CHEK TV

Carson Seaweed death investigation leads to RCMP apology

BC announces concept plan for a cancer clinic in Nanaimo 

Orange substance discovered in Salish Sea a phytoplankton bloom 

BC extends reach of property tax aimed at turning empty houses into rental homes 

Arsonist torches playground in Duncan, police seeking witnesses: RCMP

Miscellaneous

BC extends reach of property tax aimed at turning empty houses into rental homes 

Eby close to calling by-elections in ridings once held by former premier, minister 

Central Vancouver Island to get cancer centre at Nanaimo hospital, says BC Premier

Province plans for new cancer centre in Kamloops  

Innovative program helps BC patients with overdose-related brain injuries 

Environmental groups launch legal challenge against Roberts Bank port project 

Special prosecutor named in investigation of BC school board candidate 

UBC faculty mourns loss of colleague who died climbing Mount Everest 

Residential school memorial in downtown Vancouver closed after Indigenous ceremony