Victoria Viewpoints: Tuesday-Wednesday, May 2-3, 2023

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Provincial scene for  Tuesday-Wednesday,  May 2-3 2023

Globe and Mail

BC's Cache Creek becomes raging river as floodwaters rise: Mayor

BC landlord demands tenants pony up double-digit rent increases or units will be sold

BC wildlife group shares tips on duckling dilemma, as dozens of orphans brought in

BC reaches revenue-sharing, land management deals with McLeod Lake Indian Band 

Police believe fatal shooting in Surrey was targeted incident 

Landslide prompts evacuation order, alert for properties in Vallican  

Vancouver police committed to improving crisis response after inquest into Myles Gray homicide, chief says

Vancouver to experiment with banning cars in historic Gastown neighbourhood 

CBC

This mama bear was caught raiding garbage bins in Kamloops 

BC municipalities push for clarity around drug decriminalization  

Rod Hill says he can't afford the rent hike his landlord is demanding 

Agree to 40% rent hike, or we may sell your homes, landlord tells Surrey renters  

Flooding situation likely to deteriorate in BC Interior, province forecasts 

Mom pleads for return of memorial cross honouring late daughter, who died from toxic drug overdose 

1 home destroyed as flood risk prompts more evacuation orders in Cache Cree: Fire Chief 

Teacher charged with sexual offences involving children in Langley 

Evacuation orders, alerts downgraded after landslide in Vallican  

BC reaches revenue-sharing, land management deals with McLeod Lake Indian Band

65 years later, Empire Stadium ski jumping remains Vancouver's oddest sporting spectacle 

Cat recovering after being shipped in a package from Asia to Vancouver 

Vancouver Sun 

One man killed, one wounded in Surrey gang shooting 

'Overloaded' by developer interest, Vancouver City Hall seeks to prioritize 

Optics are 'terrible as delay on how Surrey will be policed is costing millions  

Why are so many kids in BC Government care going missing?

One hurt during weapons incident in Chillliwack home Wednesday afternoon 

BC NDP in for a showdown with government lawyers attempting to unionize 

Premiers send letter asking Ottawa to speed up bail reform 

Victoria Times-Colonist 

Langford council approves financial plan with record-high tax increases 

Surrey police planning slipshod 

Sooke fire could have been 'catastrophic': Mayor

Victoria council to get look at ambitious Roundhouse plan in Vic West 

Judges don't bae decisions on popular opinion or government direction: bar association 

New members to expand Victoria and Esquimalt Police Board 

New Saanich policy to require developers to help displaced tenants  

Victoria News

Langford students to hang red dresses to honour missing and murdered Indigenous women

Revised 1,900 unit development aims to overhaul underused Vic West heritage site 

Saanich adds another level of protection for renters facing renoviction, redevelopment 

BC MLA calls for province wide ban on drug use in parks, playgrounds

Higher temperatures followed by heavy rains mean more BC flooding in coming days

Global

 'Overdue': BC First Nations welcome Pope's hint that Vatican will return Indigenous artifacts 

BC floods: Conditions in Interior expected to deteriorate in coming days 

Mudslide closes Highway 3 in both directions between Salmo and Creston 

As wildfire season kicks off in BC, coveted night-vision helicopter goes to Alberta.  

Crews battling 60 hectare out of control fie near Fort Saint John

RCMP recruiting 'crisis' cited in report adds wrinkle to Surrey police decision

'Shock and dismay': Surrey renters receive letter from owner of 40% rent increase. 

About 2,500 litres of fuel leaked from truck in BC waters, Indigenous Guardians say

BC reaches revenue sharing, land management deals with McLeod Lake Indian Band

'Clearly gaps': Vancouver urban health centre opens in DTES to answer health care needs 

The Tyee                                                                   

What's behind the 'Housing Crisis' in Canada?

One Good Deed by Danielle Smith's convicted preacher pal

Forests will save us, If we let them

BC to tackle the deadliest workplace killer

The Vancouver School Board Budget vote that wasn't 

In 'A complex coast' A Journey of the Soul 

BC accused of starving Heritage sites

Rescue mission prevents coastal disaster 

Youth are fleeing Child Welfare placements 

Meet the supportive housing workers who want to join a Union 

The RCMP finally released details about the CGL Pipeline attack

CHEK TV

Courtenay Councillor fights to keep seat despite colleague's calls for resignation 

Coast Guard, First Nations successfully salvage fuel truck that fell of barge into Johnstone Strait 

Price estimate for Esquimalt's new public safety building surges to $62.2M

Quick action by firefighters saves Sooke neighbourhood from catastrophic fire

Miscellaneous

BC reaches revenues sharing, land management deals with McLeod Lake Indian Band 

Border officers in Vancouver find cat in parcel from China: SPCA

Canfor reporst $142M Q1 loss compared with a profit a year ago 

A victory for this rental law in BC has Ontario politician calling for same rules 

Police believe fatal shooting in Surrey was targeted incident 

Three hurt after plane clips truck during landing, crashes at Langley airport

Nearly half of BC's ministries have been affected by fraud, mostly theft: auditor

BC skills plan looks to future jobs, changing economy, includes $3,00 grant  

Vancouver city council plans pilot project to test car-free Gastown for pedestrians