Victoria Viewpoints: Tuesday-Wednesday, May 23-23, 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 23-24,  2023

Globe and Mail

Surrey municipal police force calls for clarity over future

BC's human rights commissioner seeks more responses to survey on human rights 

BC company expands antibody research, production facilities for second time

Federal government pledges $5M to Chinese Canadian Museum in Vancouver 

All evacuation orders lifted in northeastern BC as rain dampens wildfire threat 

CBC

Vancouver's Donnelly Group of bars and restaurants files for creditor protection

Baby moose causes traffic jam on BC Highway

BC researcher starts project to document Indigenous deaths in police custody 

Senior Physician warns of a crisis in one of BC's busiest ERs

Pedestrian killed after vehicle collision in Vancouver's Chinatown, police say

Biotech company expand antibody research, production facilities in Vancouver with government cash boost 

Surrey Police Service chief calls for a firm date to decide city's policing future 

There's a tent caterpillar outbreak on Vancouver Island - but no need to panic, zoologist says

Vancouver Sun 

BC pub chain the Donnelly Group seeks creditor protection  

Gag order or not, BC's hospital crisis story is spreading

BC tourism operators struggle as conflicts over backcountry land use rise 

Chinatown groups back controversial Keefer Street development plan

Rural BC cancer patients decry inequities in health-care access 

Surrey Police decision in limbo one month after return to RCMP rejected

Supreme Court of BC rejects second appeal of ticket used for use of cellphone while driving 

Roberts Bank Terminal 2 project challenged in court: Here are 5 things to know 

Victoria Times-Colonist 

'It was think': Ocean water turns bright orange off Vancouver Island 

Esquimalt doctor limits her practice to those 50 and older

March of the caterpillars is here, but don't be alarmed 

Police seek to identify youth who assaulted bus driver in Langford

Commercial Hub at Royal Bay to open with grocery, liquor store 

BC says its housing model works, I see cracks in the foundation 

Victoria News

No injuries after fire destroys Langford mobile homes

Police looking for suspect after bus driver attacked in Langford

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

Support continues to pour in for family of Oak Bay employee killed on the job

BC announces new grants for community safety, crime prevention

Global

Man's finger severed, jaw broken in attack after Vancouver bus ride

Major BC Pub chain the Donnelly Group files for creditor protection

Health minister responds as doctor says Surrey Memorial Hospital at 'boiling point'

Vancouver's Canada Day fireworks scrapped for good

Lack of housing becoming an HR issue in the North Okanagan

Federal approval of BC marine terminal faces dual legal challenges in Canada, US

Surrey Police Service letter calls for clarity on future amid transition limbo 

Voices from 6 regions of BC missing from human rights survey: Commissioner  

BC businesses eating $6.5B in government-imposed costs over three years: report 

'We don't think it's safe' BC to help Abbotsford clear out 'problematic encampment'

The Tyee                                                                   

Twice Invisible: People who use drugs in rural Alberta continue to be ignored 

Over the DOJ's objections, an expert witness testifies about the RCMP 

Drawing up union plans for Vancouver's animators 

Here's the only path to real change in Alberta

The People's filter 

Please Advise: Who will win in Alberta?

We can get better at seeing Disasters coming

What's at stake for Alberta Voters? Just Democracy and the rule of law

RCMP Lawyers suggest a journalist planted memories in Burns Lake

Why BC leads the country in evictions 

CHEK TV

Vancouver Island firefighters return from fire deployment near Fort St. John

Victoria councillor pushes for Ship Point redevelopment

South Island doctor drops all patients under the age of 50 

Comox Search and Rescue responds to six rescues over busy long weekend

Small earthquake rattles south of Victoria 

Miscellaneous

School bus on BC's Sunshine Coast tips over, injuring driver 

Surrey municipal police force calls for clarity over future 

BC's human rights commissioner seeks more responses to survey on human rights 

All evacuation orders lifted in northeastern BC as rain dampens wildfire threat

BC company expands antibody research, production facilities for second time

Federal government pledges $5M to Chinese Canadian Museum in Vancouver