Victoria Viewpoints: Thursday-Friday, October 12-13, 2023

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Provincial scene for   Thursday-Friday  October 12-13, 2023

Globe and Mail

Forest Practices Board investigates planned back burn in BC's Shuswap region 

Surrey to ask court to review provincial order to stay with municipal police 

Vancouver faces the thorny problem of following through on promise for three bedroom condos 

No charges against Prince George mountie over 2020 death 

RCMP dispute photojournalist's account of arrest while covering pipeline protest

CBC

Leaders of Vancouver's Jewish, Muslim communities  call for peace in Middle East

Vancouver ranks on global list of cities with them most ultra rich residents 

Mel Bevan who led BC First Nation to cusp of historic treaty, has died 

Search teams deployed after woman goes missing from Saiku'uz First Nation near Vanderhoof 

Northeastern BC loses its last two newspapers

Another fake nurse caught trying to get work in BC Hospitals, college says 

Grizzly bears wandering in BC cities reflect 'kind of weird year' for wildlife biologist 

Former BC mining executive fined $30K for environmental violations - but First Nation says dmaanage costs far more 

Surrey says it's going to BC Supreme Court to stop transition to municipal police force 

The origins of Prince George's reputation as a crime capital 

Greater Vancouver homeless count shows intergenerational impact of residential schools, support workers say 

Vancouver Sun 

City of Surrey to go to court to stop police transition.a

New licensing system gives health workers freedom to work throughout much of Canada 

Vancouver police activate command centre after Hamas calls for 'day of rage'

Six female police officers allege on the job sexual harassment  

Why these woman are building a data base of 12,000 missing, murdered people in Canada 

An act of political realism by Oak Bay 

Could rules be easing for foreign health care workers?

Victoria Times-Colonist 

VicPD stands guard at Jewish Centres during 'day or rage'

BC Transit  walks back changes to Gorge bus route 

Don't engage with impersonator says Dunahee family 

CRD grant program invests $2.6 million in arts and culture 

Conservation officers put down tow bears in Lake Cowichan 

Fish farm giant Mowi suing Fisheries minister, taxpayers for Discovery Island closures 

Nanaimo seeks in put on $48.5M borrowing plan for new operations centre

Victoria News

BC Transit restores Saanich-Victoria bus route after backlash from riders 

5 Greater Victoria cities named in lawsuit filed by female police officers 

Victoria delays vote on expanding BC's public drub use bans 

Victoria hopes tax breaks for builders will incentivize new rental housing 

BC's new emergency management legislation is getting muted support 

Court ruling should lead to narrower BC environmental assessments: analyst 

NDP government a 'firewall' against US style culture wars, says BC Premier 

More tiny houses could be coming to BC's interior 

Global

Minister responds to sexual harassment suit filed by female BC Police officers 

Amid housing targets, Oak Bay green lights condo complex, after deceased of rejection 

BC landlord fined almost $18K for illegal eviction 

Okanagan Basin Water board calls for moratorium on out of province watercraft 

Campbell River Art Gallery says city punishing it for homelessness  

Vancouver hires 100 cops, but fewer than 10 promised mental health nurses on board 

Critics say BC's COVID vaccine rollout process is too complicated

Surrey asks court to review province's order on police transition 

No charges for BC Mountain in 2020 in sector death: BC Prosecution service 

The Tyee                                       

Dear TMX oilseeds pipeline owner (That's you)

Canada let in thousands of former Nazis. Files I've seen tell why 

Inside America's Right Win Intelligentsia 

To protect renters from displacement, BC Needs Vacancy controls.  

No Sheriff to protect the court? Here's why 

Anti-Trans protests and the nest Federal election 

The lucrative business of owning rental buildings 

Living in a rainforest without rain?

Babylon was going to transform Alberta health care. Now it's bankrupt 

CHEK TV

UVic student living in van calls on school to allow overnight camping 

'She was happy' Illegally evicted Nanaimo Oman dies in Hospital 

BC Municipal policing is unsafe for women' say plaintiffs in proposed class-action lawsuit 

Proposed Royal Bay pool has Colwood community buzzing 

BC Transit restoring Service to Gorge route after backlash 

VicPD aware of man claiming to be Michael Dunahee

More capacity to implement BC Federal child care agreement is needed 

CRD pauses plan to add paid parking to 9 more parks.  

Miscellaneous

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