Victoria Viewpoints: Thursday-Friday, October 26-27, 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 26-27, 2023

Globe and Mail

Prison officer union against needle exchange after BC inmate overdose death

Parks Canada says whirling disease could 'decimate' fish, urges BC closure respect

Premier Eby condemns rise in hate crimes in BC stemming from Israel-Hamas conflict

BC's Airbnb crackdown will devastate some real estate investors 

Sikh activists in BC emboldened by Trudeau's comments on India ahead of referendum

Vancouver police raid drug activists' office over trafficking, two arrested 

CBC

2 earthquakes strike northern BC just south of Alaska border 

BC Minister surprised by federal tax exemption on home heating oil, which excludes BC

Passenger forced to drag himself off Air Canada flight after airline failed to provide wheelchair assistance  

Tla'amin Nation takes steps to recover historic village site where pulp mill operated for decades 

Why so much recycled clothing is still going in the garbage 

Cargo of fireworks explodes into hour long light show after Highway 1 crash near Hope 

Threat of water shortage extends state of emergency in McBride

Construction on widening Kicking Horse Canyon stretch of Highway 1 nears completion 

Vancouver Sun 

'Akin to a h hostage taking' Metro Vancouver goes for development fee hikes despite Ottawa's warning

Man found adrift off Vancouver Island had been missing for two weeks 

Federal flip flop on carbon tax stuns, BC NDP

Canada's housing minister urges Metro Vancouver to think twice on development charges 

Vancouver is the worst major Canadian city for housing affordability 

BC approves short term rental legislation without amendments from Opposition 

BC's bid for bail reform may end up laying out in courts 

Victoria Times-Colonist 

Audio recording shows how quickly pilots responded to lighting strike 

Watchdog recommends charges against officers involved in Indigenous man's death  

Busy implementing BC's whistleblower law, ombudsperson regrets lack of ferries oversight 

Premier Eby condemns rise in hate crime in BC stemming from Israeli-Hamas conflict 

Province looks for firms to build new Belleville Terminal 

Forty new publicly funded substance use treatment beds on Vancouver Island 

By 2035, all new vehicles sold in BC must be electric. Is it achievable?

BC approves short term rental legislation without amendments from Oppostion 

Victoria News

Utterly depressing: $1K Victoria one bedroom rental is actually just an RV

Police make 20 theft arrests over 3 days at Downton Victoria store

Number of vehicles on Greater Victoria roads has jumped significantly: CRD

'Things are hard': Navy sails into cost of living crisis at CFB Esquimalt 

'Whoosh': Oak Bay residents want speed bumps after driver smashes mirror 

 New Poll gives NDP lead, 1 year out from next BC election  

Eby warns of 'hateful words' becoming violent acts 

BC hopes Ottawa plus into shore power project for Victoria cruise ships 

BC's new short term rental regulations approved after colourful debate 

BC policy expert gives green light to higher electric vehicle goals 

BC create $300 million fund for First Nations led forest conservation 

Global

'We expect better partnerships;: Feds' heating oil carbon tax freeze catches BC by surprise

City conditions holding up long-delayed BC social housing and condo project: developer 

'I'm not happy': No time behind bars for man who beat teen with Austin in Surrey 

Conservationists rap BC for 'significant loophole' in old growth protection 

Metro Vancouver development fee hikes set up potential federal showdown over housing cash

Drunk driver in fatal Nanaimo crash gets 4.5 year prison sentence 

Vancouver police announce 258 arrests in latest violent shoplifting crackdown 

Opposition says repeat break-ins at BC jeweller show failure to address property crime 

'Way of life': First ocean-going canoe in decades being built in Haisla Nation

Fraser Valley septic waste disposal plants reach capacity 

The Tyee                                       

DULF organizers arrested for operating Safe Drug Compassion Club

Why are Indigenous Fisheries still drawing anger and violence?

Tracking the Gold Rush in the sky 

In northern BC, the case of the mummified mining town

Nature isn't outside humanity, It's part of us

No plan to reopen BC Grizzly Bear Hunt, Says Minister 

BC overhauls water management as scarcity looms 

CHEK TV

Miracle at sea: After 13 days drifting at sea US mariner rescued by Sook fishing crew 

Nanaimo still needs extreme weather shelters plan as temperatures drop

Premier Eby condemns rise in hate crimes in BC stemming from Israel-Hamas conflict 

BC Hydro warns of increased power outage risks due to wildfires, drought 

Sidney extends the life of Beacon Wharf - for now 

Eby talks transport, toxic drug crisis and short term rentals at Island Economic summit

BC earmarks $3.3M. for Vancouver Island tourism projects 

Miscellaneous