Victoria Viewpoints: Saturday-Monday, November 11-13, 2023

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Provincial scene for Saturday-Monday November 11-13, 2023

Globe and Mail

BC housing minister tells people not to help 'desperate scammers' with Airbnb fraud 

About 85,000 still without power in parts of BC after high winds, heavy rains 

Teck to sell coal business to Glencore, Nippon Steel and POSCO in $8.9 billion deal

CBC

Non-existent trail removed from Google Maps after another rescue in Vancouver's North Shore Mountains 

BC climber dead after avalanche in Peter Lougheed Provincial Park 

What is C-58, the government's new anti-replacement worker legislation?

Opposition MLA calls to remove carbon tax to teas financial pressure eon British Columbians 

Vancouver leads the way as Canadian rent prices hit new high for 6th month in a row: report 

Family recalls shock as police swarmed farm in standoff that left barn in flames, 1 presumed dead 

RCMP say 1 believed dead, police vehicles burned near US border in Langley

Road to building more multiplex homes in BC could be bumpy, experts say, as similar plan in US halted 

Vancouver Sun 

What's the best use for the City of Vancouver's industrial land?

Daughter seeks answers in death of man following police standoff in Langley 

BC Housing Minister tells people not to help 'desperate scammers' with Airbnb fraud 

Average Vancouver rental prices drops in October, but still up 6.7% over last year 

Thefts, assaults, intimidation: BC business owners detail rise in crime that's terrifying staff, customers 

Deadly BC gang war spreading across Canada 

Wily Wolf-dog dubbed WD-40 gives rescuers the slip on Vancouver Island 

Drug users have legal right to use anywhere, says BC harm reduction nurses' lawsuit 

The BC kidnapping convict who got an inch and took a mile 

Victoria Times-Colonist 

Youth found dead, two others rescued after canoe sinks at Sproat Lake 

Hullo ferries back in service Monday after weekend cancellations  

Drug users have legal right to use anywhere, says BC harm reduction nurses' lawsuit 

Protesters demonstrate in Victoria and across Canada as Israel-Hamas war rages 

Protesters rally outside Esquimalt Lockheed Martin office against arms sales to Israel 

Power mostly restored after storm , BC Hydro says 

Conservative leader Poilievre to hold rally in Duncan on Monday

Victoria News

Diabetic Saanich driver's licence suspended after ICBC miscommunication 

'Pinched' Victoria shoppers using credit cards less amid Christmas season 

Volunteers ask people not to feed wolf-dog loose on Vancouver Island 

BC Nurse suspended for making sexual comments, gestures to co-workers 

Teenager drowns after canoe flips during weekend trip on Sproat Lake 

Global          

'Extreme': Residents fed up with overnight parties held in downtown Vancouver park 

Wiley wolf dog on the run on Vancouver Island

Poll suggests British Columbians cooling to carbon tax

BC Housing minister tells people not to help 'desperate scammers' with Airbnb fraud

'Zero approvals': HIV drug less accessible in BC, doctor says 

'Hunkered down, stayed warm': Family members missing on Vancouver Island found safe 

US court orders fugitive former BC gang leaders' extradition to Canada  

Hullo cancels weekend sailings due to vessel storm damages, dry dock work 

Up to 15 cm of snow expected on BC's Highway 3 

'Tremendously disturbing': BC anti-gang organization concerned with child gang killing 

The Tyee       

Unions to get more power with Replacement worker ban 

Please advise! What's this Tucker Carlson, Danielle Smith Summit?

BC Greens Drop Gandhi from Party after Social Media Blunder

CHEK News interview with Pierre Poilievre 

         

                       

CHEK TV

Body of 17 year old recovered from Sproat Lake: RCMP

Three people found safe near Woss after getting stuck in mud Saturday 

Cathedral to condos: Victoria church looking to build homes on property 

Island Farms mechanical malfunction disrupting milk supply fixed 

Miscellaneous