Victoria Viewpoints: Tuesday-Wednesday January 30-31, 2024

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Provincial scene for Tuesday-Wednesday January 30-31, 2024

Globe and Mail 

Flood concerns persist, but evacuation order downgraded in Pemberton 

Alberta's liquor wholesaler says it won't stock BC wines that sell directly to consumers 

A closer look at BC's plan to change the way land-use decisions are made 

BC population to hit 7.9 million by 2046, as growth rate soars, report shows

BC Health minister says investment in nuclear medicine will expand cancer care 

Anxiety rises with water levels, as rain and recored warmth add up to flooding in BC

Discrimination probe launched into police use of force in BC

CBC

Evacuation orders downgraded, but Pemberton residents warned to prepared amid flooding

Pemberton resident water skis in ditch as BC village floods 

Estate of dead tutor ordered to pay Victoria man $2.3 million for sexual abuse

Club Monaco's flagship Vancouver store closes

Purple haze, ton't know why? Here's the science behind the colourful fog seen in BC's Okanagan

BC Greens leader plans to run in different riding for next election

Police help college investigators search home of BC woman with long history of illegal midwifery

Ending drug decriminalization wont' save lives, BC Minister says on anniversary  

Union calls for more certification, training for BC crane operators 

BC hockey officials saying little after fight leaves goalie lying motionless on ice 

BC Ferries confident all ships will sail smoothly this summer 

BC continues to lead the country in high rental prices and low vacancies, CMHC data shows

Vancouver Sun 

Life saver or failure? BC's decriminalization of drugs one year later 

BC Minister say's he's 'keen to discuss lans for Lands Act. Really?

Poll shows former BC Liberal voters not shifting to BC United party 

Call for school pedestrian light after teen girl seriously injured in Vancouver  

Nearly 60% of trucks inspected in Metro Vancouver in 2023 pulled off road for violations: RCMP

Coast Mountain breached labour law but did not minimize CUPE 4500 strike: labour board

BC to add $11 million to rent bak, but rental prices remain sky high

The unintended consequences of Bill 44 are piling up

Vancouver's Budget Task Force paves the way to easing up on property taxes 

Victoria Times-Colonist                              

Unseasonably warm weather closes Mount Washington ski Resort

BC Greens leader to run in Victoria riding 

More bus trip cancellations likely amid maintenance backlog

Duncan home of woman banned from acting as midwife searched 

Drug probe includes search of motorcycle club's Langford headquarters 

Wind storm knocks out power for thousands in Qualicum Beach and Parksville 

Roller Derby league says it's being squeezed out by pickleball expansion

CFB Esquimalt sailor sentenced to 14 days after choking superior officer 

Prefab-classroom work underway at Langford, Colwood schools 

Schools need to take quick action on sexual misconduct by student, says expert

Saanich promotes going electric in large buildings 

BC Health minister says investment in nuclear medicine will expand cancer care 

Victoria News

New gun law spares semi-automatic rifle used in Saanich bank shooting

Long wait ties send Port Alberni man to Mexico for surgery

BC Ferries aims for better reliability by cancelling summer refits 

Furstenau leaving Cowichan Valley to run in Victoria Beacon Hill

BC banks an additional $11 million for immediate renter help 

BC's population could reach almost 8 million by 2046: Stats BC

BC offers certainty for miners not found elsewhere, says Premier Eby

New cyclotron at UBC promises to accelerate cancer diagnostics in BC

BC won't follow Oregon in drug decriminalization reversal: Eby

       

Global          

20 BC Ferries vessels scheduled for refit this year, says engineering vice-president 

BC United starts media blitz as poll shows official Opposition party in 3rd place

BC lawyer who used fake, AI-generated cases faces law society probe, possible costs 

Prompt call to fire supply company could have prevented deadly Vancouver SRO fire, inquest hears 

Snow woes: Warm, wet weather forces Wednesday closure of Metro Vancouver ski hills

BC rent affordability an increasing problem as Canaan's national vacancy rate declines

Traffic is combing on some Metro Vancouver bridges. Others, not so much

The Tyee           

Retiring Chief Coroner Lisa Lapointe on Staring Death in the Face 

Please advise! Is Canada as Grim as Poilievre says?

The Housing Tax Loopholes BC Failed to close 

Uber Anger: New law hasn't satisfied some BC Gig workers 

Pen, Paper and Promise in a Vancouver Recovery Centre 

Advocates call for Police to drop charges against Indigenous reporter 

Visualizing the toxic drug crisis's deadliest year yet 

Another failure for Freedom of Information in BC

Not all fossil fuels are created equal 

Video shows how rapidly the deadly Winters Hotel fire spread 

     

                            

CHEK TV     

Dozens of SD62 students walk our of school, protesting how the district deals with sexual assault  

Port Alberni fights toxic drug crisis after becoming 'third-worst death rate in province'

BC Ferries offers look into fleet maintenance 

'Incredibly stressful time' Rents continue to rise in Greater Victoria, with low vacancy rates 

Vancouver Island resort makes National Geographic's list of top 20 adventure spots of the year

BC Greens leader plans to switch ridings in provincial election 

Mount Washington shuts down amid 'unseasonably warm weather' as Mount Cain still closed

Miscellaneous