Victoria Viewpoints: Tuesday-Wednesday, March 12-13, 2024

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Provincial scene for Tuesday-Wednesday, March 12-13, 2024

Globe and Mail 

BC orchards and vineyards to get $70 million to replant after disastrous weather  

BC to kill 25 deer to test for chronic wasting disease in Kootenay region 

Sea change: Eric Peterson sold his business and devoted his fortune to ocean conservation  

BC community's flood recovery plan stalls over lack of funding 

Vancouver tent city to temporarily close over unsafe and unhygienic conditions 

BC to hike commercial vehicle crash penalties after 35 over height truck incidents 

BC farm that can grow softball sized peaches to rely on vegetables this year after cold snap 

Coral reef that 'shouldn't exist' thrives off BC's Pacific Ocean, biologists says

CBC

Rescued from wildlife traffickers, Javier the tiny caiman to reside in Victoria zoo

BC to kill 25 deer to test for chronic wasting disease 

Planned improvements on Highway 5 not enough: Barriere mayor

New year long class schedules rile North Vancouver students 

BC Judge warns of 'tsunami' of Indigenous identity fraud cases 

Tofino moves to restrict short term rentals 

Departing physicians, ER closures concern Prince Rupert residents 

Creston considering permanent homeless shelter 

BC government makes final offer to complete Surrey police transition 

Vancouver Sun 

BC putting another $110 million on the table for Surrey police transition: sources

BC Hells Angels in disarray after exit of key member, arrests and clubhouse losses 

Tofino embraces new short-term rental rules to assist renters, while Victoria asks for more time

Unions report on NDP failings in response to forestry crisis 

The BC NDP Plan to plan for a plan

'Be silent': Ousted cabinet Minister says David Eby told NDP MLA's not to weigh in on Israel-Hamas war 

Victoria Times-Colonist                              

VicPD issues warning after another police notebook ends up in hands of 'criminal element'

Shooting led to temporary Galloping Goose closure, police say

Government announces $354 million to help seniors stay at home 

Mass die off of farmed salmon on the rise, finds BC scientist 

Saanich to charge for yard waste disposal

Saanich urges Greater Victoria District 61 to reinstate police officers in schools

Lack of fibre has forest industry and communities in 'crisis', unions say

Victoria News

Major crimes evidence search closes regional trail overnight: Saanich Police 

Decline of BC's forestry 'neither inevitable nor acceptable': union report

Trailer offers 1st peek at Hulu series on murder of Saanich's Reena Virk

Watchdogs critical of BC's continued support of LNG 'carbon bomb'

2nd Victoria police officer loses notebook containing personal information  

Saanich calls for reinstatement of school police liaisons in Greater Victoria 

       

Global          

Shocking murder of BC teen Reena Virk subject of new Hulu series

Thieves may be picking break in victims by tracking their vehicles with GPS: BC RCMP

City green lights permanent 'Vancouver' sign 

BC says 'final offer' on table in bid to push Surrey police transition forward 

Vancouver council approves plan to expand free Wi-Fi in Downtown Eastside  

Chinatown triple stabbing suspect ''calm and cooperative' on day of attack: report

Tofino wants new short-term rental restrictions despite exemption 

'Need this funding now': BC MP calls for federal disaster aid for Fraser Valley

The Tyee    

BC is closing a loophole that forced workers to cross some picket lines 

Why are they cutting down so many trees in Stanley Park 

Does living near LNG plants pose health risks? Scientists investigate 

Poilievre's Tough on Crime measures will make things worse 

For struggling workers, Singh and Poilievre pitch different fixes 

Naheed Nenshi wants to lead Alberta's NDP. Can he win?

The anti-vax doctor praised by Danielle Smith faces the Music

The strange story of Vancouver's subsidy for one small private school

                                                

CHEK TV     

Victoria Mom says 14 year old son was groomed by gang members 

Lost notebook results in warning issued by Victoria Police  

Nanaimo RCMP switchboard overwhelmed with grandparent scam calls 

BC orchards and vineyards to get $70M to replant after disastrous weather 

'Makes no sense' Man convicted of murdering UVic student granted day parole

Work begins on Belleville Terminal redevelopment project