Victoria Viewpoints: Saturday-Monday, March 30-April 1, 2014

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Provincial scene for  Saturday-Monday, March 30 - April 1, 2024

Globe and Mail 

Low tide pauses efforts to save BC orca while rescuers plan next steps 

Some pharmacies offering kickbacks to vulnerable patients 

Parkland refinery in BC returns to normal operations after unplanned January shutdown 

CBC

Video appears to show shooting suspects opening fire in Vancouver 

Low income tenants told to leave over UBC construction site risk

1 dead, 1 injured after reported stabbing in Victoria; police 

Inside the A&W test kitchen, a battlefield in the fast food wars

Black community advisory group cuts ties with Vancouver Police 

Residents stroll riverbed in Prince George amid drought 

Indigenous artists can turn to new elder-in residence for advice  

Vancouver Sun 

Downtown Vancouver shooting linked to BC gang war

Public gang shootings in BC: Here's when and where they happen

As BC's carton tax goes up, here's how you qualify for a rebate 

Vancouver doesn't have an empty house problem, it has an empty bedroom problem 

Metro Vancouver gas pump price hits almost $2.09 per litre after carbon tax increase 

BC Hydro electricity credit" Here's how much you'll get and when

BC seeks to seize Richmond condo where drug chemicals were found

'Like a cartel': Shootings point to turf war over rights to screen South Indian films in Canada

Victoria Times-Colonist                              

One dead, one injured in early-morning Pandora Avenue stabbing

Policing, Bridges among key budget items in Sooke

Federal Conservative leader Poilievre to hold Nanaimo rally, Campbell River fundraiser this week 

Satellite track the tiny silver fish hugely important to Marine life 

Construction call goes out for $53M combat-drone base at CFB Comox

Expect odours during maintenance at Hartland biosolids plant, CRD says

Victoria News

$125 a head , 3 course Empress banquet reimbursed for Victoria councillors 

1 dead after stabbing in downtown Victoria

Sooke Oyster barge converts to solar power

Greater Victoria firefighters use best practices in absence of PFAS-free gear

BC 'better off' with carbon tax, but foes have 'easier' story to tell: analyst 

More than half of federal Tories in BC would vote for provincial Tories 

BC NDP's push to become big tent' party bears risk: political analyst 

       

Global          

'Axe the Tax' convoy hits BC's roads, drivers could face disruptions 

Vancouver has highest fuel prices and highest fuel tax in North America, expert says

Poll shows BC Conservatives making inroads among Federal Conservative voters 

African-descent committee ends contact with Vancouver Police Board 

Wet weather, poor conditions extend clean up timeline at CRAB Park 

Why did the Vancouverite carry a brick to cross the road? Safety campaign is no joke 

Residents of Kelowna housing complex devastated by displacement 

Historic aircraft, veterans on hand to mark RCAF's 100th anniversary in Langley 

Point-blank range : Video captures brazen shooting in downtown Vancouver 

The Tyee           

No, AI wont't outsmart our climate calamity 

Are we bored by disaster? Call it "Drennui'

               

                                            

CHEK TV     

Safety concerns on the rise in Victoria's downtown after two stabbings in as many weeks 

A new brew for a good cause:  'Home Base' to raise money for Comox Valley SAR 

Affordability concerns compounded by carbon price increase: Poilievre

Victoria to consider motion asking for school liaison officers to be reinstated in SD61

Carbon pricing 101: What today's increase could mean for you