Victoria Viewpoints: Thursday-Friday, April 11-12, 2024

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Provincial scene for  Thursday-Friday, April 11-12, 2024

Globe and Mail 

Overdoses prompts BC First Nation to declare state of emergency   

Foreign landlord fails to pay taxes, CRA goes after tenant 

Low-income renters got a benefit an scammers took one day to target it, BC Housing says 

BC tables anti-racism legislation, promises to hold public bodies accountable  

Tiny BC town rallies around killer whale calf rescue effort as time ticks away 

BC to require hospitals have designated spaces for patient illicit drug use, health minister says

Twelve BC municipal parties under investigation for finance or advertising violations 

Studies on BC Safer supply emerge, finding different answers to different questions 

CBC

BC property owners file court challenge to limits on short term rentals 

Drone operator scores partial legal win against BC ship-breaker

BC village rallies around effort to rescue killer whale craft 

Judge questions debtor's sale of house to son for $1

Overdoses prompt BC First Nation to declare state of emergency 

$14.2M bank theft sparks court battle with BC crypto firm 

Streamlined system aims to connect people with family doctors 

Vancouver Sun 

Final offer on Surrey policing? Yeah, right

BC NDP turns its tuns on Rustad's Conservatives as they outpoll United

Metro Vancouver renters are spending more than 0 precent of salary on rent, says rental report 

Vancouver spending more money on police but cutting civilian oversight 

RCMP union says its officers can't work under Surrey Police without federal law changes 

Vancouver's CRAB Park one week after cleanup: Residents feel 'strong armed' by city

Victoria Times-Colonist                              

Short term rental unit owners file lawsuit against province and City of Victoria 

New streamlined registry aims to speed up attaching patients to family doctors 

Portal shows capital region areas most vulnerable to extreme heat 

Central Saanich expropriates land for civic facilities, after failing to reach deal with owner 

Unhoused people struggle to et seized belongings back: advocates 

Victoria asks province to change remuneration rules 

Need for alternate access to Port Alberni on agenda as island municipalities meet 

Victoria News

Renters rebate rip for the picking for qualifying Victorians

Greater Victoria struggles to retain students as grads lack local prospects 

Victoria asks BC to stop making councillors decide their own pay

Langford donates fire truck to Malahat Fire Hall

Island Health marks 8th anniversary of BC's toxic-drug crisis 

'There is no place like home' Hospital at home program expands to Vancouver 

Substance exposure put 36 health workers on WorkSafeBC compensation ion 2023

New anti racism legislation aims to hold BC accountable for systemic flaws  

       

Global          

Tsilhqot'in National Government declares overdose emergency  

Woman who couldn't afford to satay in Vancouver for lung transplant meets with BC premier 

'No legal mechanism for RCMP to work under municipal police Surrey police : memo

Scammers already targeting new benefit for low-income BC Seniors 

Drug use in BC's hospitals sparks feisty debate  in the legislature 

Woman found in BC field was killed by dos, not a bear: coroner 

Doctor shot in Vancouver revealed to be Surrey anesthesiologist 

Dozens of BC surgeries postponed due to shortage of key operating room specialists 

Vancouver to switch firefighters to non-toxic gear 

The Tyee               

'Surviving Vancouver': A Global City's unlikely holdouts  

Charles Adler wonders what happened to his Conservatives 

The case for defending Canada's  carbon pricing 

An Indigenous woman was found dying on the road. What Happened? 

How the lowest snowpack in 50 years will hit BC

Worried about Taxpayer dollars? Focus on Fossil fuel subsidies 

Draining the world of Fresh water 

               

                                            

CHEK TV     

Rat-bite survivor has 'long recovery ahead' following surgery in Victoria 

'I'm so scared, angry': Downtown Nanaimo restaurant considers closing after three break-ins in one month 

Strings program among cuts as Greater Victoria School Board slashes $M from budget 

VIU's first class of Stewardship Technicians now set to protect BC Coast as Indigenous Guardians  

Nanaimo streets to close for six weeks of filming this spring 

CRD making changes to summer watering restrictions 

Ultimate challenge for Esquiamlt council: Thoughts from Mayor Barb Desjardins after approving 26 storey residential tower 

Feds, BC pitch in on nearly $2M' 'disaster mitigation' project in Qualicum Breach 

'Urge the district to reconsider': Central Saanich expropriates land from long term care provider