Wednesday, April 18, 2018

Victoria Viewpoints: Wednesday, April 18 2018




Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Provincial scene for Wednesday, April 18, 2018


Globe and Mail 

Ottawa to boost powers to push through TransMountain pipeline
Kinder Morgan CEO acknowledges Trans Mountain pipeline expansion plan 'may be untenable'
This inter-provincial pipeline fight is really a political contest in looking tough
Trans Mountain pipeline protest greets Trudeau in London
Loophole in B.C.'s new campaign-finance law to be fixed: communities minister
Vancouver adopts bylaw to cut lawn watering, garden watering to two days a week during summer
Vancouver condo flips lying under the radar
City of Vancouver moves one step closer to allowing liquor sales in grocery stores


CBC

Brawl over expansion of Trans Mountain pipeline making project 'untenable,' says CEO
Trans Mountain debate follows Trudeau to U.K. as activists unveil 'Crudeau Oil' props
B.C. going to province's highest court in attempt to fight Trans Mountain pipeline
More British Columbians now support the Trans Mountain pipeline project: poll
Summer forecast for B.C. Dry service stations, gas prices of $2 per litre
Drilling down on Trans Mountain
B.C. to spend $1.9 billion to build rental housing
Overdose prevention advocate Sarah Blyth running for Vancouver City Council
Wait! What? Water restrictions in soggy Vancouver?
1,200 patients 'high and dry' after 2 Chilliwack doctors lose medical licenses
B.C. police watchdog to adopt recommendations from inquest into shooting of mentally ill man
B.C. expands mental health supports to some emergency professionals but not others


Vancouver Sun

Wrathful Weaver blows cool, and promises to be different
Where Court decision lands is key to support for Trans Mountain expansion: Pollster
Vancouver mayoral candidate wants policy talk to trump gender vitriol
City of Vancouver moves ahead with sale of liquor in grocery stores


Vancouver Province

Not all First Nations oppose Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion


Victoria Times Colonist

B.C. to spend $1.9B on rental housing over next decade
Two ferry workers fall into sea during drill, gear failure blamed
B.C. heads to court over pipeline jurisdiction as builder says doubt warranted
$40 million residential complex planned for Nanaimo
Construction begins on Nanaimo Airport's $15 million expansion
Stopping pipe might stop the tankers


Victoria News

Two rescued after falling from ferry at Swartz Bay
BC real estate regulator to undergo NDP review
Union says Trump bullying threatens hundreds of BC pulp mills
Fund to be set up for 'orphaned' B.C. Oil and gas wells
Seniors, families focus of B.C. rental housing fund
Last ditch pipeline court challenge going ahead


Global BC

B.C. government to file Trans Mountain reference case by April 30
B.C. Premier says no 'majority rule' needed for Indigenous support of Trans Mountain expansion
Sarah Blyth to run for Vancouver City Council after standing on the front lines of a drug crisis
What does the future look like for B.C.'s energy sector?
Controversial Vernon area intersection upgrades se to begin
B.C. NDP looks to build 14,000 affordable rentals for just under $2 billion over 10 years
Vancouver 's new rules on Airbnb begin Thursday
B.C. rules protected 'nightmare' renter who trashed Langley home and skipped a years rent: Landlord
Just 2 years after being restructured, B.C. real estate regulators face new NDP review


Georgia Straight

Pipeline at Canada House in London shows Trudeau can't escape Kinder Morgan controversy by going abroad
Flood evacuation alert expanded for Oliver, as highways hit by mudslide
Vancouver lawn watering restrictions start May1
Towers of up to 20 storeys proposed in large sites on Vancouver's Cambie Corridor


Vancouver Courier

Vancouver Council pushes province to allow permanent residents right to vote
Province to regulate the real estate regulators
$1.9 billion expected for provincewide rental housing


The Tyee


There's still time to Stop Site C
Innovative Housing for Indigenous Youth, Elders Clears Hurdles in Kamloops

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