Category Archives: British Columbia
Here's what the party leaders said after British Columbia's tight election
The outcome of British Columbia's election was unclear after a close race between the NDP and the B.C. Conservatives, with the Greens poised to play a role in a potential minority government. Here's w...
Oct 20, 2024
CP NewsAlert: B.C. Green Leader Sonia Furstenau loses seat after changing ridings
VICTORIA - Green Party Leader Sonia Furstenau has lost her seat in the legislature after changing ridings to Victoria-Beacon Hill. Furstenau lost to Grace Lore, the minister of children and family dev...
Oct 19, 2024
CP NewsAlert: B.C. NDP Leader David Eby wins his riding of Vancouver Point-Grey
VANCOUVER - British Columbia Premier and NDP Leader David Eby has won re-election in the riding of Vancouver-Point Grey. Eby was first elected to the riding in 2013, when he defeated then-premier and ...
Oct 19, 2024
CP NewsAlert: B.C. Conservative Leader John Rustad elected in his riding
VANDERHOOF, B.C. - British Columbia Conservative Leader John Rustad has been re-elected in his riding of Nechako Lakes. Rustad was kicked out of the Opposition BC United Party for his support on socia...
Oct 19, 2024
First atmospheric river of fall season to bring heavy rains on B.C. election day
Environment Canada is ramping up rainfall warnings in British Columbia, where Vancouver Island, metro Vancouver and the coastal regions of the province are bracing for major downpours through the week...
Oct 19, 2024
Polls open for British Columbia's 43rd Provincial General Election
VICTORIA - Polls are now open for British Columbia's 43rd Provincial General Election, as the final voting day has arrived after four weeks of campaigning. Elections BC said polls in 12 electoral dist...
Oct 19, 2024
Where will B.C.'s election be won or lost? Here are five bellwether ridings to watch
British Columbia voters are heading to the polls, and political podcast co-host Mike McDonald says he is watching five ridings as bellwethers. Here are the five ridings he's watching as indicators of ...
Oct 19, 2024
B.C. voters face a once-unthinkable election choice, after stunning rise of Rustad
VANCOUVER - The choice facing British Columbians in the provincial election today would have been unthinkable just a few months ago. The B.C. Conservatives, whose party won less than two per cent of t...
Oct 19, 2024
Lawyer for family members of Pickton's victims wants copy of killer's 'tell all book'
VANCOUVER - A Vancouver lawyer representing families of the victims of serial killer Robert Pickton says he'll be asking for a copy of a "tell all book" seized from Pickton's cell after he died follow...
Oct 18, 2024
Weather warnings issued as atmospheric river approaches B.C. coast
VANCOUVER - Environment Canada has issued several rainfall warnings for British Columbia, covering much of Vancouver Island and the coastal regions as the first atmospheric river of the season approac...
Oct 18, 2024