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Vancouver's new left-leaning council faces first tests without a majority
With Greens holding five of eleven seats and COPE holding four, Pete Fry's administration will need coalition partners to pass decisions...
Conservatives file complaint with Elections B.C. over NDP's 'misleading' campaign letter
The B.C. Conservatives say an NDP mailer signed by a North Shore physician resembles official Elections B.C. mail and could confuse...
B.C. pays $35 million to settle sexual assault lawsuit filed by 100+ prisoners
The province agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit brought by more than 100 prisoners who alleged they were sexually assaulted over 21...
BC election enters final week with leaders clashing over separatism and soldiers' deaths
With four days until the vote, David Eby accuses Conservative MLAs of belonging to a separatist Facebook group while Lorne Doerkson...
Poll shows Doerkson ahead of Eby as best premier choice
An Angus Reid poll conducted October 15-18 gives Doerkson 36%, Eby 34%, with 30% finding neither acceptable.
Both B.C. parties get failing grade for fiscal plans, UBC economist says
Werner Antweiler argues neither the NDP nor Conservatives have fully accounted for B.C.'s record deficit or honestly addressed what it...
B.C. Conservatives' platform assumes 2.5% growth — more than double most forecasts
The BC Conservative platform projects 2.5% growth this year, far exceeding Bank of Canada's 0.7% forecast. Economists say the promised...
BC court awards cat ownership to one party in Family Law Act case
Tia Alexandra Myers lost custody of Todd in a trial ruling, with a judge finding she had edited ownership papers and reported the cat missing.
Doug McCallum returns as Surrey mayor in tight three-way race
Safe Surrey Coalition wins six of eight council seats in Saturday election; 37% turnout as voters reject outgoing mayor Brenda Locke.
Vancouver's civic election draws over 43% turnout, highest since 2014
209,214 ballots cast in Saturday's vote, a jump of 37,720 from 2022. Advance voting hit new records with nearly 104,000 cast across 59 locations.
NDP's Eby urges Green voters to reconsider ahead of B.C.'s October 24 snap election
Speaking in Campbell River, the premier warned Green votes could elect a Conservative government, citing the Greens' vote swing in 11...
Vancouver voters elect Pete Fry as Canada's first Green Party mayor
The sitting city councillor defeated incumbent Ken Sim, who led ABC Vancouver, in a stunning reversal across the metro region where...
