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James Peters Oct 21, 2024 Image Credit: Flickr / Province of BC

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...
James Peters Oct 20, 2024

B.C. wakes to election uncertainty, with Conservatives, NDP in tight race
VANCOUVER - British Columbia is waking to a reshaped political landscape but no clear winner of a provincial election marked by the rise of the B.C. Conservatives from the political fringe to centre s...
James Peters Oct 20, 2024

Former Merritt councillor Luck to represent Fraser-Nicola for Conservatives
MERRITT, B.C. - For much of the election results reporting period Saturday evening (Oct. 19), Fraser-Nicola was the closest riding in the Kamloops area, but the Conservatives pulled away as the night ...
James Peters Oct 19, 2024

Barriere mayor Stamer elected to represent Kamloops-North Thompson
KAMLOOPS - Barriere mayor Ward Stamer is an MLA-elect. Stamer, running for the Conservatives, got a comfortable victory Saturday (Oct. 19) over the NDP's Maddi Genn, garnering 60 per cent of the ballo...
James Peters 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 ...
James Peters Oct 19, 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...
James Peters 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...
James Peters Oct 19, 2024

Here's the latest on British Columbia's wet and wild election
British Columbians have gone to the polls on an election day marked by torrential rain and high winds across much of the province. Here's the latest on the race to form the next provincial government ...
James Peters 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...
James Peters Oct 19, 2024

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