Author Archives: James Peters
A look at recent B.C. crime and public safety incidents ahead of fall election
Crime and street disorder have become a key political issue in British Columbia amid a series of violent stranger attacks and other public safety incidents. Here are some of events that have made the ...
Sep 23, 2024
Crime, disorder take centre stage in B.C. election, but statistics tell complex story
David Screech doesn't mince words when asked about street disorder and crime around his business in downtown Victoria. He described vehicle break-ins, people defecating on or near his store property, ...
Sep 23, 2024
New seats redrew B.C. legislature's floor plan. They bring political calculations too
VANCOUVER - Work crews have been busy in the British Columbia legislature over the summer, prying apart desks in the historic chamber and piling them up in hallways as they tried to work out how to fi...
Sep 22, 2024
A look at British Columbia New Democratic Party Leader David Eby
VANCOUVER - A look at British Columbia NDP Leader David Eby. British Columbia NDP Leader David Eby is in his first election campaign as party leader and is looking to capture the NDP's second consecut...
Sep 21, 2024
A look at John Rustad, leader of the Conservative Party of British Columbia
VICTORIA - A look at John Rustad, leader of the Conservative Party of British Columbia. Conservative Party of B.C. Leader John Rustad has been on a political journey over the past two years, which inc...
Sep 21, 2024
Eby 'impatient' to resolve B.C.'s hard issues of housing, opioids, affordability
David Eby thumbs through a stack of vinyl records at Zulu Records located in his Vancouver-Point Grey riding and says he's reminded of his younger days working at a Sam The Record Man store over the C...
Sep 21, 2024
A look at Sonia Furstenau, leader of the Green Party of British Columbia
VICTORIA - British Columbia Green Leader Sonia Furstenau is running in the Victoria-Beacon Hill riding in the Oct. 19 election, returning to the capital after representing the Cowichan Valley riding s...
Sep 21, 2024
John Rustad, political cast off to potential B.C. premier: 'remarkable,' he says
VICTORIA - British Columbia Conservative Party Leader John Rustad was at a low point in his life two years ago, both personally and politically. He was searching for a political home after being boote...
Sep 21, 2024
B.C. election campaign officially starts; Eby campaign bus on road
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia election campaign is set to officially start today, with Lt.-Gov. Janet Austin issuing the writ for the Oct. 19 vote. The date, however, didn't deter political leaders...
Sep 21, 2024
Greens reject acrimony, setting them apart from other B.C. parties: Furstenau
The leader of British Columbia's Green Party faces an uphill battle one month before the provincial election as she faces off against an incumbent cabinet minister in a Victoria riding that's long bee...
Sep 21, 2024
