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BC Election 2020 News

Green Leader Furstenau says party aims to run 87 candidates in election

Green Leader Furstenau says party aims to run 87 candidates in election

BC Sep 27, 2020 / 7:14 pm

Green Leader Sonia Furstenau says the party is working overtime to field a full slate of candidates in the Oct. 24 British Columbia election, but may fall...

BC Liberals leader Andrew Wilkinson speaks from Vancouver

BC Liberals leader Andrew Wilkinson speaks from Vancouver

BC Sep 26, 2020 / 1:15 pm

BC Liberals leader Andrew Wilkinson speaks from Vancouver on healthcare in British Columbia.

Horgan focuses on healthcare in northwest B.C. campaign stops

Horgan focuses on healthcare in northwest B.C. campaign stops

Terrace Sep 26, 2020 / 1:10 pm

New Democrat Leader John Horgan promised to complete a long-awaited hospital expansion and replacement project during a campaign stop in northwest British...

BC Greens set to announce candidate for Kamloops-South Thompson

BC Greens set to announce candidate for Kamloops-South Thompson

Kamloops Sep 26, 2020 / 12:45 pm

UPDATE: 12:45 p.m. Kamloops' Dan Hines announced Saturday he will be running in the Kamloops-South Thompson riding for the BC Green Party. Hines, a third...

Liberal Leader Wilkinson hasn't spoken to a homeless advocate in the past month

Liberal Leader Wilkinson hasn't spoken to a homeless advocate in the past month

BC Sep 25, 2020 / 12:32 pm

Liberal Leader Andrew Wilkinson says community safety has declined as a result of the NDP's housing and mental health and addictions strategies. At a...

Liberals pledge to end speculation tax, target pre-built condo flipping

Liberals pledge to end speculation tax, target pre-built condo flipping

BC Sep 25, 2020 / 11:28 am

The BC Liberal Party is recommitting to ending B.C.’s current speculation tax, pledging to instead target the resale of pre-built condominiums. ...

Snap election in B.C. puts spotlight on party nomination contests

Snap election in B.C. puts spotlight on party nomination contests

BC Sep 25, 2020 / 10:55 am

The NDP's announcement that former MP Nathan Cullen is a candidate in the B.C. election has stirred controversy and put the nomination processes used by all...

New Democrat, Green alliance fractures on the B.C. election campaign trail

New Democrat, Green alliance fractures on the B.C. election campaign trail

BC Sep 25, 2020 / 6:52 am

The gap between the NDP and its former Green allies widened Thursday, as the focus of their campaigns shifted from the necessity of a snap election to child...

TRU students holding election forum

TRU students holding election forum

Kamloops Sep 24, 2020 / 7:00 pm

Thompson Rivers University social work students are joining with the regional branch of the BC Association of Social Workers to host a political forum in...

Research Co. and Glacier Media poll has NDP ahead of BC Liberals by 7 points

Research Co. and Glacier Media poll has NDP ahead of BC Liberals by 7 points

BC Sep 24, 2020 / 11:02 am

A Research Co. and Glacier Media poll has the BC NDP ahead of the BC Liberals by seven points as the provincial election campaign gets underway. The incumbent...

Wilkinson bashes NDP response to homeless during pandemic

Wilkinson bashes NDP response to homeless during pandemic

BC Sep 24, 2020 / 10:17 am

BC Liberal Leader Andrew Wilkinson blasted the NDP Wednesday for “warehousing” people without homes during the COVID-19 pandemic. After delivering a...

BC Ecosocialists leader resigns after transphobic comments

BC Ecosocialists leader resigns after transphobic comments

BC Sep 24, 2020 / 9:56 am

The leader of a new, left-of-centre B.C. political party has been forced to resign after a Coquitlam transgender activist, YouTube personality and candidate for...

Horgan, Furstenau set to deliver speeches at UBCM convention today

Horgan, Furstenau set to deliver speeches at UBCM convention today

Victoria Sep 24, 2020 / 7:08 am

Two party leaders are set to deliver speeches today at the Union of British Columbia Municipalities convention during the provincial election campaign. The...

B.C. premier says he needs stability to face 'grave' challenges province faces

B.C. premier says he needs stability to face 'grave' challenges province faces

BC Sep 24, 2020 / 6:56 am

British Columbia needs a government with a majority mandate to face the province's health and economic challenges during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, NDP...

NDP calls election, but have no official candidates for most of Thompson-Okanagan

NDP calls election, but have no official candidates for most of Thompson-Okanagan

Thompson-Okanagan Sep 23, 2020 / 4:00 am

With the provincial election just over a month away, campaigning and preparations are ramping up in the days leading up to election day. But there is one...

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