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BC Election 2020 News

Official results of Saturday's provincial election not expected until mid-November

Official results of Saturday's provincial election not expected until mid-November

BC Oct 24, 2020 / 6:00 pm

The unprecedented volume of mail-in ballot requests and the need for election integrity means it will be at least three weeks before Elections BC is able to...

Polling-station workers await voters after many cast early ballots during pandemic

Polling-station workers await voters after many cast early ballots during pandemic

BC Oct 24, 2020 / 3:27 pm

Poll-station workers hoping to connect with the public in one British Columbia riding sat idle in a big empty room with no one coming in to cast their ballots...

BC election: what you need to know when you go to vote

BC election: what you need to know when you go to vote

BC Oct 24, 2020 / 8:21 am

Today is general voting day for British Columbia’s provincial election. Here’s what you need to know to cast your ballot. Who can vote: Anyone 18 or...

Voters head to polling stations in snap election called during pandemic

Voters head to polling stations in snap election called during pandemic

BC Oct 24, 2020 / 7:27 am

Voters in British Columbia cast ballots today in an election campaign that was largely defined by the COVID-19 pandemic. NDP Leader John Horgan called the snap...

Elections BC aiming for Nov. 16 to return final results

Elections BC aiming for Nov. 16 to return final results

BC Oct 24, 2020 / 7:21 am

Officials with Elections BC say they hope to deliver the final results of Saturday's election by Nov. 16, but the date is not set in stone since it's...

Boundary-Similkameen candidates speak on health care issues

Boundary-Similkameen candidates speak on health care issues

Boundary-Similkameen Oct 24, 2020 / 4:00 am

Boundary-Similkameen Candidates answered questions about healthcare on Tuesday night from Princeton’s Support Our Health Care (SOHC) organization, a group...

B.C. snap election coloured by pandemic recovery, candidate gaffes

B.C. snap election coloured by pandemic recovery, candidate gaffes

BC Oct 23, 2020 / 3:15 pm

Voters go to the polls Saturday to determine who will lead British Columbia through the COVID-19 pandemic and recovery, marking the end of a campaign unlike any...

How B.C. election results may play out after an uncertain Saturday

How B.C. election results may play out after an uncertain Saturday

BC Oct 23, 2020 / 1:04 pm

While the B.C. election horserace is set to conclude Saturday (October 24), officials are cautioning patience to voters usually accustomed to relatively quick...

One day until B.C. voters go to the polls in snap election defined by pandemic

One day until B.C. voters go to the polls in snap election defined by pandemic

BC Oct 23, 2020 / 12:42 pm

NDP Leader John Horgan made a final push for votes Friday in a British Columbia election he called critically important and unprecedented. Horgan was in New...

B.C. political leaders campaign for votes on last day before election

B.C. political leaders campaign for votes on last day before election

BC Oct 23, 2020 / 6:28 am

The B.C. election campaign is in its last day with the main opponents to the NDP sounding a familiar refrain in their final pitch for votes. Both the B.C....

Vernon-Monashee candidates asked: Do you perceive integrity/ethics as a problem in politics today?

Vernon-Monashee candidates asked: Do you perceive integrity/ethics as a problem in politics today?

Vernon Oct 23, 2020 / 4:00 am

Castanet put the provincial election candidates in Vernon-Monashee on the hot seat with a series of questions on issues of importance. The topics were selected...

Opinion: Andrew Weaver got his best stranglin' gloves on to murder the BC Green Party

Opinion: Andrew Weaver got his best stranglin' gloves on to murder the BC Green Party

Opinion Oct 22, 2020 / 3:00 pm

A somewhat confounding video was posted to social media by premier John Horgan's election team on Oct. 15. It shows him speaking to former BC Greens leader,...

More than 94,000 voters in the Southern Interior have cast ballots in advance polls

More than 94,000 voters in the Southern Interior have cast ballots in advance polls

Southern Interior Oct 22, 2020 / 11:15 am

Nearly a quarter of all eligible voters across nine ridings in the Southern Interior took advantage of seven days of advance polls leading up to Saturday's...

Half the ballots in Saturday's provincial election may already have been cast

Half the ballots in Saturday's provincial election may already have been cast

BC Oct 22, 2020 / 11:04 am

B.C.’s election day is on Saturday, but half the ballots may have been cast already. Nearly 800,000 ballots had been received by Elections B.C. as of late...

B.C. NDP takes snap election risk during pandemic in quest for majority

B.C. NDP takes snap election risk during pandemic in quest for majority

BC Oct 22, 2020 / 6:56 am

British Columbia's New Democrats took a risk calling a snap election during a global pandemic to pursue a majority government, creating a major campaign...

Highlights of major parties' platforms in B.C. election

Highlights of major parties' platforms in B.C. election

BC Oct 22, 2020 / 6:53 am

Here are highlights of the platforms of the three main parties in the B.C. election: BC NDP — Families with an annual household income under $125,000...

B.C. Green leader hopes voters see value in minority government

B.C. Green leader hopes voters see value in minority government

BC Oct 22, 2020 / 6:47 am

The leader of the B.C. Green party is betting on a legislature in which one party doesn't hold all the power in the final days of a snap election campaign...

B.C. Liberal Leader maintains confidence as campaign tests party identity

B.C. Liberal Leader maintains confidence as campaign tests party identity

BC Oct 22, 2020 / 6:45 am

B.C. Liberal Leader Andrew Wilkinson says he's feeling confident and optimistic as British Columbia's provincial election campaign enters its final...

Venon-Monashee candidates asked: Where do you stand on pipelines and resource investment in B.C?

Venon-Monashee candidates asked: Where do you stand on pipelines and resource investment in B.C?

Vernon Oct 22, 2020 / 4:00 am

Castanet put the provincial election candidates in Vernon-Monashee on the hot seat with a series of questions on issues of importance. The topics were selected...

Former Oliver RDOS board member backs Liberal would-be MLA Veintimilla

Former Oliver RDOS board member backs Liberal would-be MLA Veintimilla

Oliver Oct 21, 2020 / 8:00 pm

Liberal MLA candidate Petra Veintimilla for Boundary Similkameen has picked up a new endorsement. Ex Chairman and Director of the Regional District of Okanagan...

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