BC Politics

• Five former B.C. Conservative MLAs form new provincial party

  Five former B.C. Conservative MLAs are forming a new provincial party they say will offer voters an alternative to both the governing NDP and the Conservatives.

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  Sep 4
  
• Findlay’s chief of staff resigns as two more MLAs quit B.C. Conservative caucus

  Minutes after McInnes issued a statement saying he would sit as an Independent in Columbia River-Revelstoke, Findlay announced her chief of staff, Chris Delaney, had resigned.

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  Sep 2
  
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• Two more B.C. Conservatives quit caucus citing ‘Alberta separatist’ hirings by Findlay

  'I remain a conservative. My principles have not changed,' MLA Donegal Wilson said. 'What has changed is my confidence in Kerry-Lynne Findlay’s leadership.'

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  Sep 2
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• B.C. government confirms gas revenue forecast errors worth $1.46B

  Energy Minister Adrian Dix said the most significant error, a 44-cent overstatement in the forecasted per-gigajoule price of natural gas this fiscal year, was a "serious mistake."

  Economy

  Sep 2
• B.C. Conservative caucus is down to 30. Here’s how it lost 14 members

  The party's caucus has been thinned to 30, amid differences over its ideology, and questions about its direction under both its former leader and new leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay

  Politics

  Aug 31
• Has rise of the right primed B.C. politics for a party that breaks the binary?

  Political allegiances are being redrawn, with a series of departures from both flanks of the Opposition and MLA Amelia Boultbee switching sides entirely to join the NDP.

  Politics

  Jul 24
• B.C. port flagged for federal fast track, but security concerns have lasted years

  The proposed new three-berth terminal would increase the port's container capacity by 50 per cent, potentially contributing $3 billion to Canada's GDP each year.

  Politics

  Jul 21
• Okanagan Falls to be incorporated as B.C.’s newest municipality in November

  The B.C. government says Okanagan Falls residents will vote for a mayor and four councillors in the October local elections before becoming a municipality in November.

  Politics

  Jun 24
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• BC Conservatives have narrow lead over BC NDP, new poll finds

  Leger's latest B.C. Pulse Check shows the BC Conservatives lead with 45 per cent of decided voters, followed by the BC NDP at 41 per cent and the BC Greens at 8 per cent.

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  Jun 5
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• B.C. Indigenous relations face ‘fraught context’ but treaty commissioner undeterred

  Relations between the British Columbia government and First Nations plunged this year as Premier David Eby grappled with how or whether to amend DRIPA, which he once championed.

  Canada

  May 27