BC Votes 2017

ELECTION 2017: Oil pipeline politics

ELECTION 2017: Oil pipeline politics

Former NDP leader Adrian Dix’s opposition to the project was a turning point in the 2013 election

ELECTION 2017: Oil pipeline politics
ELECTION 2017: Parties look to change B.C.’s ferry system

ELECTION 2017: Parties look to change B.C.’s ferry system

Tax breaks, freezing fares or ‘wholesale change’ on the table for BC Ferries

ELECTION 2017: Parties look to change B.C.’s ferry system
We don’t care who you vote for – you can even cast a blank or spoiled ballot in protest – just make sure you have your voice heard by the time the polls close on Tuesday.

OUR VIEW: No excuses – just get out there and vote

We don’t care who you vote for – just make sure you have your voice heard.

  • May 5, 2017
We don’t care who you vote for – you can even cast a blank or spoiled ballot in protest – just make sure you have your voice heard by the time the polls close on Tuesday.
The mayors’ council wants a B.C. government that will tackle Metro Vancouver’s transportation. (Katya Slepian/Black Press)

ELECTION 2017: Parties promise to tackle Metro Vancouver transit woes

All three B.C. provincial parties have pledged to fund the region’s transit

The mayors’ council wants a B.C. government that will tackle Metro Vancouver’s transportation. (Katya Slepian/Black Press)
NDP leader John Horgan joins Fraser-Nicola candidate Harry Lali (left) at the site of the shut-down Tolko sawmill in Merritt. (B.C. NDP)

U.S. lumber retaliation ‘irresponsible,’ NDP leader John Horgan says

Christy Clark threatens carbon levy on U.S. thermal coal exports

NDP leader John Horgan joins Fraser-Nicola candidate Harry Lali (left) at the site of the shut-down Tolko sawmill in Merritt. (B.C. NDP)
Advanced polling underway Wednesday to Saturday

Advanced polling underway Wednesday to Saturday

More than 230,000 British Columbians have already voted

Advanced polling underway Wednesday to Saturday
ELECTION 2017: Who wants to raise your taxes?

ELECTION 2017: Who wants to raise your taxes?

Parties make pledges on carbon tax, personal income tax and more.

ELECTION 2017: Who wants to raise your taxes?
Deltaport coal shipping facilities at Tsawwassen, where U.S. thermal coal is shipped to Asia as well as metallurgical coal from B.C. mines. (Port Metro Vancouver)

Christy Clark vows heavy levy on U.S., Alberta, Saskatchewan coal

$70 carbon levy would make thermal coal exports non-viable

Deltaport coal shipping facilities at Tsawwassen, where U.S. thermal coal is shipped to Asia as well as metallurgical coal from B.C. mines. (Port Metro Vancouver)
NDP leader John Horgan operates a lift at an announcement in Maple Ridge to promote trades training. (B.C. NDP)

ELECTION 2017: Trash talk doesn’t help lumber trade

Christy Clark, John Horgan trade nonsense allegations on softwood battle

NDP leader John Horgan operates a lift at an announcement in Maple Ridge to promote trades training. (B.C. NDP)
ELECTION 2017: Medical premiums and promises

ELECTION 2017: Medical premiums and promises

MSP is not only a tax, it’s a payroll tax for nearly half of those subject to it

ELECTION 2017: Medical premiums and promises
Advance voting starts Saturday

Advance voting starts Saturday

There will be six days of advance voting prior to B.C.’s general election day on May 9

Advance voting starts Saturday
ELECTION 2017: Parties try to get a grip on B.C.’s overdose deaths

ELECTION 2017: Parties try to get a grip on B.C.’s overdose deaths

The Greens pledge big funding, B.C. NDP wants a new ministry and B.C. Liberals commit to more beds

ELECTION 2017: Parties try to get a grip on B.C.’s overdose deaths
ELECTION 2017: Parties debate child care

ELECTION 2017: Parties debate child care

B.C. NDP and Green Party look to subsidize daycare costs while the B.C. Liberals aim to add spaces

ELECTION 2017: Parties debate child care
NDP leader John Horgan aggressively interrupts B.C. Liberal leader Christy Clark in their first broadcast debate April 20. (News 1130)

FLETCHER: ‘Hulk Horgan’ hides health hole

John Horgan’s Irish bully routine avoids key NDP questions

NDP leader John Horgan aggressively interrupts B.C. Liberal leader Christy Clark in their first broadcast debate April 20. (News 1130)
NDP candidate Bruce Ralston has been re-elected in the Surrey-Whalley riding. (file photo)

ELECTION 2017: In Surrey-Whalley, Ralston is re-elected once again (VIDEO)

Voters of the riding usually elect a New Democratic Party MLA

  • Apr 25, 2017
NDP candidate Bruce Ralston has been re-elected in the Surrey-Whalley riding. (file photo)
NDP candidate Garry Begg has won in the riding of Surrey-Guildford. (file photo)

ELECTION 2017: In Surrey-Guildford, ‘a new sheriff in town’ as retired Surrey RCMP inspector Begg wins for NDP (VIDEO)

Surrey-Guildford was a new kid on the block heading into the general election

  • Apr 24, 2017
NDP candidate Garry Begg has won in the riding of Surrey-Guildford. (file photo)
Premier Christy Clark presents the BC Liberal election platform at at Mobify, a Vancouver online marketing company, April 10. (BC Liberal Party)

BC Liberals are bold as brass

Christy Clark runs on economic record

Premier Christy Clark presents the BC Liberal election platform at at Mobify, a Vancouver online marketing company, April 10. (BC Liberal Party)
(File photo)

ELECTION 2017: Parties square off on schools

No matter who wins, B.C.’s schools will see an influx of education funding after May 9

(File photo)
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