Vicki Huntington is the first Independent candidate to win a BC riding in 60 years. "Independent candidate Vicki Huntington has defeated high-profile B.C. Liberal cabinet minister Wally Oppal in the riding of Delta South in one of two provincial election recounts concluded on...
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British Columbia Political Leader Gordon Campbell has won his third straight election in British Columbia. With 95 % of the polls reporting by midnight PST, the Liberals were leading in 45 riding and...
"The premier had several meetings in his office with Dennis Skulsky, a senior Canwest executive, during the first Liberal term in office. And in recent years, the B.C. government has poured a lot of advertising...
opinion by mtippett | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 155 views | 14 recommendations | 1 comment
While all the other party leaders are signing up for debates with their opponents Premier Campbell has other plans. "And what about B.C. Liberal premier Gordon Campbell? “Campbell is still refusing to debate,”...
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John van Dongen has resigned from his post as BC's Solicitor General after it was revealed that he had lost his driver's licence due to speeding tickets. Van Dongen will continue to run for re-election in the...
Wilf Hanni is the leader of the upstart BC Conservative Party (no relation to the federal party). The BC Tories have been in the press lately. After some internal troubles last year, Hanni has revitalized the party and is aiming to take a seat, and possibly hold...
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British Columbia's Liberals won a second straight majority government Tuesday, but unlike an almost clean sweep in 2001, Premier Gordon Campbell was battling a re-energized NDP.
In early results, the Liberals...
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VANCOUVER (CP) - In an election campaign where British Columbia's major parties promise the same thing, to stay the course, experts say many voters will choose not between ideas, but personalities.
"Will it...
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