B.C. News

Vancouver International Airport faced the coldest Oct. 25th it's had 101 years

VICTORIA — Voter turnout in the British Columbia election dropped to just 52.4 per cent, the lowest participation rate in more than 90 years. Statistics from Elections BC going back to 1928 show the second lowest voter turnout was 55.

SURREY, B.C. — Fraser Health has confirmed outbreaks of COVID-19 at two more assisted-living or long-term care homes in the hard-hit region. The health authority says in a statement individual staff members at Amenida Seniors' Community in Surrey, B.

ARMSTRONG, B.C. — A man is dead and a woman is hurt after their vehicle crashed as police tried to pull it over, just north of Vernon, B.C.

It was the first time the province held an election during a pandemic, the first time an NDP premier was re-elected and the first time the NDP won a riding in Langley.

Shortly after 5:00 on Sunday, BC Liberal leader Andrew Wilkinson conceded the 2020 B.C. election in a tweet. “I’ve just got off the phone with John Horgan and congratulated him on his win. The people of B.C.

British Columbia’s COVID-19 election was one for the history books. It was the first time the province held an election during a pandemic, the first time an NDP premier was re-elected and the first time the NDP won a riding in Langley.

The BC NDP will "wait for the counting of the final ballots," said Horgan in a press conference Sunday morning.

Seven of nine ridings in Surrey went to the NDP, which seems poised to win a majority government after Saturday’s general provincial election

After the BC NDP majority government victory last night, NDP Leader John Horgan said he was going to wait for the final counting before asking Lieutenant Governor Janet Austin to form government.