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B.C. election: A look at the main party promises as advance voting begins

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With advance voting underway in B.C.'s provincial election, the major parties are offering competing plans on affordability, health care, housing and the economy.

B.C. Conservatives pledge $400M to buy water bombers in wildfire plan

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B.C.’s three major party leaders pitched plans Friday targeting wildfire response, grocery affordability and artificial intelligence regulation.

B.C. parties race to file candidates as nomination deadline looms

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British Columbia’s major parties are close to a full slate of candidates in B.C.’s 93 electoral districts, a day before the nomination deadline.

Former B.C. Green leader Andrew Weaver running as CentreBC candidate in fall election

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Andrew Weaver is running as a CentreBC candidate in Oak Bay-Gordon Head, the same Victoria-area riding he previously represented as a B.C. Green MLA.

A fourth B.C. NDP cabinet minister says she won’t seek re-election this fall

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Former finance minister Brenda Bailey said Wednesday she will not seek re-election this fall, becoming the fourth cabinet minister to announce they are not running since Premier David Eby called a snap election Tuesday.

BC Green leader running in Saanich North and the Islands in Oct. 24 election

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B.C. Green Leader Emily Lowan said Wednesday she is running in Saanich North and the Islands in this fall’s provincial election, after incumbent MLA Rob Botterell announced he will not seek re-election in the riding.

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Four soldiers identified after deadly fire at CFB Wainwright

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Four people are confirmed dead and 39 others are in hospital following a fire at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright, with at least 19 of the injured in critical condition.

Deaths, injuries confirmed at CFB Wainwright as military notifies families

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Several people have died and many others have been injured at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright, the Canadian Armed Forces confirmed in a statement dated Oct. 18.

Oxford English Dictionary adds ‘elbows up,’ and other popular Canadianisms

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My word, a Canadian’s use of the English language is bedazzled with meaning, context, and historical significance.

OPP officer killed near Hearst, Ont

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A 29-year-old OPP officer has been killed on duty in a rural area near Hearst. 

B.C. leaders pause politics to honour victims of Tumbler Ridge shooting

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Flags at the B.C. legislature flew at half-mast Thursday as leaders mourned eight people killed in a mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge.
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