Horgan, NDP head for majority in B.C. election results

Record number of mail-in ballots may shift results

by Tom Fletcher
updated 13 mins ago

NDP Leader John Horgan elbow bumps NDP candidate Coquitlam-Burke Mountain candidate Fin Donnelly following a seniors round table in Coquitlam, B.C., Tuesday, October 20, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward

Horgan trounces challengers to be re-elected in his Vancouver Island riding

John Horgan has been re-elected the MLA for Langford-Juan de Fuca. (File-Black Press)

MLA has represented constituency of Langford-Juan de Fuca and its predecessors since 2005

by Sooke News Staff
46 mins ago

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An Elections BC sign directs voters to the advance polling station at the Smithers Curling Club Oct. 15, 2020. (Thom Barker photo)

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Chastity Davis-Alphonse took the time to vote on Oct. 21. B.C’s general Election Day is Saturday, Oct. 24. (Chastity Davis-Alphonse Facebook photo)

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Green party Leader Sonia Furstenau arrives to announce her party’s election platform in New Westminster, B.C., on October 14, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward

B.C. Green party says it’s raised nearly $835,000 in 38 days

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U.S. border officers at the Peace Arch crossing arrested two men on California warrants this week. (File photo)

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Four candidates are vying to be MLA

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and Brennan Phillips

updated 58 mins ago

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B.C. Liberal leader Andrew Wilkinson, B.C. NDP leader John Horgan and B.C. Greens leader Sonia Furstenau. (Black Press Media)

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Abbotsford’s Jake Virtanen, Vancouver Canucks agree to two-year deal

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