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If you want a barometer for if the NDP collapse in Surrey was a fluke or a structural realignment, keep an eye on Surrey City Centre.
ABC has been running a pretty aggressive attack ad campaign against Pete Fry — notably by associating him with Sean Orr
In a riding like this, healthcare and urban disorder are top of mind, but so is the environment.
Government can tax prosperity and redistribute prosperity, but somebody has to create it first.
Encompassing much of Vancouver’s leafy west side and home to the city’s old money elite, what was once an ironclad safe seat for the right may be truly competitive this time around.
The real battleground will be east of Gordon Drive along Harvey Avenue in Glenmore and midtown among middle-class suburbanites that went for Carney but are more reticent to back the provincial New Democrats.
Underfunding a public service doesn't abolish a tax; it swaps a visible, predictable tax for a hidden one that is usually larger, and that falls hardest on those who can least avoid it.
In 2024, BC NDP incumbent Garry Begg squeaked back into office with a margin of just 22 votes.
The race to nominate candidates may be over, but the most chaotic election in recent provincial history has only just begun.
Of course we should stand up to outside bullying, but the best way to do that is to ensure British Columbians are given every opportunity to succeed at home.
British Columbians will now spend the next month hearing arguments about threats from outside their borders. They are equally entitled to answers about decisions being made inside them.
Eby may well regret his bet on this occasion. We’ll know in a few weeks if egg meets face.
For Eby, Trump is not just the issue, but the template through which he wants voters to see his opponents.
Vancouver’s approved 2027–30 capital plan contains no construction funding for suicide-prevention barriers on the bridge.
Vancouver needs a team of leaders capable of putting aside partisan reflexes, personal ambition and ideological theatre in favour of competence, accountability and measurable results.
Oil and gas workers and the thousands of people who work alongside them have much to celebrate this Labour Day.
The best way to honour Canadian workers is not only to thank them once a year. It is to build an economy that rewards their skills with family supporting wages.
When three out of four taxpayers are telling Ottawa to back off, the best move is to leave the tax where it is.
The Legion’s next hundred years will depend on whether Canadians choose to see it not merely as a relic of the past, but as a living institution with a role to play in the future.
The BC Conservatives are facing more than a caucus crisis. Geoff Russ argues Apollo Chung’s firing, a wave of MLA departures and mounting controversy have put the party’s relationship with its grassroots supporters and donors at risk.
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