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Harper promotes oil sands and Keystone XL in New York

Canadian Prime Minister, Premiers and federal ministers on intensive global road trip to promote Alberta crude. Environmentalists and climate change scientists worried.

BC Liberal supporters celebrate as party wins unexpected majority

Loyal BC Liberal supporters gathered at the Sheraton Wall Centre in Vancouver on Tuesday night and watched as election results trickled in — starting off strong for the Liberals. Supporters were...

David Eby takes over Christy Clark's seat, credits environmental goals and local focus

Christy Clark won the provincial election for her Liberal party, but she didn’t win her own seat. The NDP's David Eby, 37, defeated her in Vancouver-Point Grey by a margin of 785 votes, a wide enough...

BC provincial election: the cool kids have voted early

Hipster election: you've probably never heard of it.

Getting on the bus with pro-lifers and "March for Life" at BC's Parliament

“We've got room on the bus if you want a ride," the spokesperson for Abbotsford Right to Life said.

Indie-rocker and BC Conservative Duane Nickull challenges Premier Christy Clark in Point Grey

With platinum blond hair and pierced ears, environmentalist and software developer Duane Nickull doesn’t look remotely like your typical Conservative.

BC Provincial election debate at Magee Secondary School: All tomorrow's voters

A bunch of high-school kids know more about the upcoming election than you do.

Door to door with David Eby: There's a Provincial election coming up?

Why vote in a Provincial election? I put the question to David Eby: Why the hell should anyone care about May 14?

Vancouver-Point Grey candidates debate goes on without Christy Clark

The stage was packed with seven candidates at the Vancouver-Point Grey town hall -- but the riding’s incumbent, Premier Christy Clark, was not among them. Andrew Wilkinson, a lawyer and licensed...

At Board of Change debate, four BC pols ruminate on how to keep public happy

There were four "old white men" on stage, moderator Robb Lucy said, apologetically.  "Five!" corrected a heckler, to a joking glare from Lucy. Their banter set the tone for an evening of comedic...

Justin Trudeau and Liberal Party take heat for defeating FIPA motion

Disillusioned critics of the China-Canada FIPA deal took to social media to lash out against the Liberal Party and its leader, Justin Trudeau, for voting against the motion to stop it.

BC election live blog: David Eby and Christy Clark neck and neck

10:07: Cheering at Eby headquarters, according to Vancouver Courier reporter Mike Howell on twitter, as results apparently show Eby ahead of Clark by 300 votes.  What will happen to Comeback Kid...

BC Liberals win election, while Clark and Eby wrestle for victory

Proving pollsters wrong, BC Liberals defeated the NDP tonight and won their fourth majority government in a row, despite the fact Premier Christy Clark lost the race in her own riding to NDP...