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BCOct 23, 2020

B.C. political leaders campaigning on the last day before voting

Candidates have just hours left to woo undecided voters as BC goes to the polls tomorrow, wrapping up a 28 day campaign. NDP Leader John Horgan started his day in New Westminster in the battleground riding of Richmond-Queensborough. Liberal Leader Andrew Wilkinson visits ridings from North Vancouver to Maple Ridge today before concluding his bid for the premier's chair with a rally late this afternoon in Surrey. Green Leader Sonia Furstenau spends the last day of the campaign in her home riding on Vancouver Island, greeting voters and hold a news conference in Duncan.
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BCOct 23, 2020

One day until B.C. voters go to the polls in snap election defined by pandemic

Voters in British Columbia go to the polls on Saturday in a snap election that has seen the Greens singing the praises of minority governments, the NDP asking for the stability of a majority and the BC Liberals accusing the New Democrats of playing politics with COVID-19.NDP Leader John Horgan's decision to call an election, more than a year ahead of schedule and during a pandemic, became a campaign issue right from the start.Horgan says he pulled the plug on his minority government because he is seeking the certainty of a majority during uncertain times, but he spent much of the campaign fen
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BCOct 23, 2020

B.C.'s COVID-19 numbers break record for second consecutive day

BC has seen another big jump in COVID-19 cases with another record for a second straight day. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry is reporting 274 new cases, up from the 203 reported yesterday. Dr. Henry says much of the recent surge in cases is due to social gatherings such as weddings and funerals and recommends people revise plans to small gatherings only. She warns additional measures will be put in place if necessary to break what she describes as ``large transmission events.''
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BCOct 23, 2020

Opposition leaders attack NDP leader John Horgan's snap election call amid a record number of COVID-19 cases

Leaders of British Columbia's three main parties are in the home stretch of the election campaign, with only today and tomorrow left to woo votes. NDP Leader John Horgan says his party has committed the most money for health care and that will help navigate the response to the second wave of COVID-19. The leader of British Columbia's N-D-P is firing back after Green party Leader Sonia Furstenau called Saturday's election ``unsafe'' in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. John Horgan says he listened to the province's top doctor as well as officials with Elections B-C, who told him an election
BCOct 22, 2020

Suspect charged in stabbing death of B.C. woman and aggravated assault of child, man

Multiple charges have been laid against a suspect after the stabbing death of a woman and injuries suffered by a two-year-old child and a man at a home in Surrey, B.C. The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says the suspect was arrested on Tuesday evening after police responded to a report of stabbings at a townhouse unit. RCMP officers found three people with stab wounds of varying severity, but Baljit Kaur died of her injuries. Staff Sgt. Frank Jang says the stabbings occurred after a verbal altercation involving family members. The integrated team took over the investigation and says i
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BCOct 22, 2020

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

British Columbia's political leaders are back on the campaign trail with just two days to appeal to voters ahead of the election on Saturday. Green party Leader Sonia Furstenau talked about food security in Roberts Creek before taking her campaign back to her riding on Vancouver Island. The Green party says in a release it has raised nearly $835,000 since Furstenau became leader a week before the snap election was called last month. It says the amount shatters fundraising results from the last election, which saw the party raise a similar amount over five months between January and May.
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BCOct 22, 2020

B.C. sets new daily case record; two more people have died from COVID-19

British Columbia health officials are reporting the highest-ever daily number of new COVID-19 infections at 203. In a statement Wednesday, provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says there are now 1,766 active cases in B.C., including 70 people in hospital. Two more people have died from COVID-19, bringing the death toll to 256. An outbreak has been declared at the Sandy Cove French-language school in Kelowna, where three people have tested positive. Dr. Henry says an additional 160 people have been told to self-isolate and monitor themselves for symptoms for two weeks. Cases have also be
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BCOct 22, 2020

John Horgan campaigns in ridings traditionally held by the B.C. Liberals; Furstenau says her party has momentum heading into elections

New Democrat Leader John Horgan is campaigning in ridings traditionally held by the B.C. Liberals in the waning days of the provincial election. Horgan says people are seeing the NDP differently after the past 3 1/2 years in government because the party has shown it can balance the books and spur economic growth. Horgan was campaigning in Langley and was later scheduled to visit Abbotsford, areas where the Liberals have done well in the past. The NDP has also made a push in Green Leader Sonia Furstenau's Cowichan Valley riding, where federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh recently visited. Gre
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BCOct 21, 2020

BC College of Family Physicians issues report card for political parties; highest marks to NDP

The BC College of Family Physicians has issued its report card on the election platforms of the province's three main political parties, and it gives the highest marks to New Democrat proposals. The NDP, Liberal and Green platforms could receive a maximum of 10 points on each of four issues, access to a family doctor, Indigenous health, pandemic readiness and the overdose crisis. Liberals scored six out of ten on all four questions, the Greens received a perfect ten on proposals to handle the overdose crisis, eight for access to a family doctor and Indigenous health but only two out of 10 for

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