As many of you are probably already aware, Michele Babchuk has set aside her role as Chair of the Strathcona Regional District board to become the NDP candidate for North Island.
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Election 2020: Stability? Or politics at its worst?
National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
B.C. Premier John Horgan called a snap fall election on Monday, a move widely determined to be taking a bet he can gain a majority government despite the risk it could alienate voters by taking them to the polls during the pandemic.
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Election 2020: Horgan calls snap election
National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
B.C. Premier John Horgan confirmed the rumours and called a snap election this fall, even as the number of COVID-19 cases in the province is on the rise.
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Election 2020: Grand Chief Stewart Phillip calls snap election a demonstration of strong leadership
By Dale Boyd, Times Chronicle, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Grand Chief Stewart Phillip, president of the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs, is supporting the snap election called by Premier John Horgan and the NDP Monday calling it a “demonstration of strong leadership.”
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BC should take steps to DECRIMINALIZE illicit drug use
National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The B.C. government should take its own steps to decriminalize illicit drug use to help stem surging overdose deaths instead of calling on the federal government to do it, say disillusioned advocates.
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