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David Eby during the BC NDP's press conference on Oct. 2, 2026, announcing their platform promise to lower grocery prices. (BC NDP)
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BC NDP falls short of full candidate slate for snap provincial election it called

Highly unusual for a governing party that called a snap election.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Oct 4, 2026
SkyTrain's Lougheed Town Centre Station. (Kenneth Chan)
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SkyTrain begins five months of overnight tests for its new driverless train 'brain'

Preparing to switch SkyTrain to a new brain and nerve centre.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Oct 4, 2026
Vaisakhi Parade in Surrey. (ProPics Canada Media Ltd./Shutterstock)
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BC NDP chooses Surrey for South Asian museum location, instead of Vancouver

An agreement between the B.C. and municipal governments.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Oct 3, 2026
Victoria Inner Harbour. (Gagliardi Photography/Shutterstock)
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B.C.'s capital city and Saanich holding amalgamation plebiscite during civic election

"Do you support Saanich and Victoria becoming one municipality?"

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Oct 3, 2026
Giant spiders at Yaletown's Helmcken Plaza, as seen on Oct. 1, 2026. (Kenneth Chan)
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Giant hairy spiders turn Yaletown plaza into an arachnophobe's nightmare

Don't look up.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Oct 3, 2026
Long snaking line at the Thunderbird Community Centre polling station for the Vancouver City Council by-election on April 5, 2025. (Kenneth Chan)
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Advance voting in Vancouver elections opens Saturday, mail-ballot requests jump 70%

And so it begins.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Oct 3, 2026
Map of City of Vancouver's voting locations for the October 2026 civic election during advance voting days and civic election day. (City of Vancouver)
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How to vote in Vancouver's October 2026 municipal election and plebiscites

Everything you need to know on how to vote.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Oct 3, 2026
Brenda Locke during Surrey Connect's full platform press conference on Oct. 1, 2026. (Surrey Connect)
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Brenda Locke's Surrey Connect outlines $1.5 billion in projects, tax hikes at inflation

City land would be offered for a new women's and children's hospital.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Oct 2, 2026
Before/after of the cluster of October 2026 municipal and provincial election signs at the southwest corner of the intersection of 72 Avenue and 132 Street in Surrey. (Safe Surrey Coalition)
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City of Surrey denies removing election signs after Doug McCallum alleges favouritism

Nearly all provincial and municipal party signs have been removed.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Oct 2, 2026
David Eby. (Government of B.C.)
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David Eby's BC NDP rules out creating a $150 annual vehicle levy for TransLink

"British Columbians are struggling as it is."

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Oct 2, 2026
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Canada's population is 300,000 higher than previously thought: statistics

B.C. remained the province with the weakest growth.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Oct 2, 2026
Jewel complex at Singapore Changi Airport. (Kenneth Chan)
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Air Canada is ending its Vancouver route to the world's best airport in Asia

An end to YVR's longest route.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Oct 2, 2026
The new Starbucks at The Stories, outside the future entrance into SkyTrain's South Granville Station, as seen on Sept. 30, 2026. (Kenneth Chan)
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Starbucks is now open at a future Broadway Subway station

At the ground level of The Stories tower.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Oct 2, 2026
David Xie (second from the right). (New Burnaby)
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B.C. Conservative MLA candidate's name to appear on Burnaby civic election ballot

He is no longer running for Burnaby City Council.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Oct 2, 2026
R1 King George Boulevard RapidBus stop at SkyTrain's Surrey Central Station. (Kenneth Chan)
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Surrey mayoral candidate pitches City-funded $70 monthly TransLink transit pass

Instead of $117.20 per month for a one-zone pass.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Oct 2, 2026
Georgia Viaduct's off-ramp onto Main Street. (Google Maps)
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Georgia Viaduct's Main Street exit to close for three months of construction

Expect possible delays while leaving downtown.

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Oct 1, 2026
Potential route options for the new Alberta-B.C. West Coast oil pipeline to reach the new Roberts Bank marine terminal, largely following the Trans Mountain corridor. (Government of Alberta)
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New Pacific Link oil pipeline to B.C.'s coast officially declared a national priority

"To achieve greater strategic autonomy."

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Oct 1, 2026
Artistic rendering of the second phase of the LNG Canada facility in Kitimat, B.C. (LNG Canada)
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Carney says $33-billion LNG expansion shows Canada as an 'energy superpower'

"This facility reflects the best of Canadian ambition."

  • Kenneth Chan
  • Oct 1, 2026
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