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B.C. NDP MLA Rick Glumac is running for re-election against John McEwen, Wei Chou and Freddy Rawji. The candidates cited experience and priorities ranging from health care and business to housing, transit and fossil fuel development.
NDP incumbent Jodie Wickens faces candidates from CentreBC, the B.C. Green Party and the Conservative Party in the riding. The article also outlines party priorities, election history and boundaries.
Incumbent BC NDP MLA Jennifer Blatherwick faces Conservative Matt Liang and B.C. Green candidate Nicola Spurling. The article outlines their backgrounds and platforms, as well as the riding’s recent voting history and boundaries.
B.C. NDP incumbent Mike Farnworth is seeking to hold his seat, with four challengers from the Conservative and Green parties, as well as independent and Libertarian candidates.
B.C. NDP incumbent Jennifer Whiteside will share the ballot with Green, Conservative and independent candidates. The riding’s boundaries changed before the 2024 election.
The mailout explains voting by mail, in advance or on General Voting Day, and outlines three separate assent vote questions on proposed long-term borrowing for recreation projects.
The nomination period closed Oct. 3. Across B.C., 355 candidates are running in the 2026 provincial election; advance voting is Oct. 16 to 21, with final voting day on Oct. 24.
The Surrey Now-Leader, Peace Arch News and Cloverdale Reporter collected candidate questionnaire responses for the municipal election. Advance voting runs on four dates, and voters can cast a ballot at any of 52 general voting locations.
Preliminary City of Vancouver figures show 21,824 people voted on Oct. 3. The city has nearly tripled daily advance polling locations to 59, while mail ballot requests have also reached a record high.
The proposed increases would begin in the 2027 tax year if the party is re-elected on Oct. 24, 2026, and would apply only to income within each bracket.
MacDonald points to round-the-clock career fire coverage, faster overnight response times and a community policing model, alongside housing, amenities and financial stewardship, as work completed during her term.
A Surrey resident says her family was unsettled when a doorbell rang early Sunday, then amused after security footage showed one of the masked pranksters fall on the way to the house. Police say a one-time incident may not be a criminal offence under specific conditions.
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