BC United explores common ground and potential deal with surging BC Conservatives
CTV
At a news conference about after-school care Tuesday, Premier David Eby seemed preoccupied with the BC Conservatives and its leader John Rustad.
At a news conference about after-school care Tuesday, Premier David Eby seemed preoccupied with the BC Conservatives and its leader John Rustad.
No less than 10 times, Eby mentioned Rustad or the BC Conservatives – multiple times pivoting from questions on topics -- such as federal Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre's views on decriminalization, to attacks on Rustad
The responses came on the same day as the latest in a series of polls showed a tight race between the NDP and BC Conservatives – only separated in an Abacus Data survey by six points. Meanwhile, the poll showed the official opposition BC United well behind in third, just ahead of the Greens.
"Obviously I'm not thrilled by those kinds of numbers," said BC United leader Kevin Falcon.
Falcon acknowledged Tuesday talks are underway behind the scenes between the two right-of-centre parties, including exploring the possibility of merger-type options.
"We have to put aside our own egos, our own party issues – everything else – and just figure out whether there's common ground, we can keep in mind the most important objective, which is making sure that we don't end up with another NDP government," said Falcon.
Also on Tuesday, the NDP re-ignited calls for Rustad and his candidates to declare their position on abortion rights.
Sea Bears centre Chad Posthumus has died at age 33.
Alberta’s government is poised to overhaul the province’s auto insurance system, with a no-fault model emerging as the most likely, offered to counter rising premiums.
Next week, Sudbury city council will decide how to rehabilitate the College Street underpass, which was built in 1949.
A Toronto-area woman who was defrauded out of $158,000 in a roofing scam over the summer received about half her money back following a tip from a CTV News viewer.
It's official — Quebec has set a new record for the most stolen vehicles recovered in one year by Canadian border agents.
Facing criticism for requiring health care workers with two jobs within the public system to choose one to comply with labour laws, Santé Québec has announced a one-year extension to the transition period.
The consortium responsible for building Ottawa's new north-south line, TransitNext, says it is ready for the City of Ottawa to begin the final phase of approvals before opening the line to the public.
Former Saskatchewan Party MLA Greg Lawrence has been sentenced to 12 months probation – after pleading guilty to one count of assault.
Several thousand British Columbians remain in the dark Wednesday morning after a windstorm known as a bomb cyclone slammed coastal communities.
A man who plead guilty to a double stabbing in 2015 will soon be out on statutory release, but he'll have to follow some strict conditions set out by the parole board.
A school bus hit parked vehicles and pushed one into a Middle Sackville, N.S., home Wednesday afternoon.