🚑 Breaking & Incidents
- Two elders killed and two injured when pickup hits walkers at Tsawwassen Mills on Sept. 30. Delta police say the pickup struck a group outside the Tsawwassen Mills shopping centre during a National Day for Truth and Reconciliation walk; Provincial Health Services Authority dispatched 12 ground ambulances and two helicopters to the scene. Prime Minister Mark Carney issued condolences on social media the same day.
🏛️ Government & Politics
- Ottawa and Alberta to announce next step for West Coast pipeline on Oct. 1 in Fort McMurray. The Prime Minister’s Office scheduled a 9 a.m. MT news conference with Premier Danielle Smith and Pembina CEO Scott Burrows; Ottawa’s Oct. 1 deadline could designate the proposal as a national-interest project under the major-projects framework. The project submission estimates costs between $35.2 billion and $43.7 billion and would largely follow the Trans Mountain Expansion route.
- Indigenous groups given two months for consultations on Pacific Link pipeline designation, critics say information was lacking. The federal summary says consultations were extended from one month to two months after Indigenous leaders raised timeline concerns; the government plans further consultations and to secure environmental safeguards, financing and Indigenous partnerships before construction aimed to begin in September 2027. The designation is the first under the Major Projects Office and the Building Canada Act, federal officials said.
- BC NDP promises a 10¢/litre temporary motor fuel tax cut and a permanent gas "price guard" if re-elected. Leader David Eby said the temporary 10 cents per litre cut on gasoline and diesel plus the price-guard plan would cost roughly $250 million and could save an average two-car family up to $100 per month, with details to follow and a B.C. Utilities Commission role proposed.
- Ipsos poll shows BC Conservatives at 42% and BC NDP at 40% after leadership change. The Sept. poll recorded a seven-point gain for the Conservatives and a five-point drop for the NDP, with analysts calling the political landscape “significantly altered” since the Conservative leader’s resignation and interim leader Lorne Doerkson taking over.
- Major parties appear on track to field candidates in all 93 B.C. ridings ahead of Oct. 3 deadline. Elections BC lists 43 official NDP candidates and 32 official Conservative candidates as of Sept. 30; smaller parties show single- or low-digit counts with seven Greens registered.
🎨 Community & Culture
- Edmonton’s Oilers place Ryan Nugent-Hopkins on injured reserve ahead of Vancouver visit. Nugent-Hopkins was placed on IR with a lower-body injury after missing practice Monday and sat out Edmonton’s 6-5 overtime loss to the Canucks on Tuesday; the Oilers also put Matthew Savoie and Alec Regula on long-term injured reserve and will start Devon Levi in goal for Thursday’s game.
📰 Also Today
- West Coast oil pipeline becomes first project designated in national interest, designation announced by Ottawa.
- One dead and one critically injured after Maple Ridge train strikes pickup truck, RCMP reported.
- Worker struck and seriously injured at Abbotsford garbage transfer station, emergency responders attended.
- Maria Reva and Julian Brave NoiseCat win B.C. and Yukon Book Prizes, winners announced.
- Families of kidnapped Canadian mining workers in Mexico plan to file RCMP complaint, relatives say.
- Vancouver band cancels Charlottetown show after venue denies transgender member washroom access, band announced.
- Former soldier details recruitment methods of Canadian white supremacist group, interview published.
- Ken Krawetz, Saskatchewan Party co-founder, dead at 75, flags to be lowered at legislature.
- (Duplicate source) Pipeline designation coverage continues with national and provincial statements, further reporting ongoing.
