🚨 Crime & Public Safety
- B.C. Supreme Court jury convicts Adam Mann of second-degree murder in Surrey home invasion. The jury returned a guilty verdict just under two hours in the 2024 stabbing death of 30-year-old Tori Dunn on June 16, 2024; Crown evidence included a bloody knife with Dunn’s DNA on the blade and Mann’s DNA on the handle and surveillance video placing Mann near Dunn’s home at 9:37 p.m.
🏛️ Government & Politics
- Alleged Tumbler Ridge co-conspirator to enter plea in U.S. court in Seattle. Washington state grand jury indicted 30-year-old James Bryant last week for conspiracy to murder persons in a foreign country; the U.S. Justice Department says the charge carries up to life in prison and Bryant has been denied bail.
- Analysts say B.C. snap election has left both major parties underprepared. Political scientist Hamish Telford told reporters the NDP called the snap election but appears “not entirely ready,” with interim B.C. Conservative leader Lorne Doerkson missing media availabilities and both parties running a notably muted campaign in the final days before Saturday’s vote.
- NDP leader David Eby campaigns in Vancouver and Richmond as Conservatives head to Surrey. Eby made multiple stops including a Surrey rally attended by hundreds and six Surrey-Delta visits; interim Conservative leader Lorne Doerkson is scheduled to announce policies and hold a Surrey rally ahead of Saturday’s election.
- B.C. voters will elect 93 MLAs; 47 seats needed for a majority in the 44th Parliament. The snap election called by David Eby follows the 2024 vote by two years and sets Saturday as the final voting day for the 93-seat legislature.
🏥 Health
- Election coverage highlights healthcare messaging shifts as parties pivot to affordability and stability. The NDP has shifted campaign messaging from international topics to affordability and the need for a stable majority during the snap campaign; this pivot framed several recent healthcare and seniors-care promises discussed by party leaders.
🚑 Breaking & Incidents
- Elections B.C. website taken offline amid global outages blamed on PHP. Officials took the provincial elections website down during a wave of global outages attributed to the PHP programming language; the outage affected voters seeking online election resources ahead of Saturday’s vote.
📰 Also Today
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- Guilty verdict issued in 2024 Surrey home-invasion murder of Tori Dunn, verdict reported.
- Accused Tumbler Ridge co‑conspirator enters not guilty plea in U.S. court, arraignment scheduled.
- Long COVID patients 'devastated' by impending changes to virtual care access in B.C., patients face service changes.
- How party leaders promise to improve public safety in B.C., platforms compared.
- Loved You Can See Everything? column credits Canada, opinion piece published.
- Fact-checking B.C. NDP record and parties' seniors care promises, analysis published.
- Comox Valley workers, low-income residents hit by temporary Walmart closure, store closure reported.
- Vancouver residents vote yes on two plebiscite questions regarding drug use, two questions passed.
- B.C. food bank usage has doubled since 2019, charities report.
- Officials report people bitten by rabid skunk in downtown Vancouver, public-health incident reported.
- 'Agent Layla' says her sex‑assault abuser is now out on parole, victim profile published.
- Terry Hui's firms allege CRA 'pattern of misconduct' in tax dispute, legal claim filed.
- West Vancouver–Sea to Sky riding noted amid election coverage, riding profile updated.
- West Kelowna–Peachland riding noted amid election coverage, riding profile updated.
- Victoria–Beacon Hill riding noted amid election coverage, riding profile updated.
- Vernon–Lumby riding noted amid election coverage, riding profile updated.
- Sunshine Coast farmers exhausted trying to keep animals alive, farmers report crisis.
- Dease Lake suspends fire department services as volunteers dwindle, service suspended.
- Vancouver Goldeneyes unveil new PWHL jerseys ahead of season two, jersey reveal.
- Elections B.C. website outage blamed on PHP, outage reported.
- Undecided voters could decide close B.C. election, experts say, poll analysis.
- B.C. billionaire Terry Hui disputes CRA tax actions, companies allege misconduct.
- Sunshine Coast farmers warn of livestock losses, farmers plead for help.
- Public-safety pledges from party leaders outlined, platforms summarized.
