🏛️ Government & Politics
- Polls open across B.C. today; voting continues until 8 p.m. local time. Elections officials say voters in line at 8 p.m. may still cast ballots; the vote follows a snap election David Eby called on Sept. 22, held one week after the municipal elections and covering all 93 provincial ridings.
- Final-week polls showed the BC Conservatives leading by about five points. An Ipsos poll released Oct. 13 and later surveys in the campaign’s final week put the BC Conservatives roughly five points ahead of the BC NDP among decided voters.
- Global News has profiled all 93 B.C. ridings and local candidates. The riding index lists each constituency from Abbotsford South through Vancouver-area ridings so voters can check candidates and past voting patterns ahead of tonight’s counts.
🚨 Crime & Public Safety
- Jeffrey Ewert — a B.C. convict who had been studying at McGill — is back in custody after a warrant. Correctional Service of Canada said a warrant led to suspension of his conditional release; Ewert was convicted in the 1980s of second-degree murder and attempted murder in B.C., served about 40 years, was granted day parole in 2025 and has been barred from McGill campus.
- Former SFU manager received a conditional sentence after stealing more than $180,000. Court documents and sentencing reports name the theft total at over $180,000 and record a conditional sentence as the court’s disposition.
- Crews fought an apartment building blaze in downtown Victoria on Saturday. Fire crews responded to the downtown Victoria fire; local reports describe an active suppression effort at the apartment building.
🎨 Community & Culture
- Kajaks co-founders celebrate 65 years of community track and field. The Kajaks club marked its 65th anniversary this week, celebrating decades of local youth and community athletics and the founders who started the program.
- Serbian nationals will fly from Vancouver to Toronto to vote in Serbia’s parliamentary election. A charter arrangement will move Vancouver-based Serbian voters to Toronto for voting in the overseas parliamentary election.
- An 18-year-old was elected a school board trustee in B.C.’s Interior. The newly elected trustee won a local school board seat shortly after graduating high school, according to the election report.
