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STORIES BY PENNY DAFLOS

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  Full B.C. NDP platform includes speculation tax hike, some free transit for seniors

  The B.C. New Democrats have unveiled their full campaign platform with plenty of election goodies in the 64-page document.

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  Leader profile: David Eby's journey from activist to Gen X premier

  He has led the province as premier for a little under two years and in that time David Eby has been described as everything from thoughtful and prepared to an extremist and a radical.

• NDP promises more travel supports, protections for serious illness on campaign trail

  David Eby promised to expand financial supports and job protections for sick British Columbians if he wins this month's provincial election, throwing barbs at his main opponent in the process.

• Economic reconciliation or political opportunism? BC Conservatives under fire on Orange Shirt Day

  The leader of the BC Conservative Party pledged to build bridges and promote economic reconciliation with First Nations on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, a move Indigenous leaders slammed as “political opportunism.”

• Free market and rebates: BC Conservatives lay out housing platform

  The leader of the BC Conservative Party laid out his strategy to solve the province's housing crisis Friday, which includes slashing red tape and letting the private sector take the reins on boosting supply.

• Vibes and optics: How subtle messages factor into B.C.'s election campaign

  It's sometimes what's unsaid that makes an impression in political campaigns, and that's been the case as the first week of B.C.'s provincial election unfolds.

• Eby pledges more training spaces for skilled trades in B.C.

  The leader of the BC NDP took his campaign to Chilliwack on Thursday where he pledged to double the number of trade-apprentice training spaces in the province.

• Eby makes health-care pledges at campaign stop in northern B.C.

  The leader of the BC NDP took his campaign message to Terrace on Tuesday, where he promised to add to the dozens of hospital upgrades and new builds his party has already undertaken.

• BC Conservatives 'laser-focused' on mining as potential multi-billion revenue source

  At a campaign stop in the Interior, the leader of the BC Conservatives heavily promoted the mining industry, pledging reforms he believes would unlock billions of dollars in annual government revenue.

• BC Conservative leader dodges vaccine questions as NDP alleges duplicity

  On the first weekday of the official campaign period, the New Democrats went on the offensive against the BC Conservatives with an eyebrow-raising YouTube video the leader refused to discuss.

• BC NDP promises health-care reforms at kitchen table session

  The leader of the BC NDP announced several election promises around health-care reform at a literal kitchen table discussion with Burnaby residents, sending voters a clear message about how he wants them to see him.

• CTV News Reality Check: Legislated funding, not a 'rigged election' in B.C.

  On the day he spoke to one of his largest audiences to date, the leader of the BC Conservatives made an exceptionally misleading statement around a well-publicized funding model for political parties that’s been in place since 2018.

• Premier's speech to B.C.'s mayors and councillors includes no new promises

  In one of the final speeches he makes before the provincial election campaign period formally begins, Premier David Eby promised a gathering of B.C.'s mayors that he would continue to work closely with them if he's returned to government, but didn't make any last-minute spending announcements.

• UBCM convention: Two of three special resolutions focused on housing

  Mayors and councillors voting at the annual convention of the Union of BC Municipalities have passed three special resolutions, two of them focused on housing and the third on rural health care.