Municipal elections will go ahead in November in British Columbia without the major changes a task force recommended last year. Read more…

With the election of Adrian Dix as leader, the British Columbia New Democratic Party is at odds with its own constitution's requirements for gender balance.

"I guess it's only been an issue for about two days now," said party spokesperson Michael Roy. Read more…

Stephen Harper says the Conservative government will never reopen the contentious debate about abortion rights in Canada as long as he's prime minister.

Harper was responding to a growing storm of campaign controversy surrounding abortion-related comments made by a Tory candidate in Saskatchewan. Read more…

A battle may be looming between Elections Canada and the Twitterverse over "premature transmission" of election results on the night of May 2. Read more…

Stephen Harper is refusing to say if he would compromise with opposition parties if he returns with a minority government — even as he accuses his opponents of being unwilling to bend. Read more…

"Harper 'tossed me under a bus': Guergis" read a CBC headline, echoing other recent stories carrying MP Helena Guergis's outraged accusations towards Stephen Harper.

But a leading good-government watchdog said today that Harper was right to boot Guergis from cabinet -- but not from caucus. Read more…

While most candidates in the 2011 election are routinely tweeting and posting on Facebook, the North Vancouver Liberal campaign is live-blogging the all-candidates' meetings -- a step no other candidates appear to have taken. Read more…

Vancouver-Kingsway MLA Adrian Dix has won the leadership of the B.C. New Democratic Party. Read more…

Adrian Dix gained 110 votes in the second round of the BC NDP leadership race, while Mike Farnworth's support decreased. Read more…

After the first ballot in the B.C. NDP leadership race, Adrian Dix is ahead of Mike Farnworth and John Horgan. Read more…

Liberal organizers themselves seemed surprised by the size of the crowd that came to hear Michael Ignatieff at Sunday's rally in North Vancouver. They estimated a thousand people were jammed into the ballroom of the Pinnacle Hotel in Lower Lonsdale, and another thousand filled the lobby and a nearby corridor. Read more…

New Democratic Party members have gathered at the Vancouver Convention Centre to choose a leader to replace Carole James. Read more…

The resignation of Carole James as leader of the British Columbia New Democratic Party and the ensuing leadership race have been good for the party, says one of the contestants in that race, Juan de Fuca MLA John Horgan. Read more…

The B.C. Sustainable Energy Association has released an analysis of where each of the federal parties stand on home energy efficiency measures, calling the Conservative's plan the least effective for generating tax revenue and creating jobs. Read more…

Premier Christy Clark has called a byelection for May 11 in Vancouver-Point Grey, the seat that came open when former premier Gordon Campbell resigned. Read more…

The Conservation Voters of British Columbia group is endorsing Mike Farnworth in the B.C. New Democratic Party leadership race. Read more…

Despite a sense that voters aren’t paying close attention to the election campaign so far, tonight’s debate has the potential to be a game changer, according to the latest CTV News/Globe/Nanos Poll. Read more…

A leaked draft of Auditor General Sheila Fraser's report on G8 spending casts doubt on the transparency, and legality, of the Conservative government's infrastructure and security spending for the event. Read more…

Did you vote the way your neighbours did in 2008? And did your candidate take the poll you voted in? Now you can find out -- and gain a better picture of how your riding is likely to go this time. Read more…

VICTORIA — British Columbians will know the fate of the harmonized sales tax in August. Read more…