Parksville Mayor Ed Mayne will announce a "significant campaign decision" tomorrow morning in Victoria, according to a statement from his campaign. Read more…

Former advanced education minister Moira Stilwell dropped out of the race to lead the BC Liberal Party and put her support behind George Abbott this morning.

At the same time Abbott said considering the other contenders for the party leadership he would prefer to serve in a government led by Kevin Falcon than one led by Christy Clark. Read more…

Liberal leadership candidate Kevin Falcon picked up the support of two more cabinet ministers with endorsements from Ida Chong and Margaret MacDiarmid. Read more…

Members choosing a new leader for the British Columbia Liberal Party will have their votes weighted in a way that gives each constituency the same weight. Read more…

Members of the British Columbia Liberal Party approved a motion that will force voters in the leadership contest to pick a second choice along with their first on a preferential ballot.

Leadership candidates George Abbott, Mike de Jong and Moira Stilwell spoke in favour of the amendment while supporters of Kevin Falcon spoke against it. Read more…

British Columbia Liberal Party members will consider an amendment today that would force voters in the leadership race to pick a second choice along with their first on a preferential ballot. Read more…

A business leader listed as a supporter of Kevin Falcon's bid to lead the BC Liberal Party said he was surprised to hear his endorsement had been made public and declined to say who he is supporting.

"I don't know how you know that," said Peter Brown, the founder and chairman of the investment firm Canaccord, when asked about his support for Falcon. "I haven't said anything publicly." Read more…

A political consulting company working on the George Abbott campaign used questionable tactics in the October mayoral race in Toronto, according to a Toronto Star article. Read more…

NDP leadership candidate Mike Farnworth said he plans to release an economic plan in the next few weeks, but declined to say whether he will adopt Adrian Dix's position on canceling corporate tax cuts. Read more…

North Island MLA Claire Trevena says she is looking for an NDP leadership candidate to take the party in a much more progressive direction. Read more…

Former cabinet minister and on-leave radio talk show host Christy Clark remains the candidate for the B.C. Liberal leadership most popular with the public, according to an Ipsos Reid poll released today. Read more…

Faced with losing his seat in the legislature, former Solicitor General Kash Heed has applied to the Supreme Court of B.C. to be excused from filing an updated election financing report. Read more…

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach said on Tuesday that after much reflection he has decided not to seek re-election. Read more…

Spending more on the sickest patients would save British Columbia's health care system money overall, Liberal leadership candidate Moira Stilwell said today.

She also called for better integrating private and public health care, improving care in rural and northern B.C. and making more effort to treat people with mental illnesses. Read more…

British Columbia Liberal leadership candidate George Abbott says he's happy to have former Solicitor General Kash Heed's endorsement, despite the reported new findings of a police investigation into Heed's 2009 election campaign.

"Obviously the endorsation now carries with it some pretty serious allegations," Kevin Falcon, also running to lead the BC Liberals, said this morning. Read more…

British Columbia NDP leadership candidate Harry Lali says he'll take his own party to court over memberships if it fails to apply its own rules.

"As far as I know five campaigns followed those rules down to a T, and one didn't," he said, singling out rival Adrian Dix's team. Read more…

Vancouver-Kingsway MLA Adrian Dix said if he succeeds at winning the leadership of the British Columbia NDP he will work to build a strong, more equitable economy.

“We need someone with energy whose prepared to fight for change as opposition leader and to deliver change when they're premier,” Dix said in a phone interview a few hours before he was scheduled to announce his entry to the race at Sir Guy Carleton Elementary School in Vancouver. Read more…

Member of Parliament Nathan Cullen said this morning that he will not enter the race to lead the British Columbia NDP.

“For a bunch of different reasons, I can't enter,” said Cullen, the MP for Skeena-Bulkley Valley. Read more…

Port Coquitlam MLA Mike Farnworth entered the race to lead the British Columbia NDP saying he's the right person to heal divisions in his party and defeat the B.C. Liberals. Read more…

If he wins the British Columbia NDP leadership contest, Nicholas Simons will be “the first openly gay man to lead a major political party” in the province, according to the website for a gay and lesbian newspaper.

But Simons is not the only gay man seeking to lead the NDP. Read more…