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WATCH: b.c. snap: Election 26, day 8 (opens the original)
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NDP’s David Eby rubs elbows with Prime Minister Mark Carney at a multibillion-dollar LNG announcement. Conservative leader Lorne Doerkson uncorks a promise to cut Canadian booze prices by 10%. And more!theBreaker.news is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.<input class="button pr
WATCH: b.c. snap: Election 26 - Day 7 (opens the original)
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Conservative leader Lorne Doerkson made news on the weekend. The NDP’s David Eby not so much. Another John Horgan-era MLA retires. The Conservatives pick-up the vice-chair of scandal-plagued Metro Vancouver. Prime Minister Mark Carney is in Vancouver: will he raise an elbow with Eby? theBreaker.news is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.<input class="email-inp
Surrey Police chief says he was fired for political reasons, points finger at Mayor (opens the original)
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Founding Surrey Police Service chief Norm Lipinski said he passed annual performance reviews with flying colours, but points the finger for his June firing at Surrey Mayor Brenda Locke.“In the absence of any cogent, objective basis for my termination, I can only conclude that it was done for political or other extraneous reasons,” said Lipinski, a 47-year police officer, in an affidavit filed Sept. 28 for his B.C. Supreme Court wrongful dismissal lawsuit.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-i
thePodcast: In 2026, B.C.’s third season is Election (opens the original)
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Host Bob Mackin welcomes Mario Canseco of Research Co and Andy Yan of the Simon Fraser University City Program back for the MMA Panel at the picturesque Galley by Jericho Beach. Dominating discussion: Premier David Eby’s snap election that overlaps, and threatens to overshadow, local government elections. Hear the MMA Panel discuss the NDP leader’s gamble and the battles for city hall in Vancouver, Surrey and other municipalities. theBreaker.news is a reader-supported publication.
b.c. snap: Election 26 Podcast (opens the original)
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Bob Mackin and Alan Mullen analyze the latest from the campaign trail. On Sept. 25, Premier David Eby promised more NDP real estate taxes and Attorney General Niki Sharma wondered whether Lorne Doerkson could remain Conservative leader if his party wins. Meanwhile, the NDP finds a way around its feminist nomination policy to install two male candidates: Eby’s new chief of staff and a former reporter who became a lobbyist. <img class="install-substack-app-embed-img" src="https://substackcdn.com/i
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