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The New Democrats have won a majority government in the British Columbia election as voters have given John Horgan a second term after he took a gamble on calling an election during the COVID-19 pandemic.

VANCOUVER — British Columbia's Liberals and New Democrats were jockeying for a lead in early provincial election results. With just over 500 polls reporting, the NDP edged out a slight lead in 45 ridings to the Liberals 28.

OTTAWA — Soon Jenny Wiebe will drive from her Fredericton home to the Maine town where she was born, to retrieve the mail-in ballot her parents are holding for her. The 55-year-old dual Canadian-U. S.

CALGARY — An inquiry into who is funding environmental opposition to the province's oil and gas sector will be completed some time next year, at least six month later than its original target, Alberta Premier Jason Kenney said Saturday.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Dave Mercer spent the early 1990s roaming around Newfoundland and Labrador, trying to get enough hours to qualify for unemployment insurance in an economy levelled by the collapse of the cod fishery.

The chief of a First Nation in a remote part of northwestern Ontario says he's moving to a full evacuation after test results showed high levels of hydrocarbons in the water supply.

Canada's top physician painted a bleak picture Saturday of the toll the COVID-19 pandemic may take on the country, expressing fears the number of pandemic-related hospitalizations and deaths could increase in the coming weeks as the second wave drive

HALIFAX — The man tasked with lowering the temperature in a heated dispute over Nova Scotia lobster says he has a deeply personal relationship with the coastal area that has seen the most violence.

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 3:52 p.m. EDT on Oct. 24, 2020: There are 213,958 confirmed cases in Canada.

Voters in British Columbia are casting ballots today in an election campaign that was largely defined by the COVID-19 pandemic. NDP Leader John Horgan called the snap election one year before the fixed voting date.