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  B.C. Conservatives plan $11B deficit in first year, higher than NDP or Greens

  A costed policy platform delivered by the B.C. Conservatives in the final days of the province's election campaign includes promises to kick start the economy and balance the books with forecasts of economic growth of more than five per cent, but only after several years of multi-billion-dollar deficit budgets.

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  Canada's inflation rate falls to 1.6% in September, raises odds of 50-basis-point rate cut

  The chances of a half-percentage point interest rate cut by the Bank of Canada became more likely Tuesday after Statistics Canada reported the annual inflation rate fell to 1.6 per cent in September.

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  Mass shootings share 'sketchy stories,' B.C. Conservative candidate claims in resurfaced social post

  Embattled B.C. Conservative candidate Brent Chapman is under fire once again, this time for past Facebook comments casting doubt on the official accounts of mass shooting events in Canada and the U.S.

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  'A threat to all of us': Eby addresses RCMP allegations Indian officials linked to Canadian homicides, extortion

  B.C. NDP leader David Eby took a break from campaigning Monday to address stunning new allegations from the RCMP that Indian diplomats and consular officials are linked to violent criminal activity on Canadian soil.

• Lack of salmon may not be the problem after all for endangered orcas, report suggests

  A key assumption about dwindling numbers of southern resident killer whales pins the blame on a lack of salmon, but a study out of the University of British Columbia has found they have twice the number of chinook available in summer as their much healthier cousins, the northern residents.

• B.C. Indigenous chef takes portable cooking school on the road

  Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation) Chef Paul Natrall, the man behind Indigenous food truck Mr. Bannock, is bringing cooking classes on First Nations fare to schools and offices throughout Metro Vancouver.

• NDP parodies B.C. Conservative campaign promises with McRib post

  British Columbia's New Democratic Party says it is responsible for a parody social media post that has B.C. Conservative Leader John Rustad promising to bring back McDonald's McRib sandwiches.

• B.C. Conservatives release education policy plans ahead of election day

  The B.C. Conservatives have unveiled their education policy plans about six days before the Oct. 19 voting day.

• Emaciated orca calf spotted off Vancouver Island, researchers say

  Just a couple of weeks after a new southern resident killer whale calf was first seen, its health appears to have taken a bad turn.

• Familiar faces and angry voters: Will B.C. elect an Independent MLA?

  Vicki Huntington says two things are critical to be elected as an Independent member of the legislature in British Columbia — trusted name recognition and an angry constituency.

• Rainfall warnings, flood watch issued in northwestern B.C.

  B.C.’s northern coast has been getting soaked by an atmospheric river over the Thanksgiving long weekend, with officials warning of heavy downpours and possible flooding.

• Eby makes plea to Green voters to support NDP to help keep Conservatives from office

  New Democrat Leader David Eby is asking potential Green voters in British Columbia's Oct. 19 election to support his party instead to help keep John Rustad's B.C. Conservatives out of office.

• Police issue Canada-wide warrant for Nanaimo man

  Mounties in Nanaimo say a Canada-wide warrant has bee issued for a man after he failed to appear in court last month.

• Bomb threat sent to BC NDP campaign office on Vancouver Island

  A BC NDP campaign office in Campbell River received a bomb threat Friday afternoon, according to the party.