FINALLY - the year in which my contribution to #bcpoli cats is recognized with the highest honour in the province and -- (checks list) ... ... Oh

Please welcome MLA’s Ian Paton, Peter Milobar, and Trevor Halford! #bcpoli Meet Ian: conservativebc.ca/paton Meet Peter: conservativebc.ca/milobar Meet: Trevor: conservativebc.ca/halford

As of right now, Tom Shypitka is not moving from BC United to Conservative Party of BC , due to a dispute over which riding he's run in. However, this is #bcpoli, and things are "fluid" - so, we shall see.

Rustad. "I'm not anticipating after the three (Halford, Milobar, Paton) that we are bringing over, any other moves unless something else happens to come up." Between the lines: no to Bernier, Davis, Shypitka vancouverislandfreedaily.com/news/candidate…

After a busy day in politics, "fluid" is now in the running as the most-used political term since "moistly"

As the dust settles on the BC United deal with the Conservative Party of BC one thing is clear: Kevin Falcon didn't save his party, he led it to slaughter. My latest in The Orca Glacier Media Inc.: theorca.ca/commentary/rob…

The likely BC NDP candidate for Esquimalt-Colwood. Had been past President of the Victoria Labour Council, BCGEU, BC Fed, etc.

BREAKING: Kootenay - Rockies incumbent MLA Tom Shypitka will run as an independent candidate in the upcoming provincial election. Shypitka formerly caucused with BC United/BC Liberal Party as a two-term MLA who was first elected in 2017.

Today, Canfor announced the closure of the Fort St. John Sawmill by the end of 2024. “We are deeply shocked and saddened by this announcement from Canfor. This news is a significant hit to our community and the families directly affected," said Mayor Lilia Hansen.

I spent some time with John Rustad on the eve of the election to chat about his life, crazy busy work schedule — oh, and his parrot Biardi. Here's a longer read about Rustad, in Glacier Media Inc.: biv.com/news/commentar…

NEW - BC Green Party out with an elxn platform promise to make public transit free, province-wide, as well as boost service to hourly on regional routes and double city buses within 4 years. Cost would be in the order of billions per year (total not quite clear from release).

Vancouver-Langara Conservative candidate Bryan Breguet previously posted as Bryan Breguet, a now suspended account, and some of his tweets are outlined below well before Breguet got in to provincial politics. #bcpoli

I remain flabbergasted at the sheer gall of a campaign that calls a political opponent a “career politician” while also labelling its own candidates who’ve served as long or longer in politics as “experienced.” Incredible.

Imagine a world where David Eby had called an early elxn, allowing BC NDP to run a change campaign based on his many new ideas, rather than wait 20 months and have a change campaign run against him because his ideas have yet to show results. My latest in The Orca

“I can tell you with 150 per cent certainty that I’ve got more supporters now than I did a week ago,” Tom Shypitka tells Rob Shaw for NorthernBeat News northernbeat.ca/opinion/former…