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Lorne Doerkson leads B.C. Conservatives to power with thumping two-thirds majority
Thumping majority for Conservatives in B.C.
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British Columbia has turned blue, electing a B.C. Conservative government with an overwhelming two-thirds majority.
Premier-designate Lorne Doerkson says he'll follow through on campaign promises to supercharge the province's economy, while outgoing Premier David Eby has announced his resignation as NDP leader.
Eby's decision to call a snap election two years early will go down as one of the most disastrous miscalculations in Canadian political history.
Conservatives have been elected or are leading in about 64 ridings in the 93-seat legislature, while the NDP has been reduced to about 27 ridings and the Greens won two, with Leader Emily Lowan securing a seat on Vancouver Island.
Preliminary results show the popular vote went to the Conservatives with about 48 per cent of the vote, while the NDP won about 37 per cent and the Greens 11 per cent.
Doerkson, who emerged from obscurity when he was named interim leader of the Conservatives just two days before Eby's fateful Sept. 22 election call, is expected to stage his first news conference as premier-designate today.
Preliminary turnout was about 1.8 million, representing about 48 per cent of registered voters.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 25, 2026.
Copyright 2026, The Canadian Press. All rights reserved.
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Elenore Sturko loses seat for CentreBC in return to Surrey South
NewsAlert CentreBC LeaderSturko loses seat
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns
The Canadian Press decision desk is projecting that CentreBC Leader Elenore Sturko has lost her bid to win back her former seat in Surrey South.
The former RCMP officer, who was defeated by B.C. Conservative Megan Knight, was previously elected to the riding in 2022 as a B.C. Liberal before joining the Conservatives in 2024 and winning in nearby Surrey-Cloverdale that year.
But Sturko was ejected from the Conservatives by former party leader John Rustad, who cited the need for caucus unity.
Sturko sat as an Independent before announcing in September that she was joining CentreBC, along with seven other Conservatives defectors.
All except Sturko went back to the Conservatives just days later, after Kerry-Lynn Findlay quit as leader and was replaced by interim leader Lorne Doerkson ahead of the provincial election.
Sturko stayed on and became leader of CentreBC, which she has described as socially progressive and fiscally responsible.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 24, 2026.
By Chuck Chiang | Copyright 2026, The Canadian Press. All rights reserved.
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OneBC's Dallas Brodie loses Vancouver-Quilchena riding
OneBC's Dallas Brodie loses riding
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns
The Canadian Press decision desk is projecting that OneBC interim leader Dallas Brodie has lost the riding of Vancouver-Quilchena.
She has been defeated by B.C. Conservative candidate Carson Binda, who is the former provincial director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation.
Brodie was first elected as a Conservative in Vancouver-Quilchena in 2024, but was ejected from the party's caucus the next year by former opposition leader John Rustad, who said she mocked former residential school students.
She then formed OneBC with legislator Tara Armstrong, who had quit the Conservatives in sympathy with Brodie.
OneBC briefly held official party status in the legislature but lost that when Brodie and Armstrong fell out, leaving Brodie as its sole legislator.
Brodie, who survived a recall petition this year, campaigned on opposing what she called "land back giveaways" and "the greed and corruption of the reconciliation industry."
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 24, 2026.
By Chuck Chiang | Copyright 2026, The Canadian Press. All rights reserved.
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La panne majeure de Facebook : les réactions les plus hilarantes vues sur internet
Hier, une importante panne des réseaux Facebook et Instagram est survenue dans plusieurs régions à travers le monde : Canada, États-Unis, France, Japon, Inde, etc.
Pour certains, l'accès était carrément impossible et pour d'autres, il n'y avait pas moyen de publier sur la plateforme.
Pour l'instant, la cause derrière cette panne n'est pas connue, mais en attendant d'en connaître un peu plus sur le problème, plusieurs ont eu le plaisir de tourner la situation au ridicule et de se servir de Twitter comme "bouche-trou" le temps que tout revienne en ordre.
Voici un condensé des commentaires les plus hilarants publiés sur Twitter dans les dernières heures :
1. La recherche de likes
Facebook est en panne, les gens vont s'mettre à sortir dans les rues, montrer leur photo aux étrangers et demander : est-ce que tu l'aimes?! hein!?
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2. Les utilisateurs de Facebook qui s'initient à Twitter
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3. La réaction du monde quand Facebook a planté:
Facebook vient de planter! Je répète, Facebook vient de planter!!
... Puis, se grouiller à aller voir sur Twitter si t'es pas la seule personne à qui ça arrive...
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4. Quand les Twitter's fans sont contre les Facebook's fans.
Maintenant que Facebook est planté, on va commencé à se faire taguer par tout l'monde sans raisons...
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5. Quand tu te fais remplacer trop facilement...
6. La panique générale.
Facebook et Instagram ont crashé et la réaction des gens c'est :
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7. Les grandes questions existentielles.
Facebook et Instagram ont crashé... Est-ce que ça veut dire que les gens vont devoir se parler?
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8. T'as plus d'options alors...
Quand Facebook et Instagram plantent, mais que Twitter fonctionne toujours:
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9. Les gens qui s'en foutent...
Les abonnés Twitter sont genre:
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10. La fin.
Le retour à la réalité forcé:
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11. Quand le pire se produit au mauvais moment
Fallait que Facebook plante au moment où je répondais à un Quiz sur ma sorte de chips préférée...
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