Federal Election 2019 Archive

The following candidates are running in Vancouver Island’s seven ridings.

The riding Esquimalt-Saanich-Sooke includes Esquimalt, Sooke, View Royal, Colwood, Metchosin and parts of Saanich.

The riding The riding includes Sidney, Central Saanich, North Saanich and part of Saanich, as well as the Gulf Islands.

Elizabeth May, recovering from knee surgery, showed up at her campaign launch at the Sidney bandshell Monday using a wheeled walker.

Wednesday, it was $8.7 million for a UVic-based oceans program’s climate research. The day before that, it was $10.

The riding The Nanaimo-Ladysmith riding includes Nanaimo, Ladysmith, Lantzville and parts of the Cowichan Valley.

The riding Cowichan-Malahat-Langford includes Langford, North Cowichan, Duncan, Lake Cowichan, and the Cowichan Valley.

B.C.’s New Democrat government hopes that the minority result in the federal election might mean more provincial funding for child care and public transportation.

Tying up some loose ends from the federal election: That smashing dress that Sophie Grégoire was wearing on the front page of Tuesday’s Times Colonist was created by Eliza Faulkner , a Duncan-raised fashion designer who moved to Montreal four years a

Victoria’s newest MP will resign from city council in the coming days, triggering a byelection early next year that will cost taxpayers about $200,000, Mayor Lisa Helps confirmed Tuesday.