Highlights

VANCOUVER — B.C. Conservatives Leader John Rustad says it will be up to voters to judge his party's candidates as he stood by a pair whose remarks on Indigenous and Muslim people drew condemnation from election rivals and other critics.

The BC NDP has gone gangbusters on an old home ownership scheme initially conceived by the Christy Clark-led B.C. government; critics say it will do nothing to bring down home prices.

The Coast Reporter and Sunshine Coast Chamber of Commerce-hosted meeting at Sechelt Seniors Activity Centre starts at 7 p.m.

Former journalist, now communications consultant –– most recently for the BC Parks Foundation, Randene Neill of Pender Harbour/ kalpilin is the BC NDP's candidate for Powell River-Sunshine Coast in the 2024 B.C. election.

Music producer, visual artist, educator Greg Reid of Powell River is the Independent candidate for Powell River-Sunshine Coast in the 2024 B.C. election

Carpenter, firefighter, taxi driver, real estate consultant Chris Moore of West Sechelt is the BC Conservative candidate for Powell River-Sunshine Coast in the 2024 B.C. election.

Community worker/ researcher/ social justice worker Chris Hergesheimer of Halfmoon Bay is the BC Green Party Candidate for Powell River-Sunshine Coast in the 2024 B.C. election.

In an encounter off B.C.'s Swiftsure Bank, a biologist recounts how the emaciated southern resident killer whale calf appeared to stop breathing.

Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner is reviewing the findings into the Sechelt man's death and allegations of police misconduct.

The shark is huge, measuring nearly 14 feet long, scientists say.