Keith Baldrey

While party leadership races can often feature some bruising, bitter internal battles, the leadership contest the Conservatives are mired in seems particularly nasty.

The recent takedown of Alberta Premier Jason Kenney from his party leadership is the latest example of some political parties finding it difficult to maintain unity in their ranks.

Recent polling has found a large number of Canadians buy into conspiracies like the racist “white replacement” theory to the disproven claim Donald Trump won the U.S. election.

Few of his predecessors can point to as long a list of accomplishments as well as an enduring ability to remain popular with the general public.

Premier John Horgan’s successor may find it tempting to call an early vote rather than trying to govern for two more years without facing the electorate.

The final legislative session before the coming provincial election ended last week in acrimony, tears and some wild political fantasies being circulated.

A close examination of what BC United was proposing shows John Rustad made the right call if he is truly interested in growing his party and taking on the NDP government.

The mother of all vote-split elections occurred in 1996 when the NDP government was re-elected despite getting almost 40,000 fewer votes than the BC Liberals province-wide.

As BC United seeks to fend off a challenge from the right, it's turning its sights on what it considers to be extreme right-wing candidates running for the BC Conservatives.

A western-based premier attacking the central federal government is something of a time-honoured tradition. But a B.C. premier has not been this critical of Ottawa for years.