Eby Calls Snap B.C. Election as Canada Enters Unprecedented Autumn of Ballots

BC Premier David Eby dropped the writ on Tuesday for a snap provincial election — sending voters to the polls Oct. 24, two years ahead of schedule. He framed it as an "existential moment" requiring a fresh mandate to confront Donald Trump's trade war, but critics call it a naked power grab while the opposition is in shambles. The first plank of his NDP platform: "Stand up" and "Have the courage to say no" to Trump. For B.C. voters, that means deciding whether...