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PoliticsUpdated: October 25, 2026 at 2:45a.m. EDTPublished: October 24, 2026 at 4:30a.m. EDTDavid Eby’s snap election gamble has handed the B. C. Conservative Party a majority government, CTV News declared first Saturday night. Interim leader Lorne Doerkson’s party was leading or elected in 62 of the province’s 93 ridings when he gave his victory speech to a roaring crowd. “We are going to super-charge British Columbia,” he said. Doerkson will lead B. C.’s first Conservative government in nearly 100 years—while Eby announced he would step down as B. C. NDP leader. Here’s a recap of Saturday’s historic election. Sort byKey detailsB. C. Conservatives win majority, CTV News declaresDavid Eby stepping down as NDP leaderLive election results can be found hereFirst B. C. Conservative government in nearly a centuryInterim party leader will now be premierElection special After five hours, our live broadcast coverage of B. C.'s 2026 snap election has ended. You can rewatch the full special below. ‘We’ll be back,’ says Adrian DixElection night was “immensely disappointing,” but also a familiar feeling for Adrian Dix.

PoliticsUpdated: October 24, 2026 at 11:04p.m. EDTPublished: October 24, 2026 at 4:30a.m. EDTDavid Eby’s snap election gamble has handed the B. C. Conservative Party a majority government, CTV News has declared. Interim leader Lorne Doerkson will lead the province’s first Conservative government in nearly 100 years. Follow the latest election night updates below. Sort byKey detailsB. C. Conservatives win majority, CTV News declaresLive election results can be found hereFirst B. C. Conservative government in nearly a centuryInterim party leader will now be premierCTV News projects Conservative majority David Eby’s snap election gamble has handed the B. C. Conservative Party a majority government, CTV News projects. While some ridings have yet to be declared, interim leader Lorne Doerkson’s Conservatives have secured enough seats to relegate the B. C. NDP back to the Opposition benches after nine years in power. CentreBC leader praises ‘absolute banger of a campaign’Elenore Sturko has no illusions her party will form government, and it will indeed be an uphill battle for her to be re-elected, but she’s proud of what her party has accomplished in such a short time.

PoliticsUpdated: October 24, 2026 at 11:04p.m. EDTPublished: October 24, 2026 at 4:30a.m. EDTDavid Eby’s snap election gamble has handed the B. C. Conservative Party a majority government, CTV News projects. Follow the latest election night updates below. Sort byKey detailsPolls have closed across the provinceLive election results can be found hereBallots cast today will be counted by handSome stations had 'limited hours' CentreBC leader praises ‘absolute banger of a campaign’Elenore Sturko has no illusions her party will form government, and it will indeed be an uphill battle for her to be re-elected, but she’s proud of what her party has accomplished in such a short time. “We’re achieving our goals that we have set out for ourselves in this campaign, which is to introduce British Columbians to CentreBC, to put forward an amazing platform and to greet people on the doors and let them know who we are,” Sturko told CTV News reporter Shannon Paterson. Sturko became leader of the new CentreBC party on the day the writ dropped for the election. Over the next weeks, she campaigned as an alternative for voters who felt the Conservatives and NDP were too extreme.

PoliticsUpdated: October 24, 2026 at 10:10p.m. EDTPublished: October 24, 2026 at 4:30a.m. EDTSpecial coverage of B. C.’s 2026 snap election has begun—bringing you expert analysis, live updates, and up-to-the-minute results. Will voters reward David Eby’s gamble with a renewed B. C. NDP mandate, or hand the B. C. Conservatives the reins for the first time in nearly 100 years? Will the fate of either party rest on a handful of ridings that are too close to call Saturday, similar to what happened in 2024? Or could there be a repeat of 2017, when the B. C. Greens gained tremendous leverage as kingmakers with only a few seats? Results will be coming in shortly after polls close at 8 p.m. PT. Follow along for the latest updates below. Sort byKey detailsPolls close across the province at 8 p.m. PTLive election results can be found hereBallots cast today will be counted by handPolling stations in some locations have 'limited hours'Where to find live results There are several ways to follow results tonight, including the interactive map on our B. C. Election 2026 hub.

Published: October 24, 2026 at 9:43p.m. EDTThe U. S. Federal Reserve appears set to hold interest rates steady at its meeting next week, analysts say, despite stubbornly high inflation and with markets pricing in at least one rate hike before year-end. The central bank’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) will meet over two days, announcing its decision at 2:00 pm local time (18:00 GMT) on Wednesday. The Fed has missed its long-term two-percent target for inflation for more than five years, and at its last meeting in September the FOMC voted to raise the key federal funds rate for the first time in three years, lifting the target range to 3.75 percent to 4.0 percent. The Fed’s meeting comes days ahead of key midterm elections in the United States on November 3, with the Democratic Party seeking to wrest control of both houses of Congress from U. S. President Donald Trump’s Republicans. Trump frequently berated and criticized Fed Chair Kevin Warsh’s predecessor Jerome Powell over interest rates -- which he deems to be too high -- but has so far refrained from targeting the man he appointed to replace him over the issue.

PoliticsUpdated: October 24, 2026 at 8:52p.m. EDTPublished: October 24, 2026 at 4:30a.m. EDTSpecial coverage of B. C.’s 2026 snap election has begun—bringing you expert analysis, live updates, and up-to-the-minute results. Will voters reward David Eby’s gamble with a renewed B. C. NDP mandate, or hand the B. C. Conservatives the reins for the first time in nearly 100 years? Follow along for the latest election day updates below. Sort byWhere to find live results There are several ways to follow results tonight, including the interactive map on our B. C. Election 2026 hub. Riding winners will also be declared on this blog, as will the next party to form government—unless the results are too close to call on election night, as they were two years ago. Special coverage is also available across CTV News digital, social and television platforms beginning at 6 p.m. PCT. Click here for more details on how to watch. What's at stake for Eby? NDP Leader David Eby called this election more than two years early, while his party held a majority of seats in the legislature.

Published: October 24, 2026 at 8:41p.m. EDTZURICH - Lindt & Sprüngli LISN. S has struggled because it misjudged how consumers would respond to price increases, the chair of the Swiss chocolate maker said, days after the company ousted its CEO over concerns about its performance. In an interview with the NZZ am Sonntag newspaper, Executive Chairman Ernst Tanner said the firm, whose shares have tumbled more than 25 per cent this year after recent outlook cuts, was largely suffering because it had misread the market in Germany. “We misjudged how customers would respond to price increases. After cocoa prices reached historic highs from 2024 onwards, we wanted to pass on those additional costs. In doing so, we overestimated how much we could raise prices without hurting demand,” he said. “For some consumers, our products clearly became too expensive in recent months.”“Lindt & Sprüngli as a whole, however, is not in crisis,” Tanner added, arguing the company’s shares are now undervalued.

KYIV, Ukraine — Elon Musk said on Saturday that his company SpaceX had throttled the Starlink satellite internet service in Ukraine, disrupting operations that the country relies on to defend itself against Russia. Musk’s admission on social media came after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Ukraine’s access to Starlink and Starshield satellite links has been restored to the speeds it had before restrictions that disrupted front-line operations for more than a week. Questions have persisted since last week about who ordered the interruptions to the Musk-made satellite internet system that Kyiv has relied on for years to counter Moscow’s attacks. “The speeds are now where they need to be,” Zelenskyy wrote on X, adding that restoration began overnight and were sufficient by Saturday morning, improving front-line logistics and defense against Russian jet-powered Shahed drones. Musk admits he was behind Starlink’s speed restrictionAfter Ukraine said the services had been restored, Elon Musk spoke out on the speed restrictions that began last week. In a post Saturday on X, Musk acknowledged that his company SpaceX throttled the Starlink satellite internet service.

PoliticsUpdated: October 24, 2026 at 5:45p.m. EDTPublished: October 24, 2026 at 4:30a.m. EDTAfter weeks of campaign promises, political attacks and gaffes, it’s decision day in B. C.’s 2026 snap election. Will voters reward David Eby’s gamble with a renewed B. C. NDP mandate, or hand the B. C. Conservatives the reins for the first time in nearly 100 years? Will the fate of either party rest on a handful of ridings that are too close to call Saturday, similar to what happened in 2024? Or could there be a repeat of 2017, when the B. C. Greens gained tremendous leverage as kingmakers with only a few seats? CTV News will deliver special live coverage of this historic election—with expert analysis from political veterans, polling insights from Research Co., and reporting from party headquarters—beginning at 6 p.m. PCT. In the meantime, follow the latest election day updates below. Sort byWhere to find live results There are several ways to follow results tonight, including the interactive map on our B. C. Election 2026 hub.

Published: October 24, 2026 at 10:20a.m. EDTCanada’s parliamentary budget officer is raising concerns over Canada’s debt levels, with the federal government set to table its budget in a little over a week. The PBO released her latest economic forecast on Tuesday, which is projecting slower growth in the country’s real GDP forecast, and laying the blame at the feet of the U. S. tariff war on Canada. The outlook also spells trouble for the federal government’s debt, and the cost of servicing that debt, projecting a growing debt-to-GDP ratio in the coming years. Declining deficit-to-GDP ratio is one of the federal government’s fiscal anchors. But, according to PBO Annette Ryan, the charges to service the debt is “the fastest-growing piece of government spending right now.”How to set CTV News as your preferred source on Google“It sounds like a strong word to say ‘anchor,’ that spending is going to be held in check, but keep in mind … the government has a very, very expansionary plan,” Ryan told CTV Question Period host Vassy Kapelos in an interview airing Sunday, when asked what that means for the fiscal health of the government’s finances.

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Published: October 23, 2026 at 9:10p.m. EDTAI strategist and media consultant Mohit Rajhans discusses OpenAI’s decision to halt the release of the newest ChatGPT model due to concerns of ‘going rogue’. OpenAI said on Friday it had resumed training of its most advanced AI models after tightening security and barring internet access, and disclosed a flaw in a widely used software that it found while testing its defences. The disclosure comes amid concerns over the ability of increasingly capable AI agents to identify and exploit software flaws, including in the guardrails meant to contain them. OpenAI had paused training of its most capable models after one of its research models used a configuration error to gain limited internet access in September. The company said it contained the incident and used the pause to strengthen its defences. To test them, OpenAI had teams of AI agents try to break out of their restricted environments. It said the agents found previously unknown flaws, which it had fixed, and training resumed on Oct. 1. During that exercise, the ChatGPT maker found a flaw in Brotli, a widely used data compression tool.

InternationalPublished: October 23, 2026 at 5:51p.m. EDTThe Deepwater Horizon oil rig burns in the Gulf of Mexico on April 21, 2010. (Gerald Herbert / AP Photo) BP announced a deal on Friday that provides Louisiana an accelerated, lump-sum US$350 million payment to resolve claims over the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill and that also settles long-running coastal damage litigation by local parishes. BP agreed in 2015 to pay up to US$18.7 billion to the federal government and five states to resolve claims arising out of the oil spill. That money includes US$4.9 billion payable over 18 years to settle economic and other claims by the states. While Louisiana had been owed US$373 million over the next seven years, the state will now receive a single US$350 million payment. BP said remaining coastal zone lawsuits by Louisiana parishes will be resolved. It did not provide further details. “We have now disposed of claims and settled with all but one of the major defendants in these coastal cases,” Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry, a Republican, said in a statement distributed by BP.(Reporting by Ankita Bora in Bengaluru and Nate Raymond in Boston; Editing by Joyjeet Das)

Published: October 23, 2026 at 5:34p.m. EDTIndustry Minister Mélanie Joly says new federal investments announced Friday are a first step toward reducing the Canadian aluminum sector’s dependence on the United States. Joly, who is also the minister responsible for economic development in Quebec, made the comments in La Baie, Que., where she announced more than $193 million in federal funding for projects at four Rio Tinto facilities in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region and at the Alouette aluminum smelter in Sept-Îles, Que. “The aluminum industry is much more than an economic driver. It is also a strategic industry for our country and for Canadian sovereignty,” the minister said in her speech. Citing the economic upheaval caused by tariffs and the unpredictability of the American government, Joly said that “in this new context, we must be able to produce more of what our economy needs right here in Canada.”She also said the funding is a first step toward strengthening the Canadian aluminum supply chain. Aluminum Shadows of workers is reflected on rolls of coated steal during an announcement by Chrystia Freeland in Hamilton. Friday, June 29, 2018.

The White House has made another wide-ranging shuffle to its tariff regime on Canadian goods. Among those products: Seaweed, packing boxes and some plywood sheets are out. Cocoa power, vinyl flooring and shampoos are in. A full list of goods now facing 50 per cent tariffs is available here. The changes will take effect at the end of the month. Earlier on Friday, Republican Maine Sen. Susan Collins said she has secured tariff exemptions on a variety of Canadian products to bolster domestic agriculture. “I am pleased to have secured additional tariff exemptions (for) products crucial to Maine’s agricultural industries, including blueberry, potato, apple, and seaweed producers,” she wrote on X Friday. “Many of our farmers and growers rely on specialized equipment, packaging materials, and other products from Canada that are either unavailable from American suppliers or cannot be replaced without incurring significant expense.”Collins requested tariff relief during discussions with U. S. Trade Rep. Jamieson Greer, Treasury Secretary Howard Lutnick – both of whom have been involved in negotiations with Canada – and senior Trump administration officials, she said.

Company NewsUpdated: October 23, 2026 at 3:49p.m. EDTPublished: October 23, 2026 at 3:48p.m. EDTToyota logo Toyota is recalling more than 24,000 vehicles in Canada due to an issue with seats that may increase the risk of injury in a crash. The recall affects Sienna Hybrid minivans from model years 2022 to 2026, according to a notice published by Transport Canada on Oct. 20 and updated Oct. 23. How to set CTV News as your preferred source on GoogleThe notice said the mechanisms that lock the second-row seat recliners in position may disengage under certain conditions when a seatbelt pretensioner activates. As a result, the seatbacks could move during a crash, potentially increasing the risk of injury to occupants. Toyota Sienna or Kia Carnival? This photo shows the Toyota Sienna minivan, available as a fuel-efficient hybrid. (Courtesy of Toyota Motor Sales U. S. A. via AP) Toyota advised owners not to use the second-row seats to transport passengers until the recall repairs have been completed. The automaker will notify affected owners by mail and instruct them to take their vehicles to a dealership.

TORONTO — In the absence of surefire technology to determine whether something was written by artificial intelligence, some Canadian publishers say they have to rely on something nearly as thorny: trust. Alana Wilcox, the editorial director of Coach House Books, wrote in an email that the company asks writers to be upfront about whether their work contains material generated by AI. She says the existing tools to discern the use of AI aren’t reliable. There is renewed attention on the role of artificial intelligence in the book industry after a Quebec publisher cut ties with an author accused of using AI to write his debut novel. Earlier this week, Montreal-based publishing house Les Éditions du Boréal said an analysis of some documents’ metadata found evidence author Thélyson Orélien used AI while writing his novel “C’était ça ou mourir” (“It was either that or dying”). Allegations that Orélien used AI in his book first emerged on social media in September. The author denied using AI to write the book but said he had used it for research. Orélien did not respond to The Canadian Press’ request for comment following the publisher’s announcement on Wednesday.