BC elects first conservative government in 98 years

If if can happen there, is can happen anywhere. The Pacific coast province of British Columbia elected a majority Conservative government to the provincial legislature, for the first time since 1928. This is as if California suddenly went Republican. The CBC reports, 5 reasons why Lorne Doerkson is the next premier of British Columbia: Eby’s snap election gamble backfired, while the B.C. Conservative leader projected normalcy. “Normalcy.” David Eby, the head of the governing New Democratic Party (NDP), held only a 47-44 majority in the legislature, with two vacancies. He was having trouble getting his program approved, so he called...