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Bittersweet Return For Dix

CP | Dirk Meissner, The Canadian Press | Posted 06.12.2013 | Canada British Columbia

VICTORIA - Premier Christy Clark took a major step towards returning to British Columbia's legislature by announcing a July 10 byelection date Wednesd...

Bad Year For New Democrats?

The Huffington Post Canada | Eric Grenier | Posted 06.11.2013 | Canada Politics

The year 2013 might be setting up to be a very bad one for provincial New Democrats, as a new poll shows Darrell Dexter’s NDP government in Nova Sco...

No Direction Home

CP | Dirk Meissner, The Canadian Press | Posted 05.19.2013 | Canada British Columbia

HEDLEY, B.C. - Adrian Dix was inside the Hitching Post Restaurant drinking from a mug stamped with twin six-shooters while outside on the old mining t...

Fumbling The Youth Vote Cost The NDP

Paul Kershaw | Posted 05.17.2013 | Canada British Columbia
Paul Kershaw

While it may not be good for our democracy, one can understand why parties in power don't feel the need to court the youth vote. They are winning without it. Incumbents are being re-elected to power because they consistently win more support from the older part of the population who show up.

Will He Stay?

CP | Dene Moore, The Canadian Press | Posted 05.16.2013 | Canada British Columbia

VANCOUVER - The surprising electoral loss of British Columbia's New Democrats this week should not trigger a leadership race, the party's president sa...

Adrian Dix's Election Grit Came Too Little Too Late

Laila Yuile | Posted 05.16.2013 | Canada British Columbia
Laila Yuile

The complacency for most of the B.C. NDP campaign was stunning.Dix backed himself into a corner with this entire positive, nice-nice, err on the side of caution theme. When he did begin to fight back against the attacks, it was just too late. The NDP began to look extremely hypocritical.

SITTING DUCK

CP | Rebekah Funk, The Canadian Press | Posted 05.16.2013 | Canada British Columbia

VANCOUVER - New Democrat leader Adrian Dix may have bitten the union hand that fed his election campaign and the ballot boxes, prompting the NDP to fa...

'I Am Confident That We Can Win'

CP | Rebekah Funk and Dene Moore, The Canadian Press | Posted 05.14.2013 | Canada British Columbia

VANCOUVER - The leaders of British Columbia's two main political parties both projected confidence Sunday, and predicted victory when provincial voter...

Dix Disses Clark's Election Campaign

CP | Vivian Luk and Dirk Meissner, The Canadian Press | Posted 05.06.2013 | Canada British Columbia

SURREY, B.C. - As polls suggest the B.C. election race is tightening, New Democrat Leader Adrian Dix is becoming more strident in his criticism of the...

Campaign's Last Few Days Could Prove Decisive

The Huffington Post Canada | Eric Grenier | Posted 05.06.2013 | Canada British Columbia

After weeks of campaigning and a close debate, the eight days that remain before British Columbians cast their ballot will decide the election – aft...

Dix Calls For 'More Generous' Politics

CBC | Posted 05.03.2013 | Canada British Columbia

NDP Leader Adrian Dix turned up for an all-candidates debate in his own Vancouver-Kingsway riding Thursday night. Dix joined Liberal cand...

Where Dix's Deficit Math Comes From

CP | Tyler Harbottle, The Canadian Press | Posted 04.30.2013 | Canada British Columbia

VANCOUVER - New Democrat Leader Adrian Dix has repeatedly said the Liberal party's deficit numbers are askew.The latest criticism came during a televi...

5 Things To Know About..

The Huffington Post B.C. | Posted 04.28.2013 | Canada British Columbia

Adrian Dix could be B.C.'s next premier, but how much do British Columbians really know about the NDP leader? There's the obvious: he served as chi...

Desperately Seeking Diverse Votes

CP | Dene Moore, The Canadian Press | Posted 04.26.2013 | Canada British Columbia

VANCOUVER - New Democrat Leader Adrian Dix spent Thursday making the rounds of several Chinese-language radio stations in Metro Vancouver.Last weekend...

Dix Feels Crush Of Pipeline Stance Criticism

CBC | Posted 04.24.2013 | Canada British Columbia

The B.C. Liberals are accusing NDP Leader Adrian Dix of flip-flopping after Dix spoke out against the expansion of the Kinder Morgan pipeline. ...

Dix Pledges Millions For Orchardists

CP | Dirk Meissner, The Canadian Press | Posted 04.21.2013 | Canada British Columbia

KELOWNA, B.C. - NDP Leader Adrian Dix took his campaign to a distillery in downtown Kelowna where he had a few drinks in a building that once housed a...

It's Adrian Dix's Destiny to Legalize Marijuana

Dana Larsen | Posted 04.20.2013 | Canada British Columbia
Dana Larsen

He may not know it yet, but Adrian Dix will be the Premier who presides over the decriminalization and then legalization of marijuana in BC. The reason I know this is because of the 420 Code. Although Dix isn't particularly pro-pot, he does say he supports decriminalization. It's not an issue he feels comfortable talking about and usually he takes the easy route and passes the buck to the federal government.

Dix's Welfare Increase Plan Called 'Pathetic'

CP | Tyler Harbottle, The Canadian Press | Posted 06.19.2013 | Canada British Columbia

VANCOUVER - New Democrat Leader Adrian Dix's claim that British Columbia has the worst income inequality and the second worst record on child poverty ...

Clark Guns For Oil Votes, Dix Eyes Island

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 06.18.2013 | Canada British Columbia

VANCOUVER - The leaders of British Columbia's two main political parties stayed in their comfort zones Thursday, with Liberal Christy Clark touring oi...

Dix Pledges Millions For Public Schools

CP | Dirk Meissner, The Canadian Press | Posted 06.18.2013 | Canada British Columbia

COURTENAY, B.C. - Liberal Education Minister Don McRae crashed New Democrat Leader Adrian Dix's election campaign announcement Thursday, creating a si...

Dix Proud He's 'Not A Perfect Leader'

CP | Dirk Meissner, The Canadian Press | Posted 06.16.2013 | Canada British Columbia

VICTORIA - Adrian Dix says he was driving home one night from a political meeting in Campbell River on Vancouver Island when he experienced what he ca...

Dix Pledges Millions To Save B.C. Forests

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 06.15.2013 | Canada British Columbia

PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - New Democrat Leader Adrian Dix has released a multimillion dollar election plan that he believes will help grow and improve B.C....

Can Anything Stop This Man?

The Huffington Post Canada | Eric Grenier | Posted 04.12.2013 | Canada British Columbia

Can anything stop Adrian Dix from becoming the next premier of British Columbia? The election campaign kicks off in a few days but all indications ...

EYE ON THE PRIZE

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 06.08.2013 | Canada British Columbia

VANCOUVER - B.C.'s election race doesn't officially begin until April 16, but New Democrats say they are already prepared — and very eager — to be...

Christy Clark's Days Likely Numbered

The Huffington Post Canada | Eric Grenier | Posted 03.22.2013 | Canada Politics

Time is running out. The campaign kicks off in less than four weeks and British Columbians head to the polls in less than eight, but the numbers fo...