CTV News declares NDP majority in B.C. election

The CTV News Decision Desk has declared an NDP majority in B.C.'s 2020 election. The party managed to push the BC Liberals out of several key ridings, earning a fresh mandate from voters to steer the province's ongoing response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Concerns about coronavirus transmission prompted an unprecedented number of British Columbians to vote by mail this year, and Elections BC will need weeks to verify those ballots before delivering a final count. Some 478,000 vote-by-mail packages