Pandemic election pays off for ruling British Columbia party

VICTORIA, British Columbia (AP) — The leftist New Democrats won a majority government in the British Columbia election this weekend as voters rewarded Premier John Horgan with a second term after he took a gamble on calling an election during the COVID-19 pandemic. The NDP won enough seats to form a majority government in Pacific coast Canadian province after previously governing with a minority. That meant the NDP had rely on at least one opposition party to pass legislation.  The pa