--- title: "election 2026: British Columbia election reporting | voche.me" canonical_url: "https://voche.me/bc/provincial-2026/news/tag/election-2026" last_updated: "2026-10-17T21:38:31.976Z" meta: description: "Read published reporting and guides about election 2026 on voche.me." "og:description": "Read published reporting and guides about election 2026 on voche.me." "og:title": "election 2026: British Columbia election reporting" "twitter:description": "Read published reporting and guides about election 2026 on voche.me." "twitter:title": "election 2026: British Columbia election reporting" --- ** NEWS TOPIC # election 2026 3 stories, newest first. Times are Pacific. ## Saturday, October 17 Election newsReported ### [BC NDP pledges up to $90 million for involuntary care beds at Okanagan Correctional Centre](https://voche.me/bc/provincial-2026/news/bc-ndp-involuntary-care-okanagan-2026) The BC NDP says it will invest up to $90 million to create involuntary care beds at the Okanagan Correctional Centre in Oliver, adding to existing centres in Surrey and Maple Ridge. 2:13 pm PT3 min read Election newsReported ### [Conservatives have not released a costed platform as advance voting begins](https://voche.me/bc/provincial-2026/news/bc-conservatives-costed-platform-advance-voting-2026) British Columbians started casting advance ballots on October 16 without a full costed platform from the BC Conservatives, whose leader Lorne Doerkson says the document is coming imminently. 2:10 pm PT3 min read ## Wednesday, October 14 Election newsReported ### [Ipsos poll gives BC Conservatives a five-point lead over BC NDP](https://voche.me/bc/provincial-2026/news/ipsos-poll-bc-conservatives-ndp-october-13-2026) An Ipsos survey conducted October 7 to 11 found 43 per cent of decided voters backed the Conservatives, compared with 38 per cent for the NDP, with one in four voters saying they still might change their vote. 3:00 pm PT3 min read ## Sitemap See the full [sitemap](/bc/provincial-2026/sitemap.md) for all pages.