B.C. party leaders offer competing economic ideas in front of business leaders - CTV News

VICTORIA — The leaders of the two major parties running in British Columbia’s election pitched business leaders with infrastructure commitments, including a new shipyard and promises of tax cuts. NDP Leader David Eby and Conservative interim leader Lorne Doerkson appeared at a Greater Vancouver Board of Trade event on Tuesday along with Green Leader Emily Lowan to speak for 10 minutes each and then take pre-selected questions in advance of the Oct. 24 election.

British ColumbiaB. C. provincial party leaders hit the campaign trail on Wednesday, presenting a slew of economic promises to voters as election day nears. NDP promises interest-free loans, as B. C. Conservatives pledge to slash red tapeCBC News · Posted: Oct 07, 2026 5:21 PM EDT | Last Updated: October 7Listen to this articleEstimated 3 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. B. C. Green Party Leader Emily Lowan was among provincial leaders who made promises to businesses on Wednesday, as the campaign before the Oct. 24 election rolls on. (Nav Rahi/CBC)As B. C. faces unprecedented economic headwinds, provincial party leaders made competing pitches to voters at a flurry of campaign stops on Wednesday. B. C. NDP Leader David Eby, speaking outside a locally-owned grocery store in Surrey, presented his party's latest promise to offset the effects of U. S. tariffs.

TorontoPublished: October 17, 2026 at 2:31p.m. EDTThe next Lotto Max draw is on Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2026. The largest lottery prize ever offered in Canada is still up for grabs after there were no winners for Friday’s Lotto Max draw. The winning numbers were 01, 11, 13, 36, 41, 43, 51. The next draw for the $90 million Lotto Max will take place on Tuesday, Oct. 20. The jackpot is unchanged, as $90 million is the cap. While no one claimed the jackpot on Friday, the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation said four Maxmillion tickets worth $1 million each were sold in Ontario. Fourteen other tickets won $100,000 each, including seven in the Greater Toronto Area. Tuesday’s draw will also feature 20 Maxmillions prizes worth $1 million each and at least 90 Maxplus prizes worth $100,000 each. How to set CP24 as your preferred source on GoogleHow to set CTV News as your preferred source on Google

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Browse this and many other websites without banner ads, personalized tracking and video ads. Mercedes-AMG is bringing its sports car DNA to the full-size electric SUV segment. The new GT SUV is officially here with up to 1,153 horsepower, a 0-60 mile-per-hour time of 2.4 seconds, and DC fast charging at up to 710 kilowatts.

Earlier this year, Mercedes’ AMG performance brand grabbed our attention with the GT four-door coupe, a souped-up sports sedan with three axial flux motors delivering over 1,150 horsepower. Well, now meet its beefier cousin, the 2028 Mercedes-AMG GT SUV, an equally powerful, ultra-fast-charging electric people-hauler. The AMG GT SUV (say that five times fast) marks the first time in the performance brand’s 59-year history that it has developed a full-size SUV entirely in-house from the ground up. Scheduled to hit the US next summer, the new EV is built on Merc’s high-performance AMG. EA architecture to combine sports-car handling with full-size SUV suburban practicality. It will be available in three trims — GT 53, GT 55, and the flagship GT 63 — with the top model delivering 1,153hp via the same three axial flux motors powering the four-door coupe. That beats the Porsche Cayenne Turbo Electric with Launch Control, which is sure to make for some awkward run-ins around Stuttgart.1/10Thanks to an 800-volt architecture, the SUV supports blistering-fast charging speeds up to 710kW on the 128kWh battery (GT 63 / GT 55) and 600kW on the 106kWh battery (GT 53).