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Five neurologists in the South Okanagan are leaving Interior Health after being told to provide on-call coverage for the whole region, Doctors of B.C. says.

Lytton’s mayoral race ended in a 45-45 tie between Denise O’Connor and Jennifer Thoss, and Cache Creek held a hand recount of a council race decided by four votes.

Preliminary figures show turnout rose in Vancouver, Richmond, Delta, Burnaby and Surrey in Saturday’s B.C. municipal elections, CBC and Daily Hive reported.

Mayors in Port Moody, Maple Ridge, Prince George and Delta were among the incumbents ousted Saturday, while a tie in Lytton may head to a judicial recount.

Ron Cannan said he is satisfied after meeting Kelowna election officials and will not seek a recount of the 969-vote mayoral race won by Tom Dyas.

Mike Hurley was re-elected in Burnaby and Craig Hodge was chosen in Coquitlam, among mayoral results reported across Metro Vancouver on election night. All figures are unofficial.

Rob Howard was named Richmond’s new mayor after a tight race with Alexa Loo, ending Malcolm Brodie’s 25 years in the job, Richmond News and Daily Hive reported.

Former mayor Doug McCallum was elected Surrey mayor, defeating incumbent Brenda Locke in a rematch of the 2022 race, CP24 and CBC reported.

B.C. political leaders condemn a masked white nationalist demonstration on the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc reserve days before the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

Two Cessna 172s from local flight schools collided mid-air near Chilliwack, B.C. One landed safely, the other went down in a quarry lagoon. TSB has sent investigators.