In B.C., candidates making early bids at mayoral jobs

For decades, candidates for civic elections in British Columbia have held off campaigning until a couple of months before the traditional fall vote.

But this year, with more than 400 days before the scheduled Oct. 27, 2026, municipal elections, Surrey Councillor Linda Annis splashed out Wednesday with a news conference in a major hotel ballroom to announce she would be challenging Mayor Brenda Locke for her job.