BC Green Party leader Sonia Furstenau is leaving the Cowichan Valley to instead run against provincial cabinet minister Grace Lore in Victoria-Beacon Hill.
Furstenau made the announcement Wednesday (Jan. 31) in Victoria.
“Victoria is not just a location on the map, it’s where my story really originates,” she said, citing to her grandparents and parents’ connections to the community. “And it’s where I spent two formative decades of my life.
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