Today we have a sitting premier in the 85 seat government of British Columbia.Christie Clark won a seat in west Kelowna in a by-election,she carried 63 percent of the vote about the same as the Liberal member that steped aside so that the Premier could be available to the opposition in Question Period during the sitting of the legislature.

A by-election is on for the seat vacated, in the Village of Ashcroft by our Fraser Nicola member  Jackie Taggart.

Today in history: July 15, 1916

Pacific Aero Products, later to be called Boeing is established.