VICTORIA - A recent report on British Columbia's 2024 election found no evidence of foreign interference, but described a "broader culture of skepticism and conspiracy," saying misinformation and speculation about voting manipulation were "now the norm."

The report by researchers at the University of Toronto and Montreal's McGill University cites examples including spurious claims that severe rainfall and flooding on election day on Oct. 19 were due to deliberate manipulation of the weather.

It said the atmospheric river event was the "centrepiece of a voter suppression narrative" accusing the provincial NDP of using so-called cloud-seeding to suppress turnout for the Conservative Party of B.C., which narrowly lost the election.

The report released by the British Columbia Information Ec

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