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Sep. 18, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

A Test of Character — 2018 Vancouver Civic Election

The 2018 civic election campaign in Vancouver is steadily ramping up.  At last night’s Mayoral candidate debate, we saw a…
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Sep. 18, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

The Random Order Ballot — 2018 Vancouver Civic Election

Amid concerns about an advantage conferred to some candidates because their name appeared at the top of the ballot, the…
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Sep. 17, 2018 / Gordon Price

Open Letter to Council: Amending RS-1 for More Housing Choice

  The temperature is going up.  As the election approaches and the City moves towards a ‘Making Room’ rezoning in…
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Sep. 17, 2018 / Colin Stein

Mayoral Exit Interview: North Van District (Part I)

In this 4th in our series of Mayoral Exit Interviews, Richard Walton of the District of West Vancouver, who has…
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Sep. 15, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Reader Services — 2018 Vancouver Civic Election

As a valuable time-saving service to Price Tags’ readers, we will henceforth dispense with attempting to list who is running…
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Sep. 15, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Candidate List – 2018 Vancouver Civic Election

Yikes:  the number of candidates has increased. Full List HERE.  158 candidates for 27 positions (5.9 people per position). Mayor: …
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Sep. 14, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Candidates Talk Bikes — 2018 Vancouver Civic Election

After a Vancouver civic election mayoral candidates meeting, we have a much clearer picture of where some candidates fall on…
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Sep. 14, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Candidate Count – 2018 Vancouver Civic Election

Today’s the final day to get your name on the ballot for the 2018 Vancouver civic election.  So let’s look…
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Sep. 14, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Andrea Reimer’s Decision — 2018 Vancouver Civic Election

Vision Vancouver councilor Andrea Reimer has published her decision about running for mayor in the October 20 civic election. This…
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Sep. 14, 2018 / Colin Stein

Questions for Candidates: The Independents (Part III)

Why are they running in a race they can’t possibly win? It’s the blunter question than was originally posed to…
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Sep. 13, 2018 / Colin Stein

Questions for Candidates: The Independents (Part II)

In Part I yesterday, our four featured independent candidates for Vancouver city council shared their position on housing, and how…
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Sep. 12, 2018 / Gordon Price

Is Policy Good Politics?

rc There’s an oft-repeated line credited to Kim Campbell when she was running as Conservative leader in 1993: “An election is…
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Sep. 12, 2018 / Colin Stein

Questions for Candidates: The Independents (Part I)

The Questions for Candidates series started in June with Vancouver’s Kettle-Boffo controversy (ancient history?), and our appeal to the early…
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Sep. 12, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

A Cloudy Vision — 2018 Vancouver Civic Election

In the wake of Ian Campbell’s unexpected withdrawal from the Vancouver 2018 civic election’s mayoral campaign, Vision Vancouver is considering…

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