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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 / 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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Sep. 11, 2018 / Colin Stein

Mayoral Exit Interview: White Rock (Part II)

Yesterday, we published Part I of our interview with Mayor Wayne Baldwin of White Rock, who shed a bit of…
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Sep. 10, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

The Campbell Speculations — 2018 Vancouver Civic Election

Chief Ian Campbell has announced he is withdrawing from the Vancouver mayoral race.  No reason is forthcoming. The decision is…
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Sep. 10, 2018 / Colin Stein

Mayoral Exit Interview: White Rock (Part I)

Nobody has asked the question why, for a series called ‘Mayoral Exit Interview’, the headline refers to the city name…
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Sep. 10, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

What’s In a Name — Part 2

Name recognition is one of the big factors in electability, something to be factored in when predicting an election’s outcome.…
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Sep. 09, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Sylvester Speaks — 2018 Vancouver Civic Election

Vancouver mayoral candidate Shauna Sylvester is the centre of this interview by the cool dudes at Cambie Report.  The 2018…
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Sep. 06, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

NPA’s Sim Speaks — 2018 Vancouver Civic Election

Mr. Sim of the NPA will probably be among those Vancouver mayoral candidates who actually make it onto the October…

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