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Sep. 06, 2018 / Colin Stein

Mayoral Exit Interview: Port Coquitlam

We continue our series of exit interviews with Metro Vancouver mayors standing down this election cycle with Port Coquitlam’s Greg…
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Sep. 05, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

A Huge Platform Plank — Vancouver Civic Election

Having seen the NPA’s Ken Sim on a bike, it’s time for yet another colossal event in the 2018 Vancouver…
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Sep. 05, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

What’s In a Name?

Maybe I’ve just missed seeing it. Wouldn’t be the first time. And I always knew that Mr. Campbell was a…
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Sep. 05, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Vancouver – the Evil Bicycle Becomes Normal

As the 2018 civic election rolls onward, we await the list of candidates who’ve filed nomination papers with Elections BC…
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Aug. 28, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Vancouver Mayoral Debate – September 17

September 14 at 4 pm is the closing date for people to file nominations for civic positions, including Mayor and…
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Aug. 23, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Scuffling For Mind-Share . . .

. . .  oh yes, and votes too.  Eventually.  Hopefully. It’s a slow, churning time in the 2018 Vancouver civic…
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Aug. 23, 2018 / Colin Stein

Mayoral Exit Interview: City of North Vancouver (Part III)

This week, we’ve been posting excerpts from our first Mayoral Exit Interview, featuring City of North Vancouver Mayor Darrell Mussatto.…
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Aug. 22, 2018 / Colin Stein

Mayoral Exit Interview: City of North Vancouver (Part II)

Yesterday, we published Part I of our chat with Darrell Mussatto, Mayor of the City of North Vancouver, which included…
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Aug. 21, 2018 / Colin Stein

Mayoral Exit Interview: City of North Vancouver (Part I)

At last count, 11 Metro Vancouver mayors will not be returning to council chambers in the fall; with some mayors…
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Aug. 16, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

2018 Civic Election – the Practice of Persuasion

The upcoming civic election in Vancouver (and elsewhere in BC) has something new — controlled campaign spending, less of it,…
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Aug. 15, 2018 / Gordon Price

Civic Savvy: Vision might get a majority

Another conversation with a savvy insider on the civic election – one who deserves the moniker of ‘pundit’ (in the…
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Aug. 08, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

2018 Vancouver City Elections — Rookie Council Concerns

There is little doubt that in October 2018, Vancouver voters will put in place an almost all-rookie City Council (40…
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Aug. 02, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

The Dwindling Of the Incumbents — 2018 Vancouver Civic Election

In October, Vancouver’s 2018 civic election will produce a Council with, at the most, 3 incumbents: Adriane Carr Heather Deal…
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Jul. 31, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

2018 Vancouver Civic Election — the Party Scene

It’s almost completely an NPA news day in the upcoming 2018 Vancouver civic election.  But the party scene is getting…

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