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May. 14, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

The Needs of a City; A Party's Choice

Let’s take a moment — to step back from the political dramas roiling away in Vancouver. Let’s instead take a…
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May. 11, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Vancouver Mayoral Race — Chaos In Unity

Fractured on the left; chaotic on the right.  What’s a poor voter to do? Our favourite, harried, Vancouver-centric podcasting politicos…
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May. 11, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Friday Funny — Gotta Be a Mayor Thing

If I can keep up, I promise to put together a sober-sided post on the Vancouver mayoral race. Meanwhile, there’s…
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May. 10, 2018 / Gordon Price

DOXA film: Rankin File – May 12

In Vancouver, politics have always ben anything but boring. The year is 1986. Expo ’86 has just ended, and affordability…
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May. 09, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Kennedy Stewart Upcoming Announcement

Mr. Stewart is MP for Burnaby South and was recently (oddly), included in a poll on mayoral candidate preferences for…
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May. 09, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Bremner Speaks to Cambie Report

After he was rejected by the NPA Board as a potential mayoral candidate, NPA City of Vancouver councilor Hector Bremner…
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May. 08, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Cambie Report Episode 7 Precis

Episode 7 of the Cambie Report on Vancouver civic politics.  The three wise guys ramble over this ever-shifting, ever-entertaining ground. …
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May. 08, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

NPA Rejects Bremner

The NPA board has rejected Councilor Hector Bremner as their mayoral candidate, following his approval by NPA’s Green Light Committee.…
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May. 07, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Right's Fights; Left's Effed

Time to revisit the slate of candidates — and question marks — for the mayoralty in the City of Vancouver,…
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Apr. 27, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Vancouver Mayoral Madness: Spring Edition

As the October 20 civic elections slowly advance upon us, the noise level in Vancouver is beginning to rise.  Are…
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Apr. 21, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Candidate Review – Vancouver Civic Election

Time once again to thank Ian Bushfield (@ibushfield) for keeping an ever-lengthening list of people who have announced (with some…
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Apr. 17, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Alphabetic Ballot Bias

It’s long been suspected that ballots alphabetized by candidates’ names confer an advantage to those at the ABCD end of…
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Apr. 16, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

NPA's Coupar Speaks On Video

What does Mr. Coupar stand for, what would he do as Mayor, and how? Check out the video.…
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Apr. 16, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

NPA Mayoral Hopeful #4

Add Ken Sim to the candidate list for the NPA’s Mayoral nomination in the October 20 civic election.  Stay tuned…

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