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North Vancouver's own political BLOG dedicated to North Vancouver's political players and the decisions that shape our community: Bell, Whittred, Sultan, Jarvis, Mussatto, Walton, Harris, Nixon, Muri, Little, MacKay-Dunn, Hicks, Heywood, Perrault, Fearnley, Keating, Bookham, Schechter and all those who aspire to take their positions.
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Inaugural NV District Council Meeting
Tonight the District Mayor and Council was sworn in by Judge Bill Rogers complete with Honour Guards from the RCMP and Fire Department complete with bagpipes.After the swearing in there were students from Cleveland Elementary and Carson Graham Second...
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topics: mayor, mla, north-vancouver
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Coalition Government: Are you pulling our chain?
Conservatives: 143Liberals: 77Bloc Qu b cois: 49NDP: 37Independent: 2Prime Minister Stephen Harper has temporarily stymied a Liberal plan to bring down the government and propose a governing coalition with the New Democrats, delaying the opportunit...
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topics: election, liberal, liberals, new-democrats
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Senator Ray Perrault dies at 82: North Vancouver Political Icon
According to family members retired Liberal Senator Ray Perrault passed away quietly last night.The long-time North Vancouver resident entered politics in his thirties, becoming leader of the British Columbia Liberal Party in 1959. He was first elec...
11 views | aggregated: 1 week 2 days ago
topics: elected, election, liberal, liberals, mla
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North Vancouver District to Push for Ban on Disposable Shopping Bags
From the Georgia Straight last week:At their first meeting after the election, District of North Vancouver councillors will vote on whether to urge the province to ban disposable shopping bags. In a report going to council on Monday (November 24), ...
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Hynes Development favoured by District Council
The proposed Hynes Development in the community of Lower Lynn was in the news recently again. It seems council is unanimously in favour of this project with only some exception from Clr. Muri as to the lack of a green space included in the plans. The...
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topics: election, sustainability, transportation
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Don Bell: MLA or not to MLA
There has been a lot of discussion/speculation over the past several weeks as to whether Don Bell should seek the BC Liberal nomination in North Vancouver-Lonsdale. When I bumped into Bell on Saturday night he was looking healthy and energized. ...
11 views | aggregated: 1 week 6 days ago
topics: liberal, mla, nomination, north-vancouver
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Municipal Campaign Over: Provincial Election Next on Agenda
Now that we have made it through two elections in the space of two months - maybe we should take a break. Will politicos here in North Vancouver be able to enjoy some U.S. Thanksgiving turkey, and then a peaceful non-campaign driven Christmas/New Ye...
11 views | aggregated: 2 weeks 1 day ago
topics: election, liberal, liberals, ndp, new-democrats
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Mayor acclamation = low voter turn out.
A 16.7% municipal voter turn for Saturday's election is pretty disappointing. I was at Tommy's restaurant Sat. morning and one of young employees there asked another employee, What is the date today? I interjected, It's Nov. the 15th, Civic Electi...
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topics: election, mayor
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Gassy Jack
"Gassy Jack" by The Evaporators (SOCAN). Video directed by Jason Margolis from the CD/LP &...
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When Jesse Was Born
Explores the turbulent, sometimes painful, and often humorous lives of one blue-collar family as the...
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A Piece of Glass
With the 2010 Olympics rapidly approaching, many people are concerned about the issue of homelessnes...
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