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Guest Post from Damien Gillis
City Hall Leak Ignited Anti-Olympic Powder Keg The Real Political Lessons From Vancouver's Leakgate, Electionby Damien GillisNovember 16, 2008I'm gett...
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Stephen Rees's blog |
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Sam Sullivan, Re-Election, and the Insurgency
Sam Sullivan was elected Mayor of Vancouver almost three years ago, replacing the outgoing, popular Larry Campbell. Those three years have been rocky,...
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Shane_B |
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Stuart Mackinnon elected to Vancouver Parks Board
MACKINNON, StuartGRN48415Good friends rejoice: Andrea Reimer, Stuart Mackinnon and Andrea's daughter - photo Todd Wong You beat Andrea's numbers! exc...
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GungHaggisFatChoy |
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Civic Election: First Take
Why the loss by the NPA? I think it was the first time people had a chance to express their discontent and disdain for those who have been running t...
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Price Tags |
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Woodsworth Wins
Ellen Woodsworth [COPE], pictured in the above photo holding the microphone, was elected with 45,877 votes. When Larry Campbell was mayor, he used to...
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Downtown Eastside Enquirer |
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It's a Happy Planet city in Vancouver
Gregor Robertson, Vision Vancouver & COPE nearly sweep NPAIt was a stunning victory Saturday as Gregor Robertson led Vision Vancouver to a resounding ...
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Bill Tieleman |
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Local Election results
cbc.ca is probably the easiest way to find out what happened where you live in BC - or where you are interested in if you don't.Vancouver has seen a d...
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Gregor Robertson and Vision/COPE/Greens win Vancouver elections!
I go to the DTES to hand out votingpamphlets at Oppenheimer Park alongHastings St. to Strathcona CommunityCentre.COPE victory party at COP...
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GungHaggisFatChoy |
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THANK YOU to my SUPPORTERS
Oldtown NewsVancouver, BCTHANK YOU to my SUPPORTERSCitizens Voted for ChangeThe election is over and it was a rewarding experience and I had an amazin...
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Nov 15th Civic Election Day:
Last days of campaigning in VancouverIt's the last day of campaigning for the Vancouver civic election. There have been lots of surprises. There h...
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GungHaggisFatChoy |
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What is our Premier Thinking?
Richmond News More than 200,000 people a day will be taken off the road thanks to the Canada Line and travel time to downtown Vancouver will also be...
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Why haven't the NPA talked about last year's civic strike? Even while it was happening they ignored it!
The NPA will not talk about the strike. They refuse to talk about the issues we believe are important to Vancouverites, said Andrea Reimer at last...
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GungHaggisFatChoy |
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Charlie Smith in the Georgia Straight notesFor yea
Charlie Smith in the Georgia Straight notesFor years, transit advocates have called for a free bus service in downtown Vancouver to alleviate traffic ...
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COPE puts a free bus on Vancouver streets
Charlie Smith in the Georgia Straight notesFor years, transit advocates have called for a free bus service in downtown Vancouver to alleviate traffic ...
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Road tolls for whom, Transport Canada asks
Globe and MailTransport Canada is one of the sponsors of a conference in Toronto on road pricing. But there is little political interest in actually d...
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Jurassic Park
This COPE ad is pretty funny. At least I thought so....
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Langley Politics Dotcom |
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Larry, did ya lie?
Pivot Legal Society is blaming all three political parties -- NPA, Vision, and COPE -- for keeping the big secret.Pivot issued a press release yesterd...
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Downtown Eastside Enquirer |
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Vote for Kilt wearers in the upcoming Vancouver civic election! Mackinnon... Louie... Deal... Robertson... Chow... Stevenson and Capri
Everybody talks about the Chinese block voting... what about Scottish-Celtic block voting?Wear a kilt and go after the Scottish-Celtic ethnic vote!Van...
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Boom, Bubble and Bust
Tom Durning passes along a New York Times article from October 21 that now seems dated by fast-changing events:A Canadian Condo BoomAlthough price inc...
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It takes a village to raise a panic
Pete McMartin did a really good job for the NPA yesterday in deflating the rhetoric around the proposed loan for the Olympic Village. Because, of cour...
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COPE will run a Free Bus
Free Bus COPE will be launching a Free Bus tomorrow (Saturday November at 10 AM to highlight the party's transit policies and to provide a little re...
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Far too much on Fare Evasion
The right wing press never lets go of a bone. Though to be fair they are also giving the NPA a beating on the False Creek loan too. But Gregor's fine ...
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VANCOUVER COUNCIL's $100 MILLION GIVE-AWAY
Oldtown NewsVancouver, BCVANCOUVER COUNCIL'S $100 MILLION GIVE-AWAYThe Olympic Village mega-project has significant cost overruns and the City has com...
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Nov. 5th All Candidates meeting for Parksboard at Kerrisdale Community Centre
Which Parks Board candidate will you choose?COPE? Vision Vancouver? Green Party? NPA? Independent?How about one of each, then your next favori...
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GungHaggisFatChoy |
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Vancouver Elected Official ‘Pulls a Sarah Palin' by Using her Private Email to Conduct Potentially Explosive Government Business
When it comes to conducting government business on her private email account, rather than on her official government account that would put the email ...
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Downtown Eastside Enquirer |
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Vision's Eleanor Gregory ‘Pulls a Sarah Palin' by Using her Private Email to Conduct Potentially Explosive Government Business
When it comes to conducting government business on her private email account, rather than on her official government account that would put the email ...
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Downtown Eastside Enquirer |
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Morning Brew: A little brimstone
Free rides on transit are costing taxpayers. Unless, of course, they're riding transit for free.Speaking of, Gregor Robertson: he's the people's candi...
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ROUNDHOUSE COMMUNITY CENTRE MEETING
Oldtown NewsVancouver, BCROUNDHOUSE COMMUNITY CENTRE MEETINGA Compassionate Vancouver Today at the Roundhouse, a spirited and lively meeting took plac...
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Oldtown News |
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The Choice in Vancouver
Don B wroteWould you consider doing a post on the NPA/Vision policy platforms wrt transportation? I know you live in Richmond but it would be great to...
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Vancouver provincial by-elections voters reject BC Liberals' cheating, elect 2 NDP MLAs in Fairview, Burrard
Despite enormous efforts by the BC Liberal provincial government to cheat their way to 2 by-elections wins by running expensive, taxpayer financed adv...
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Bill Tieleman |
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WIDOW of EMERY BARNES ENDORSES JAMIE LEE HAMILTON
Oldtown NewsVancouver, BCOctober 27, 2008WIDOW of the LATE EMERY BARNES ENDORSES JAMIE LEE HAMILTONFollowing a number of prominent women leaders (Coun...
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Stuart Mackinnon is the Green Party candidate for Vancouver Parks Board
Vancouver Parks Board candidate Stuart Mackinnon blends multiculturalism with Green Party environmental issues. This week I have had the pleasure ...
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GungHaggisFatChoy |
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Vision Vancouver has fundraiser dinner at Floata: celebrates their cultural diversity
Vision Vancouver shows off it's connections with Vancouver's cultural diversity: Sikh, Taiwanese, First Nations, Chinese pioneers, and even Scottish!C...
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VANCOUVER PARK BOARD THIS NOVEMBER COULD BE WITHOUT AN NORTHEAST REPRESENTATIVE
Oldtown NewsVancouver, BCVANCOUVER PARK BOARD THIS NOVEMBER COULD BE WITHOUT AN NORTHEAST REPRESENTATIVE Jamie Lee Hamilton, longtime Downtown Eastsid...
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2008 civic candidates endorsed for Vancouver, Richmond and North Vancouver by the Vancouver & District Labour Council
Vancouver & District Labour Council endorses progressive candidates for Nov 15 civic elections in Vancouver, Richmond and North Vancouver. Vancouv...
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Mel Lehan, "Mayor of Kitsilano" is celebrated for his community achievments at St. James Hall Oct 19th.
Mel Lehan's legacy of community building was celebrated at St. James Hall, as Darlene Mazari called him the Mayor of Kitsilano Andy Vine performs Ex...
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GungHaggisFatChoy |
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Bus drivers union campaigns for purchase of more buses
Vancouver Sun We're short on buses, said Don MacLeod, president of Canadian Auto Workers Local 111. We need to address that shortage now. We're...
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COPE Finished in Vancouver?
Has COPE, the committee opposed to practically everything become irrelevant to the Vancouver political scene? Did anybody even notice that Tim Louis l...
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COPE RESULTS SIGNAL TROUBLE AHEAD
Oldtown NewsVancouver, BCCOPE RESULTS SIGNAL TROUBLE AHEADI attended the COPE nomination meeting yesterday and observed a badly divided party in actio...
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Vision Vancouver nominates 4 Asian councilor candidates + 1 First Nations school board candidate
Louie, Chow, Jang and Dhaliwal are nominated by Vision Vancouver to run for a diverse Vancouver City Council. Campaign sign for the j...
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GungHaggisFatChoy |
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The End of Aviation
New RepublicBradford Plumer looks at what will happen when we can no longer afford to fly.Generally it seems likely that we will find ways to cope wit...
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Vision and COPE has SOME GOOD PARK BOARD CANDIDATES
Oldtown NewsVancouver, BCVision and COPE Has SOME GOOD PARK BOARD CANDIDATESAs it is only a few days until the Vision nomination and 11 days until the...
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VANCOUVER MUNICIPAL GREEN VOTERS DISCOURAGED
Oldtown NewsVancouver, BCVANCOUVER MUNICIPAL GREEN VOTERS DISCOURAGEDIn the aftermath of the backroom deal cut by COPE, Vision and the municipal Green...
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Loving the Olympics
Here's my latest column in Business in Vancouver:How much do you have to love the Olympics if you want to lead Vancouver? Will Vancouverites vote for ...
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Paradise Makers - the Chuck Davis report
Vancouver historian Chuck Davis attended that last Paradise Makers - the SFU City Program interview series with decision-makers from the past - ...
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“A Pivotal Year”
Vancouver historian Chuck Davis attended that last Paradise Makers - the SFU City Program interview series with decision-makers from the past - ...
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Morning Brew: Cookies & Condoms
Peter Ladner asks Vancouverites if DEYAS is killing our addicted neighborhoods with kindness? I'll reply to that by asking my own now rhetorically l...
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Beyond Robson |
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COPE BATTLE ROYALE and STINKING DEAL
Oldtown NewsVancouver, BCCOPE BATTLE ROYALE and STINKING DEALYesterday I attended what turned out to be a battle royale at the COPE policy meeting. At...
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Vision/COPE/Greens make a civic slate deal... Stuart Mackinnon of the Green Party is the real winner!
Who is going to make it past the nominations fight to represent Vision Vancouver, COPE, and Green Party for city council, school board, and parks boar...
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Morning Brew: Long Summer Edition
I'm sure I just jinked it, but check out that extended forecast!Back to politics, it looks like Vision, COPE, and the Green party have made a three-w...
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