aggregated from: Beyond Robson

With the Vancouver 2010 Games a little over one month away, the office of British Columbia's Premier is abuzz with activity in preparation to welcome the world. Provincial Government employees have been putting in a lot of overtime said Frank Aaro...

topics: bc-rail, election, premier, provincial-government, vancouver-2010

aggregated from: North Vancouver Politics.com

Back a few posts in Ms. Qureshi's 152 record breaker comment 'No Way Lynn Valley Densifies Further' there was interest and discussion as to who topped the poles before 1999, availability of information, and the cost to obtain it etc. The following ar...

topics: election, north-vancouver

aggregated from: Chinese in Vancouver

Guest blogger: Gabriel Yiu, former BC NDP candidate for Vancouver Fraserview To clearly stand out a guest blogger entry, all such headlines will begin with [GB].During the last provincial election, the BC Liberal Party stated in black and white that ...

topics: bc-government, bc-rail, business, candidate, concert

aggregated from: North Vancouver Politics.com

From the Georgia Straight:Delta mayor Lois Jackson has been reelected as the chair of the Metro Vancouver board of directors, fending off a challenge from District of North Vancouver mayor Richard Walton.Jackson and Walton were the only candidates fo...

topics: councillor, delta, elected, election, environment

aggregated from: North Vancouver Politics.com

Since North Vancouver does include/surround a large chunk of Squamish land, perhaps we should be following the politics there as well. The official Squamish web site can be found here. No word yet on election results.One blogger who follows, and is...

topics: crime, election, north-vancouver, olympics, politics

aggregated from: North Vancouver Politics.com

While reading the Georgia Straight today I noticed this snippet in an article about the NDP's upcoming convention:Meanwhile, the North Vancouver Seymour constituency association has submitted a resolution calling on the executive and provincial cou...

topics: election, ndp, north-vancouver

aggregated from: Chinese in Vancouver

I can t believe that now more Canadians support a unilateralist position than do Americans! When the Americans have moved on from the Bushism and into a multi-lateral, cooperative mode, we the friendly Canadians are catching on the chase for ism ide...

topics: business, election, political, politics, score

aggregated from: Chinese in Vancouver

Guest blogger: Gabriel Yiu, former BC NDP candidate for Vancouver Fraserview To clearly stand out a guest blogger entry, all such headlines will begin with [GB].The BC Liberals often claimed that economic development and management are their strength...

topics: 2010-winter-games, business, candidate, economy, election

aggregated from: North Vancouver Politics.com

Mr. Bill Bell's Ringside Seat column in today's North Shore News seems a good topic for discussion on this blog.To be or not to be supported by a special interest group such as CUPE or a Developer when running as a candidate in a civic election? That...

topics: candidate, elected, election, union

aggregated from: North Vancouver Politics.com

In Europe children are taught early about politics and even have their own parliaments and vote people in. So, when they leave school they are familiar with the process. Here in Canada the kids are bored with the idea of politics. The Press assumes t...

topics: election, north-vancouver, politics