Vancouver's mayoral race is already breaking the records. It seems that Vancouverites are looking for change too. In some ways the local race mirror's the US Presidential race with new entrants like...
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This seems so commonsensical that I can't believe it isn't the case already. "Vancouver-Fairview MLA Gregor Robertson plans to introduce a private member's bill in the legislature today making it mandatory to...
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The fortunes of British prime minister Gordon Brown continue to slide as news comes that Tony Blair reportedly doesn't think Brown can beat David Cameron. With the London mayor elections coming up on Thursday, that...
Mayor of London Ken Livingstone has admitted he 'ensnared' the Government into bidding for the 2012 Olympic Games."Last night in London, he told a mayoral hustings that the event was just a way of extracting funding...
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This is an interesting tidbit that I came across in today's Victoria paper:"The province's official Opposition was once again virtually shut out in the corporate sector, raising just $25,000 from corporate and business donors, or less than one dollar for every 168 brought in...
Here is a great backgrounder on the 3 Vision party candidates shooting to become Vancouver's next mayor."Voters won't go to the polls until November, but the contest to become the mayoral candidate for Vancouver's...
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"If the number of endorsements counts for anything when it comes to getting the nod to be Vision Vancouver's mayoral candidate, Gregor Robertson is well ahead.Robertson's camp has emailed so many endorsements to the 12th & Cambie inbox that it's got the IT staff at...
As London's mayoral race officially starts today, Conservative candidate Boris Johnson is surging in the polls. It is the first sign that Ken Livingstone, London's first mayor, may have trouble holding on to the post...
''Not only should Northampton Borough Council sell this number plate, they should also sell any other council owned cars, property and asset's which are not really necessary to carrying out the function of managing the Town. It's called cutting your cloth to fit the...