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The drive to election day, Nov. 19 (UPDATED)
A weekend tweet from a school trustee raised a few eyebrows in Burnaby. It was from Harman Pandher, a Surrey teacher and a member of the Burnaby Citizens Association (BCA) who is seeking election* to...
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Little Election Chatter About Gang Violence
I thought with the recent warning by the Gang Task Force about the potential for more public shootings, there would be a lot of election talk about gang and gun violence. But surprisingly there has...
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Union endorsements help school board candidates
Candidates with union backing are likely to have an advantage when voters go to the polls Saturday. In 2008, 82 per cent of those who had an endorsement from the New Westminster and District Labour...
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Should school trustees have criminal-record checks?
Donna Allen, re-elected to the Nanaimo-Ladysmith board of education for a third term last month, has raised an important question in the aftermath of the municipal vote: Should criminal-record checks...
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Out-going school board renews two contracts before departing
After the Sun’s story about business conducted in private by the out-going board of education in Prince George, I received a tip that the out-going board in Greater Victoria also made an important...
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Vancouver mayoral candidate who kicked crack addiction seeks transparency at...
He’s calling for more transparency at city hall, and Vancouver mayoral candidate Mike Hansen is nothing if not transparent when it comes to revealing details about his own life. In his official...
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