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Former NPA councillor and veteran actor B.C. Lee, who served with Mayor Sam Sullivan and was the first elected councillor from Vancouver's Mandarin-speaking community, was quietly confident...
"The election result indicates we still have a bit of a divide in our city, and that we must move forward -- starting tonight," said NPA mayoral candidate Kirk LaPointe, addressing supporters at the...
Still undecided about who to vote for? Second guessing yourself? Who really influences and inspires those candidates who are running for a seat in Vancouver's City Hall?
"The NPA has one of the key players from the Harper administration doing their mastermind strategy. And we don't have any doubts that there's big oil behind their campaign. Basically on the right...
With advance polls closed and just two days to go until City Hall’s next council leader will be decided by voters, mayoral candidates seized upon key battlegrounds Thursday. Vision’s Gregor Robertson...
One of the best books I have ever read about Canadian political history is a slim volume by Peter Russell, Professor Emeritus of Political Science at University of Toronto. His book, Two Cheers...
I strongly support Gregor Robertson and the entire Vision Vancouver team. As a close friend of Gregor Robertson's and a longtime supporter of the Vision team, I've worked in all of their campaigns. I...
"Vancouver is a progressive city -- a progressive city needs a progressive mayor," said former NDP cabinet minister and federal Liberal Ujjal Dosanjh in his endorsement of Mayor Gregor Robertson at a...
A month from now, Vision Park Board member Niki Sharma could make history in the municipal election -- if elected, she would be Vancouver's first South Asian woman on city council. As...