Election 2019: All four party leaders expected in B.C. for final, crucial campaign weekend

Credit to Author: Lori Culbert| Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2019 22:42:08 +0000

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh and the Green’s Elizabeth May are already in B.C.

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Mosaics that dot Ashcroft just the latest treasures in the charming and out-of-the-way Thompson River Valley village

Credit to Author: Gordon McIntyre| Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2019 18:20:07 +0000

Artist Marina Papais — whose work has been showcased in galleries all over Canada and the U.S., and who has represented Canada at international symposiums in Eastern Europe — moved to Ashcroft in 2007 along with her husband Daniel Collett.

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Election 2019: Mayors' council releases voters' guide to transit, infrastructure spending

Credit to Author: Lori Culbert| Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2019 23:35:34 +0000

The Mayors’ Council on Regional Transportation gives a report card on the parties’ platforms, and what they mean for Metro Vancouver commuters.

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Election 2019: North Vancouver woman says some disabled Canadians feeling left out

Credit to Author: The Canadian Press| Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2019 01:41:49 +0000

North Vancouver resident Amy Amantea says there’s growing concern about the lack of discussion on key issues facing disable Canadians by federal parties this election campaign.

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Daphne Bramham: Why isn't the overdose crisis an election issue?

Credit to Author: Daphne Bramham| Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2019 01:10:33 +0000

OPINION: None of the federal leaders has strolled along Vancouver’s Hastings Street near Main at the epicentre of the crisis. None is likely to do so.

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North Vancouver woman says some disabled Canadians feeling left out of discussion during election campaign

Credit to Author: The Canadian Press| Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2019 14:08:21 +0000

North Vancouver resident Amy Amantea says there’s growing concern about the lack of discussion on key issues facing disable Canadians by federal parties this election campaign.

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Election 2019: B.C. youth voted in record numbers in 2015, but will they be inspired to repeat this year?

Credit to Author: Lori Culbert| Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2019 21:33:17 +0000

‘We feel like it’s our time to vote, to go out, because we make up the biggest voting block.’

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May looking ahead to how Greens might influence a minority government

Credit to Author: Daphne Bramham| Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2019 21:52:39 +0000

Opinion: Elizabeth May believes that in a minority government, even a few Green MPs could force substantial changes to Canada’s policy to better respond to the pending climate emergency

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Election 2019: Greens commit to process for First Nations to opt out of Indian Act

Credit to Author: The Canadian Press| Date: Sat, 05 Oct 2019 20:16:39 +0000

The Green party is promising a framework for Indigenous communities to opt out of the Indian Act as part of its strategy for reconciliation.

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