Opinion

We're voting in B.C. on the Referendum on Proportional Representation. Unfortunately, all three of the proportional systems are ‘Party Based’ in which political parties choose some of the MLAs. The voter based proportional systems will not even be on the ballot.

Much like a cigar or a boom box, drones are obnoxious to pretty much everyone but the person using it. But annoyance is secondary to the main reason for citywide bans: apparently, one wee drone has the power to take down an airplane.

Five Coalition Vancouver city council candidates got out of their cars and gathered at the top of the Georgia viaduct to wave signs that said "HONK TO SAVE THE VIADUCTS" today.

Independent mayoral candidate Kennedy Stewart's campaign manager, Neil Monckton, demanded that a private citizen take down a tweet that he considered to be libel. This is the audio of that conversation.

Mayoral candidate Wai Young claims to be suing a UBC professor over defamation claims

Judicial system in Canada/Shutterstock Access to justice has been a significant issue facing government.

Comedian and voice actor Charles Demers wrote and sung a song about Vancouver's housing affordability crisis, for the OneCity party in Vancouver's 2018 election.

An online Twitter poll (conducted by me) has revealed what a small slice of Vancouver voters think of the four front-running mayoral candidates in the Vancouver election.

There are reasons that home sales in major B.C. centres have fallen off a cliff, and that prices are teetering on the edge of the same abyss. And those reasons are what will probably prevent you from buying a home any more affordably than before.

Christopher Porter of Vancouver broke down all of the various platforms that candidates and parties have put forward, leading up to the 2018 Vancouver election.