Politics

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is denying the people of Burnaby South their right to political representation in Ottawa, according to NDP MP Peter Julian.

A Research Co. survey of Vancouverites who cast a ballot – either in the advance polls or on election day – serves to outline several changes in the way the municipal campaigns were run.

NPA mayoral candidate Ken Sim apologized Monday for not conceding Saturday that he lost the race to become Vancouver’s mayor to Kennedy Stewart, who won by 984 votes.

Independent candidate Kennedy Stewart was elected mayor Saturday, narrowly defeating the NPA’s Ken Sim by 984 votes.

Sarah Blyth received the most votes of any independent council candidate, but it was not enough to earn a seat.

Green Party candidates Pete Fry and Adriane Carr were the top vote getters in the council race. In total nine of the party’s candidates were elected to council, park board and school board.

Confused about which of the 21 mayoral candidates and 71 council candidates to vote for in the Oct. 20 civic election if tackling Vancouver’s affordable housing crisis is your top priority?

A look at three possible scenarios that could unfold after all the voting is done in Vancouver's upcoming civic election. Terri Evans, manager of the urban studies program at Simon Fraser University, provided some of the analysis.

With just days to go before election day, Kennedy Stewart is still leading the polls and more than half of voters are considering independent candidates for council.

Metro Vancouver city councillors collectively gave themselves a 13.9 % raise over the span of their four-year term, an analysis of their compensation shows.