Politics

Here is what some of the candidates for Vancouver mayor say they'll do about the city's housing crisis.

Voters will have 21 people to choose from to become Vancouver’s next mayor in the Oct. 20 civic election. The position will be vacant because Mayor Gregor Robertson will retire after this term.

For the first time since it was created in 2005, Vision Vancouver will not run a mayoral candidate in a civic election, leaving the party without a leader and little hope of winning a fourth majority at city hall in the Oct. 20 vote.

Vision Vancouver councillor Andrea Reimer has made an announcement saying she will not be running as the mayoral candidate for Vision Vancouver in the 2018 municipal election in Vancouver

Choice of candidates in B.C. politics is being hurt by social media as politicians tired of being abused online are walking away, Port Coquitlam Mayor Greg Moore told Union of B.C. Municipalities delegates Sept. 13.

A former Christian TV host and outspoken critic of the province’s sexual orientation and gender identity resource for schools is running for a spot at the Burnaby school board table.

Vision Vancouver councillor Andrea Reimer is reconsidering retirement and will decide by Friday whether she wants to become the party’s mayoral candidate.

The possibility of a new centre-right party led by Maxime Bernier has given rise to the idea that the 2019 federal election will conclude in a new victory for the Liberal Party of Canada.

As the election campaign ramps up, a new poll shows that the parties that have traditionally formed council are not as popular and almost half of Vancouverites would like to see several parties around the council table.

If you're on the fence at all about whether your swipe leans left or right in the upcoming civic election, there's a new online tool that, just like Tinder, tries to match you up with your dream mayoral candidate.