Opinion

'From housing, essential community infrastructure and operating transit, municipal governments make decisions that have the greatest impact on our day-to-day lives. Yet four years ago, voter turnout in local elections in B.C. was an abysmal 39 per cent, much lower than in provincial or federal elections. '

When I teach journalism, I tell students: Declare your conflicts. We all have them. The audience needs to know.

In late 2018, a survey I collaborated on for the City of Vancouver sought to review why more than half of eligible voters chose not to cast a ballot in that year’s municipal election.

As the teachers’ union worries candidates linked to right-wing politics will get elected to school boards, there’s a bigger question: With so many of the big decisions in education handled by the province, what’s left for trustees to do?

The fund is explicitly barred from investing in narcotics, illegal substances or arms.

'It amazes me that not one candidate in the Gibsons municipal election has mentioned the two giant gaping holes in the town: The George and Gospel Rock.'

With the election just around the corner (Oct. 15) we, once again, see the emergence of the people who don’t appear to believe in the democratic process.