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Larry Campbell's left-centre-left knockout punch

Senator Larry Campbell was mayor once, but at Vision Vancouver's first ever AGM he said he has no political "left-right" leanings.
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NDP says BC Housing broke pledge

NDP housing critic Diane Thorne has claimed that BC Housing officials told her last March that the redevelopment of the 224-unit Little Mountain social-housing complex would be a phased project. "That's what they told me," Thorne told the Straight . "It would be phased to try and minimize the dislocation for the tenants."
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Federal libs plug Native centre

Two Vancouver-based federal Liberals have vowed to throw their support behind the proposed $46 million Native Youth Centre .
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Hansen takes TILMA to the GVRD's directors

The controversial Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement between B.C. and Alberta was not debated in the legislature before it came into effect on April 1.
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Native Education College to remain open

The Native Education College on Vancouver’s East Side will remain open despite continued financial difficulties, Chief David Walkem, board chair for the NEC, has announced.
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Georgia Straight won't be at the Pride parade

We thought we were in, then we were out, then we were in, and then we were out, and finally, we were invited back into the Pride parade.