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Federal Green leader dropping by for Burnaby 'backyard chat'

Federal Green leader dropping by for Burnaby 'backyard chat'

Another federal leader is coming for a visit to Burnaby. Green Party of Canada Leader Elizabeth May is hosting a Burnaby "backyard chat” at a private home on the Burnaby-New Westminster border. The event will be held on Friday, Aug.
Opinion: This video attack on Jagmeet Singh is a hateful clown show

Opinion: This video attack on Jagmeet Singh is a hateful clown show

With the federal election a little more than two months away, I’m firing up my election analysis looking at how different candidates are campaigning. I did the same during the Burnaby South byelection, which saw some pretty bizarre stuff.
Green Party calls for Canada-wide ban on semi-automatic rifles, handguns

Green Party calls for Canada-wide ban on semi-automatic rifles, handguns

Party leader Elizabeth May has put forward a confidential buyback program to compensate gun owners
'An obvious error': Jagmeet Singh responds to accusations of improper campaigning

'An obvious error': Jagmeet Singh responds to accusations of improper campaigning

Federal NDP Leader and Burnaby South MP Jagmeet Singh is being accused of improperly using his riding’s constituency office for campaign purposes.
Jagmeet Singh’s B.C. showing ‘potentially catastrophic’: polling analyst

Jagmeet Singh’s B.C. showing ‘potentially catastrophic’: polling analyst

The polling analysis site 338Canada has looked at the latest poll from Mainstreet and offered a dire note for Burnaby South MP and federal NDP leader Jagmeet Singh and his party. In the poll, the numbers for B.C.
Conservatives name Megan Veck federal election candidate for New West-Burnaby

Conservatives name Megan Veck federal election candidate for New West-Burnaby

Veck says her experience as a legislative assistant 'instilled a real love for public policy'
Now Jagmeet Singh has a money problem on top of a polling problem

Now Jagmeet Singh has a money problem on top of a polling problem

Ruh-roh. As if the federal NDP getting smoked by the Green Party in the May federal byelection wasn’t bad enough – now Burnaby South MP Jagmeet Singh’s party is lagging in fourth place when it comes to fundraising.
Burnaby South’s Jagmeet Singh better hope this poll is dead wrong

Burnaby South’s Jagmeet Singh better hope this poll is dead wrong

Election polls. To journalists, they are dangerous catnip that should be taken with a piece of salt the size of a car battery.
Jagmeet Singh returns to Burnaby for outdoor movie tonight

Jagmeet Singh returns to Burnaby for outdoor movie tonight

Burnaby South MP and federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh has returned home. Well, home as in the place he moved into last year in order to gain a seat in the House of Commons. But, home is wherever you lay your hat and Singh picked our fine community.
Burnaby Green candidate unimpressed with Trudeau’s TMX irony

Burnaby Green candidate unimpressed with Trudeau’s TMX irony

A common theme in responses to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s re-approval of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project is what happened the night before.