Monthly Archives: November 2014

This is the last Metro Vancouver Board meeting of this term. Although mostly incumbents stayed in power as mayors in the Metro region with the November 15 civic elections, there were some changes in city councillors, and the directors appointed … Continue reading →

Originally posted on CityHallWatch: Tools to engage in Vancouver city decisions:
The deadline for public input on key changes to British Columbia’s municipal elections finance limits has been extended to Friday, December 5, 2014. As well, an additional Public Hearing…

Lower Mainland civic election results: List below (Courtesy of News1130.com) MetroVanWatch congratulates the reelected and newly elected candidates. We look forward to four years of increased transparency, accountability, and public service from Metro Vancouver (GVRD). As one first big step … Continue reading →

A wave of transparency is breaking out across the Metro Vancouver region. The latest breakthrough is in Port Moody, where the Moody Centre Community Association (MCCA) asked this question at an all-candidates meeting it hosted on November 5, 2014: Vancouver candidates have said they’ll … Continue reading →

MetroVanWatch received this submission from the Burnaby First Coalition. It looks like valuable information for the public. Burnaby Mayor Corrigan and  NDP’s BCA council voted against limits of donations to election campaigns. Refer to this April 2010 Report to Council (Burnaby).   (This … Continue reading →

We reprint here a commentary submission by Dermod Travis of IntegrityBC. See the full original text on the Integritybc.ca website. We also bring this link up to the top: Complete list of candidates running across B.C.: http://www.election2014.civicinfo.bc.ca/2014/index.asp Commentary: Time to … Continue reading →

Submitted from a reader… What is lurking in the digital files at city hall? Pay me $2,677.00 and I’ll tell you. The November 7, 2014, Vancouver Sun reports that the difficulties in gaining access to information at Burnaby’s City Hall are … Continue reading →

Media Democracy Days 2014 are here in Vancouver, November 7 and 8! It brings together diverse communities involved in media advocacy and education, to help promote the cause of media democratization to a wider public. A healthy society needs media democracy. Learn about … Continue reading →

MetroVanWatch is re-posting this media release from the Burnaby First Coalition (BFC, http://www.burnabyfirst.ca), which hopes to unseat the incumbent Mayor Derek Corrigan and his Burnaby Citizen’s Association (BCA, http://www.burnabycitizens.ca), which currently hold all seats on Burnaby City Council. Readers across the region will … Continue reading →