Students at Lighthouse Christian Academy
Lighthouse Christian Academy is a small school located on the north side of Victoria.  64 students in grades 5 through 11 cast ballots on Student Vote Day, with the older students manning the voting stations.
In the weeks leading up to the election, students learnt about democracy, Canadian and British [...]

    The Student Vote Team at Maple Grove Elementary
150 students cast ballots at Maple Grove Elementary in Vancouver on Student Vote Day.  Marianna Humeniuk’s Grade 7 class organized the school-wide campaign.
Senior Correspondent met with the students as they prepared for Student Vote Day.  Their questions were so pointed and on point that Steve had to [...]

    North Surrey Secondary School
378 students cast ballots on Student Vote Day at North Surrey Secondary School.  Students learnt about government, democracy, the electoral process, the political parties and what candidates were running in their riding.  On May 11th, students organized a voting station, acting as election officials for their peers.
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    The Student Vote Team at Queen Mary Elementary in Vancouver
The team at Queen Mary Elementary is made up of an exceptional group of students… and maybe the most opinionated we met the whole campaign.
239 students cast ballots in this Vancouver school.  Students prepared in advance by preparing morning announcements and a voter education campaign. [...]

    Students at Shaughnessy Elementary in Vancouver
284 students cast ballots at Shaughnessy Elementary on Student Vote Day. Members of the Grade 5 class organized the voting stations, serving as the school’s election officials.
Senior Correspondent Steve Goetz made a visit to the school during the campaign to meet with the Student Vote Team.  He was grilled [...]

Students at Sir Charles Tupper attend a debate on the Referendum on Electoral Reform
APRIL 27, 2009
Sir Charles Tupper Secondary in Vancouver was the host of a debate over the Referendum on Electoral Reform. Social Studies classes met in the auditorium to hear from representatives from the BC-STV campaign and the No-STV campaign.
One student [...]

    Miranda Wang from Magee Secondary represented the more than 60,000 students who cast ballots     on Student Vote Day, by announcing the results on CBC.
    The results presented were preliminary. The final tallies can be viewed here.
STUDENTS ELECT NDP MAJORITY GOVERNMENT; REJECT BC-STV
Students in 454 schools across the province cast ballots on Student [...]

     
Good Morning election watchers!

Voting Day is fast approaching and the undecided are slowly deciding.

THE SMALLER PARTIES

Election statements from B.C.’s smaller political players    |    Georgia Straight

THE ECONOMY
Once again, the economy figured dramatically in the headlines of the provinces newspapers.  All three major parties have highlighted job creation as the province has entered into a [...]

Good Evening.
The one and only televised Leaders’ Debate went down tonight. Gordon Campbell, Carole James and Jane Sterk appeared on CTV live to take questions
As of the time this was posted, the debate was not available to stream on the internet.
So, who was the winner?  Did one of the leaders strike you as having performed [...]

On Student Vote Day, you will have the opportunity to cast a ballot for the local candidate in your electoral district. But the way you vote will also decide who will lead the government. The leader of the party whose candidates win the most seats will become the Premier for the next four [...]