The Student Vote Team at Maple Grove Elementary
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What a day for campaign watchers.  A new poll has now put a Liberal victory into question.  Lets get right into it.
POLLS & PREDICTIONS
Yesterday, we reported that a poll and seat projection stated the Liberals would win (Click here to read the article).  BUT a new [...]

    Students at Lake Trail Middle School in Courtenay used their school’s sign to try to get through to         voters.
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I thought the photo above was appropriate given how the economy proved an important topic in the papers the last two days.  Economic growth appears to have disappeared and all the [...]

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Student Vote Day is fast approaching and we here at SV News (meaning me, Steve) have been falling behind on our reporting!  So much to report on, so many schools to visit, and so little time.  I think all the kinks are out of the system and things should be full steam ahead from [...]

    Elsie Roy Elementary in Vancouver-False Creek
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CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE LEADERS’ RADIO DEBATE
What a debate!  All three leaders made some strong arguments in the first leaders’ debate yesterday, and the media was ready to provide their analysis.
Greens target NDP in 1st appearance on leaders’ debate    |    CBC News
B.C. Liberal, NDP, Green [...]

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I hope you had a chance to watch the debate this morning!  If you missed it, here you go. Be patient, there are a few commercials and some news before the actual debate begins.

 
Today was Earth Day and the political leaders and the media took the opportunity to look at the environment.
Liberal campaign’s Earth Day [...]

     Students at Colquitz Middle School
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The allegations of corruption in the government’s sale of BC Rail were all over the headlines this morning after accused former Liberal campaign organizer Patrick Kinsella threatened to sue the NDP for tarnishing his name!
Carole James maintained her accusations and promised a public investigation were she to become [...]

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There were many more articles published today that dealt with the former NDP candidate for Victoria-False Creek, Ray Lam, who was forced to step down because of some photos on his Facebook page. I promise I will post no other stories about this unless they have something [...]

APRIL 20
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Well it happened.  Facebook made its way into the headlines of this campaign.  We knew it would happen eventually.  It would also seem that I am running into all of the newsmakers during the election! Gordon Campbell, Carole James, Jane Sterk and now former NDP Victoria-False Creek candidate Ray Lam.
Ray was nice enough [...]

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Is it getting hot in here? Or is it just the onset of global warming? Or perhaps its just the debate raging amongst environmentalists, federal government panels, Gordon Campbell and Carole James!
All the pollsters told us at the start of the campaign that the environment had slipped to number three in the [...]

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Turns out it doesn’t matter what age you are to be a candidate in this election! In the news today is the tremendous diversity of candidates available for you to choose on Voting Day.
Our energy future also became a highlight as Premier makes nice with the oil and gas industry while Carole James [...]