The Student Vote Team at Maple Grove Elementary
Good morning!
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 [...]

Good morning!
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 [...]

Good afternoon!
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 [...]

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 [...]

Gordon Campbell is the leader of the British Columbia Liberal Party and the current Premier of the province.
Before being elected Premier, he was the Official Opposition Leader, the Mayor of Vancouver, and before that a teacher in Nigeria.
Mr. Campbell was born in Vancouver. He has been married to his wife Nancy for 38 years [...]

Carole James is the leader of the New Democratic Party of British Columbia and the current Leader of the Official Opposition.
Before being elected Leader of the NDP, Mrs. James was the Director of Child and Family Services for Carrier Sekani Family Services, an agency serving First Nations communities throughout the North in the area of [...]

Jane Sterk is the Leader of the Green Party of British Columbia and candidate for the riding of Esquimalt-Royal Roads.
Before being elected to lead the party, Mrs. Sterk was a councillor in the Township of Esquimalt, a federal Green Party candidate, a professor at University Canada West where she teaches MBA courses in Business Environment [...]