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    <title><![CDATA[The DRIPA Factor and BC’s Election]]></title>
    <link>https://thetyee.ca/News/2026/10/22/BC-Election-DRIPA-Factor/</link>
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   <description><![CDATA[How the parties are dealing with Indigenous relations.]]></description>
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   <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 19:40:00 +0000</pubDate>

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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew MacLeod]]></dc:creator>
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    <title><![CDATA[Unions Call on Next Government to Build Ferries in BC]]></title>
    <link>https://thetyee.ca/News/2026/10/22/Unions-Call-on-Next-BC-Government-to-Build-Ferries/</link>
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   <description><![CDATA[All three major parties have some form of commitment to insource shipbuilding.]]></description>
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   <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 19:30:00 +0000</pubDate>

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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Isaac Phan Nay]]></dc:creator>
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    <title><![CDATA[Where the Parties Stand on Drugs and Crime]]></title>
    <link>https://thetyee.ca/News/2026/10/22/Where-Parties-Stand-Drugs-Crime/</link>
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   <description><![CDATA[The NDP and Conservatives want to tackle street disorder. The Greens call for following the evidence on harm reduction.]]></description>
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   <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 07:40:00 +0000</pubDate>

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        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ BC Coroners Service ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ BC Greens harm reduction ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ BC involuntary care ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ BC Mental Health Act ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ BC NDP platform ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ BC toxic drug crisis ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ Crisis Response, Community Led ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ Daniel Vigo ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ Falkland drug bust ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ Geoff Meggs ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ John Horgan ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ Lisa Lapointe ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ Okanagan Correctional Centre ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ Repeat Violent Offending Intervention ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ Spiritwood Homes ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ Surrey Pretrial Services Centre ]]></dc:subject>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michelle Gamage]]></dc:creator>
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    <title><![CDATA[Queer Organizations Sound Alarm over Conservative Anti-Trans Rhetoric]]></title>
    <link>https://thetyee.ca/News/2026/10/22/Queer-Organizations-Alarm-Conservative-Anti-Trans-Rhetoric/</link>
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   <description><![CDATA[MLAs have tried to pass legislation that would strip away human rights and limit access to health care.]]></description>
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   <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 07:30:00 +0000</pubDate>

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        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ Alberta anti-trans policies ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ Anna Kindy ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ BC Conservatives anti-trans rhetoric ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ BC gender affirming care ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ BC human rights code ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ Chris Elston ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ Clio Lake ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ Danielle Smith ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ Ella Dufault ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ Emily Lowan ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ Global Project Against Hate and Extremism ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ Heather Maahs ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ John Rustad ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ Kerry-Lynne Findlay ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ Kristina Loewen ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ LGB Alliance Canada ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ Lorne Doerkson ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ Queer Momentum ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ Ravi Kahlon ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ Society for Advocacy for Gender-Affirming Healthcare ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ SOGI 123 ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ Tara Armstrong ]]></dc:subject>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michelle Gamage]]></dc:creator>
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    <title><![CDATA[BC’s Parties Have Little to Say on Flood and Fire Prevention]]></title>
    <link>https://thetyee.ca/News/2026/10/22/BC-Parties-Flood-Fire-Prevention/</link>
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   <description><![CDATA[Despite wildfires, floods and heat domes, campaigns have made few commitments on mitigating future disasters.]]></description>
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   <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 07:20:00 +0000</pubDate>

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        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ BC climate disasters ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ BC Conservative platform ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ BC emergency management ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ BC flood strategy ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ BC Green platform ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ BC greenhouse gas emissions ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ BC natural disasters ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ BC NDP platform ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ BC wildfires ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ CentreBC platform ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ Dallas Brodie ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ Elenore Sturko ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ Emergency and Disaster Management Act ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ FireSmart BC ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ Jocelyn Stacey ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ OneBC platform ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ Sendai framework ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ Steve Litke ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ Tyrone McNeil ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ Watershed Security Fund ]]></dc:subject>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Grace Kennedy]]></dc:creator>
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    <title><![CDATA[NDP and Conservative Campaigns Both Rely on Budget ‘Magical Thinking’]]></title>
    <link>https://thetyee.ca/News/2026/10/22/NDP-Conservative-Budget-Magical-Thinking/</link>
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   <description><![CDATA[The parties have released costed platforms that experts say are fantastical.]]></description>
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   <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 07:10:00 +0000</pubDate>

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        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ BC budget contingency fund ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ BC Conservative platform ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ BC deficit ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ BC NDP platform ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ David Eby ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ economist Marc Lee ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ Emily Lowan ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ LNG Canada Phase 2 ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ Lorne Doerkson ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ Nicolas Schmitt ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ Werner Antweiler ]]></dc:subject>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew MacLeod]]></dc:creator>
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    <title><![CDATA[Emily Lowan on Electoral Reform, Resource Extraction and More]]></title>
    <link>https://thetyee.ca/News/2026/10/21/Emily-Lowan-Electoral-Reform-Resource-Extraction-Vote-Splitting/</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">https://thetyee.ca/News/2026/10/21/Emily-Lowan-Electoral-Reform-Resource-Extraction-Vote-Splitting/</guid>
   <description><![CDATA[Green leader rejects Eby’s late-campaign argument against vote-splitting]]></description>
   <uuid>69366AF0-CD8F-11F1-9680-BBD9FAABD9FE</uuid>
   <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 20:37:00 +0000</pubDate>

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        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ Adam Olsen MLA ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ BC Conservative Leader Lorne Doerkson ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ BC Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ BC Green Leader Emily Lowan ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ BC NDP Leader David Eby ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ BC NDP Premier John Horgan ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ Carolyn Howe Greens ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ Dave Barrett ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ Greater Victoria Teachers’ Association ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ Harold Steves ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ Jeremy Valeriote MLA ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ Rob Botterell MLA ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ saanich north and the islands ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ Svend Robinson ]]></dc:subject>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew MacLeod]]></dc:creator>
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  <item>
    <title><![CDATA[SOGI School Resources Are Back as an Election Issue]]></title>
    <link>https://thetyee.ca/News/2026/10/21/SOGI-School-Resources-Election-Issue-Again/</link>
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   <description><![CDATA[The BC Conservatives pledge to remove the LGBTQ2S+ learning materials while the NDP quietly cut funding.]]></description>
   <uuid>888A1538-CD89-11F1-B4BB-BBD9FAABD9FE</uuid>
   <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 19:55:00 +0000</pubDate>

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        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ Action4Canada ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ ARC Foundation ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ BC Conservative Leader Lorne Doerkson ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ BC human rights code ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ BC Teachers’ Federation ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ Christy Clark ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ Dallas Brodie ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ Elenore Sturko MLA ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ Heather Maahs ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ Kerry-Lynne Findlay ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ Mike Bernier ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ SOGI 123 ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ Stigma and Resilience Among Vulnerable Youth Centre at UBC ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ Tanya Gaw Action4Canada ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ Wilbur Turner advocate ]]></dc:subject>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Katie Hyslop]]></dc:creator>
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  <item>
    <title><![CDATA[What BC’s Parties Are Promising on Health-Care Access]]></title>
    <link>https://thetyee.ca/News/2026/10/21/What-BC-Parties-Promising-Health-Care/</link>
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   <description><![CDATA[The NDP commit to hiring and expansion. The Conservatives are offering private vouchers. The Greens want community health clinics.]]></description>
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   <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 07:40:00 +0000</pubDate>

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        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ Andrew Longhurst ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ BC Conservatives health care ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ BC Greens health care ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ BC Health Coalition ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ BC long-term care ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ BC NDP health care ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ BC parties health care ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ BC Urgent and Primary Care Centres ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ Burnaby Hospital ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ capitation model ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ Cherie Payne ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ Community Health Centres ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ David Eby ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ Emily Lowan ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ Kelowna General Hospital ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ Lisa Lapointe ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ Nanaimo Regional General Hospital ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ Steven Lewis UBC ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ Tony Luck ]]></dc:subject>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tyler Olsen]]></dc:creator>
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  <item>
    <title><![CDATA[How BC Conservatives Learned to Love Deficits]]></title>
    <link>https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2026/10/21/How-BC-Conservatives-Learned-Love-Deficits/</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2026/10/21/How-BC-Conservatives-Learned-Love-Deficits/</guid>
   <description><![CDATA[A close look at the platforms shows the NDP is opting for a more cautious approach.]]></description>
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   <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 07:30:00 +0000</pubDate>

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        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ BC Conservative platform ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ BC Conservatives deficit ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ BC deficit ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ BC NDP deficit ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ BC NDP platform ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ Brian Mulroney ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ Donald Trump ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ Ontario Premier Doug Ford ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ US deficit ]]></dc:subject>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jim Stanford]]></dc:creator>
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    <title><![CDATA[Looking at the Election Promises on Saving Forestry Jobs]]></title>
    <link>https://thetyee.ca/News/2026/10/21/Election-Promises-Saving-Forestry-Jobs/</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">https://thetyee.ca/News/2026/10/21/Election-Promises-Saving-Forestry-Jobs/</guid>
   <description><![CDATA[A union for BC mill workers says the NDP’s plan will help save jobs, but doesn’t go far enough.]]></description>
   <uuid>45833AAC-CCEF-11F1-8849-DFF2B1983571</uuid>
   <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 07:20:00 +0000</pubDate>

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        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ BC Conservatives forestry ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ BC Council of Forest Industries ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ BC First Nations Forestry Council ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ BC forestry industry ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ BC forestry jobs ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ BC Green Party forestry ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ BC job protection commissioner ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ BC Manufacturing Jobs Fund ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ BC NDP forestry ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ David Eby ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ Gary Bull ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ Scott Lunny ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ Truck Loggers Association ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ United Steelworkers ]]></dc:subject>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Isaac Phan Nay]]></dc:creator>
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  <item>
    <title><![CDATA[Can Lorne Doerkson Become the Accidental Premier?]]></title>
    <link>https://thetyee.ca/News/2026/10/21/Can-Lorne-Doerkson-Become-Accidental-Premier/</link>
    <guid isPermaLink="true">https://thetyee.ca/News/2026/10/21/Can-Lorne-Doerkson-Become-Accidental-Premier/</guid>
   <description><![CDATA[A look at the former rodeo rider’s chances of taming the BC Conservatives.]]></description>
   <uuid>640C81D4-CCE2-11F1-A296-DFF2B1983571</uuid>
   <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 07:10:00 +0000</pubDate>

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        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ Black Press ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ Cariboo-Chilcotin riding ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ CentreBC ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ Conservative Party of BC ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ David Eby ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ Donna Barnett ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ Elenore Sturko ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ Joachim Agou ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ John Rustad ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ Jordan McIntosh ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ Katy Merrifield ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ Kerry-Lynne Findlay ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ Lorne Doerkson ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ Michelle Lang ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ Peter Milobar ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ Prince George Free Press ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ Salmon Arm Observer ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ Shane Mills ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ Stewart Prest ]]></dc:subject>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Steve Burgess]]></dc:creator>
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    <title><![CDATA[Please Advise! Is the Green Vancouver Win an Omen for BC?]]></title>
    <link>https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026/10/20/Is-Green-Vancouver-Win-Omen-For-BC-Election/</link>
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   <description><![CDATA[Emily Lowan might hope so. But Dr. Steve has doubts.]]></description>
   <uuid>F436A03E-CCBD-11F1-AD8C-DFF2B1983571</uuid>
   <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 19:32:00 +0000</pubDate>

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        <dc:subject><![CDATA[  Surrey Mayor Brenda Locke ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ BC Premier John Horgan ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ BC Premier Mike Harcourt ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ Colleen Hardwick ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ Coun. Sean Orr ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ Doug Ford ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ Doug McCallum ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ Geoff Meggs ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ Maxwell Smart ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ Mayor Ken Sim ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ Mayor Pete Fry ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ Rebecca Bligh Vote Vancouver ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ TEAM for a Livable Vancouver ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ Twilight Zone ]]></dc:subject>
        <dc:subject><![CDATA[ Vote Vancouver ]]></dc:subject>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Steve Burgess]]></dc:creator>
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   <description><![CDATA[Interim leader Lorne Doerkson has fired two candidates. Critics say he needs to do more.]]></description>
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   <description><![CDATA[Vancouver’s mayor and his Greens must contend with the more radical party that holds four slots on council.]]></description>
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