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Last Updated: Monday, November 21, 2011 | 2:45 PM ET

Green Party wins first Vancouver seat
: The Green Party won its first ever Vancouver city council seat in Saturday's municipal election, as Adriane Carr won by less than 100 votes. more »; Related: FEATURE: Vancouver election results; Related: Robertson wins 2nd term as Vancouver mayor

B.C.'s electoral officer wants to boost youth vote: Elections B.C. wants to try out some new voting methods on the internet and take steps to get young people more interested in voting. more »
Kelowna re-elects former mayor: A wave of change swept Kelowna, B.C., in Saturday's municipal election as voters brought back a former mayor and elected five new councillors. more »

Prince George elects first female mayor in 50 years: Shari Green unseated incumbent Prince George mayor Dan Rogers by a wide margin on Saturday, becoming the city's first female mayor in 50 years. more »
Robertson wins 2nd term as Vancouver mayor: Gregor Robertson was re-elected to serve a second term as mayor of Vancouver with 77,005 votes, defeating his NPA rival Suzanne Anton with 58,152. more »
Incumbents sweep Metro Vancouver mayoral races: Voters across Metro Vancouver have re-elected mayors in nearly every municipal election, including New Westminster, Burnaby, Surrey, Richmond, North Vancouver, Port Coquitlam, Coquitlam, Delta, Langley and Port Moody. more »
Victoria mayor Dean Fortin re-elected: Victoria's Mayor Dean Fortin has easily held onto his seat, with 10,080 votes, beating his top challenger, Paul Brown who received 4,229 votes. more »
Surrey mayor wins 3rd straight term: Surrey Mayor Dianne Watts has won her third straight term as mayor of B.C.'s second largest city with 81 per cent of the total vote. more »
Voter turnaround sought in B.C. election trend: Fewer than one-third of voters turned out in Vancouver's 2008 municipal election and the turnout provincewide is the most dismal in the country. more »
Foreign ownership restrictions sought by Vancouver candidate: An independent city council candidate in Vancouver has said that the impact of foreign ownership on the city's skyrocketing housing prices is the most important issue that isn't being discussed by leading mayoral candidates. more »

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Green Party wins first Vancouver seat video: The Green Party won its first ever Vancouver city council seat in Saturday's municipal election, as Adriane Carr won by less than 100 votes.
B.C.'s electoral officer wants to boost youth vote: Elections B.C. wants to try out some new voting methods on the internet and take steps to get young people more interested in voting.
Kelowna re-elects former mayor audio: A wave of change swept Kelowna, B.C., in Saturday's municipal election as voters brought back a former mayor and elected five new councillors.
Prince George elects first female mayor in 50 years audio: Shari Green unseated incumbent Prince George mayor Dan Rogers by a wide margin on Saturday, becoming the city's first female mayor in 50 years.
Robertson wins 2nd term as Vancouver mayor video: Gregor Robertson was re-elected to serve a second term as mayor of Vancouver with 77,005 votes, defeating his NPA rival Suzanne Anton with 58,152.
Incumbents sweep Metro Vancouver mayoral races: Voters across Metro Vancouver have re-elected mayors in nearly every municipal election, including New Westminster, Burnaby, Surrey, Richmond, North Vancouver, Port Coquitlam, Coquitlam, Delta, Langley and Port Moody.
Victoria mayor Dean Fortin re-elected: Victoria's Mayor Dean Fortin has easily held onto his seat, with 10,080 votes, beating his top challenger, Paul Brown who received 4,229 votes.
Surrey mayor wins 3rd straight term video: Surrey Mayor Dianne Watts has won her third straight term as mayor of B.C.'s second largest city with 81 per cent of the total vote.
Voter turnaround sought in B.C. election trend video: Fewer than one-third of voters turned out in Vancouver's 2008 municipal election and the turnout provincewide is the most dismal in the country.
Foreign ownership restrictions sought by Vancouver candidate video: An independent city council candidate in Vancouver has said that the impact of foreign ownership on the city's skyrocketing housing prices is the most important issue that isn't being discussed by leading mayoral candidates.
Mayors push for new transit line for Surrey and Langley: The mayors of Surrey and Langley say they are hopeful a new light rapid transit line is in the works for their communities, based on a letter they received from B.C.'s transportation minister
Occupy Vancouver dominates CBC mayor's debate video: It was all about Occupy Vancouver and the issue of affordable housing at a Vancouver mayoral debate Wednesday.
Burnaby teacher gets death threat over anti-homophobia policy: A Burnaby, B.C., school teacher has received a death threat linked to the school district's controversial anti-homophobia policy.
Dad of abducted B.C. boy runs for Sparwood council: A Sparwood, B.C., man whose son was kidnapped earlier this year is running for local city council.
Vancouver takes 'watch and wait' approach to Occupy protest: Vancouver's police chief says he's not eager to have his officers disperse Occupy Vancouver protesters, saying it simply hasn't worked in other cities.
Bowen Island national park a key election issue: A proposal to establish a national park on Bowen Island may be the deciding issue in the upcoming civic election in the community.
Vision Vancouver unveils housing platform: Vision Vancouver mayoral candidate Gregor Robertson unveiled his party's affordable housing platform Sunday, saying it will continue to focus on housing and homelessness if re-elected.
Vision Vancouver promises online rental database: Vision Vancouver released another piece of its election platform on Saturday, pledging to create an online registry to track property violations in Vancouver apartments.
Occupy Vancouver dominates city's mayoral race video: Vancouver mayoral candidate Suzanne Anton is turning up the pressure on Mayor Gregor Robertson to force an end to the Occupy Vancouver protest on the lawn of the downtown art gallery.
Protesters disrupt Vancouver mayoral debate video: Occupy Vancouver protesters and an excluded mayoral candidate disrupted the first major debate of the civic election campaign Tuesday night.
Vision Vancouver sees rosy economic outlook video: Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson unveiled his party's economic platform Tuesday, highlighting 'low taxes' and support for small business in the run up to the Nov. 19 municipal election.
Vancouver online voting pilot nixed by province audio: A pilot program for online municipal election voting in Vancouver won't get off the ground in time for the upcoming civic election.
Vision Vancouver, COPE release platforms: Both Vision Vancouver and the Coalition of Progressive Electors unveiled more of their election platforms over the weekend, promising to focus on safer neighbourhoods and public transit respectively.
Vancouver mayor promises no gaming expansion: Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson launched his re-election bid Wednesday morning by promising his council would put a moratorium on any gaming expansion in the next three years.
VIDEO: Abbotsford teen runs for mayor video: As the CBC's Deborah Goble reports, Abbotsford's newest mayoral candidate is just 17 years — and his biggest competition is the 71-year-old incumbent mayor.
Anton takes aim at Vancouver bike lanes: Vancouver mayoral candidate Suzanne Anton is promising to halt the construction of new bike lanes if she wins the upcoming election.
Streetcars pledged by Vancouver mayoral candidate Anton: A downtown streetcar line will be a priority if she's elected mayor of Vancouver, said candidate Suzanne Anton.
Vancouver mayor ducking riot responsibility: rival: Vancouver mayoralty candidate Suzanne Anton says Mayor Gregor Robertson needs to step up and accept responsibility for the mishandling of the Stanley Cup celebrations sites and the ensuing riot.
Anton to seek Vancouver mayoralty audio: Vancouver city councillor Suzanne Anton says she has her sights set on the mayor's chair.
Online election voting approved by Vancouver video audio: Vancouver city council has approved online voting in November's municipal election - pending approval by the provincial government.

Vancouver mayor's race results (by voting division)

This map shows which candidate for Vancouver mayor received the most votes in each voting division. (This does not include results from advance and special opportunity voting as they are not tied to a specific voting division.)