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Elizabeth May

How the candidates portray themselves on Facebook

Prime Minister's Stephen Harper's Facebook was not considered a relevant tool for promotion until recently. As the following timeline shows, in the past year his social media team didn't bother to...

What's motivating voters in British Columbia?

Leaders, candidates, ideas, and emotions including a desire for stability, change, and a small dollop of disgust are driving B.C. voters to the polls this election.
Federal NDP leader Thomas Mulcair at the Vancouver Art Gallery. CP file photo

How low can Harper's B.C. numbers go?

A new Insights West poll indicates Conservatives are in deep trouble in B.C. as their support collapses to 22 per cent.
Dr. Lynn Quarmby, at Burnaby Mountain pipeline rally. (YouTube)

Green Party rolls out plans to fight 'risky pipelines and tanker schemes'

Banking on a minority government, the leader of the federal Green Party has announced specific plans for working with all other parties to defend coastal communities from "risky pipeline and tanker...
Elizabeth May at the first federal leaders' debate. CP Photo

FIGHT NIGHT: Breakout performance by May counts as a win for Harper

As Elizabeth May re-shuffles the electoral deck with a virtuoso debate performance, does she help Harper most?
The four federal party leaders have a long campaign ahead of them.

How B.C. can beat Harper in the 2015 election

Pollsters and academics say the key for voters wanting to unseat Harper is to follow party trends in the ridings rather than at the provincial or national level.
Trudeau photo-op fodder for social media (Twitter)

AND THEY'RE OFF: Federal leaders' debate trumps sports at some city bars

Green party leader Elizabeth May is expected to stick it to Harper over the $150 billion he added to the federal debt.
Justin Trudeau waves at the crowd at the Pride Parade. Photo by Valentina Ruiz

Trudeau and May kick off campaign at Vancouver Pride Parade

Justin Trudeau and Elizabeth May: The two candidates who joined the 37th Annual Vancouver Pride Parade.
Stephen Harper

Game on! Harper calls election amid crumbling economy

Harper calls historic election as Canadian economy sinks.
B.C. Green Party, Elizabeth May, Prime Minister, Harper administration, public p

Elizabeth May calls Harper legacy 'serial acts of vandalism' against public policy

Greens charge Harper with turning government system into 'an elected dictatorship'