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October 28, 2018 00:24:50
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theBreaker.news Podcast: "Citizen Kerry" reflects on running for Richmond city council

Kerry Starchuk is afraid her hometown is coming apart because of a widening cultural and economic divide. For eight years, she has campaigned for...

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October 21, 2018 00:24:03
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theBreaker.news Podcast: Election '18 Aftermath, with The Pollster, The Prof and The Punk

Research Co. pollster Mario Canseco predicted Kennedy Stewart, Ken Sim and Shauna Sylvester would battle to become the next Mayor of Vancouver on Oct....

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October 14, 2018 00:26:47
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theBreaker.news Podcast: Vancouver council candidates make their elevator pitches for your vote

There are 71 candidates running for 10 city council seats in Vancouver's Oct. 20 general election. Almost 10% of them are on this edition...

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October 07, 2018 00:26:36
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theBreaker.news Podcast: Will Richmond elect a mayor who is oblivious to China's human rights abuse?

Advance voting is underway this week for the Oct. 20 local government elections across British Columbia.  [caption id="attachment_6655" align="alignright" width="245"] Hong Guo[/caption] In Richmond,...

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September 30, 2018 00:25:45
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theBreaker.news Podcast: Advocating for the value of information

The Centre for Law and Democracy and Access Info Europe put Canada at a dismal number 55 in their annual ranking of countries with...

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September 23, 2018 00:26:53
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theBreaker.news Podcast: Facebook whistleblower comes home to B.C.

The political battleground that Facebook has become is harmful to democracy. That is according to the Victoria, B.C. whistleblower whose revelations of widespread data...

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