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The Hook's guide to BC election blogs

By Crawford Kilian April 18, 2009 10:30 am

Never before has a B.C. provincial election been blogged like this one. To ensure that voters are informed on all issues, The Hook offers a rough guide to blogs covering the current campaign.

We've organized them in clusters: Election-dedicated blogs and websites; politics blogs by individuals, advocacy groups, and communities; and media blogs.

Election-dedicated blogs and sites:

UBC: Subject Resources for BC Provincial Election 2009

British Columbia - 2009 Provincial Election Election Prediction Project

BC Provincial Election 2009

UBC Sauder School of Business Election Stock Market

BC Vote: Nonpartisan BC Political News Source

BC Election 2009: The Race for Victoria

Individuals, advocacy groups, and communities:

BC Policy Perspectives

Burnaby Politics

David Talks/The Berner Monologues

House of Infamy

The Lead-Up: BC Election Commentary from the CCPA

North Vancouver Politics.com

Politics, Re-Spun

Yes for BC-STV, Mid-Island

Media Blogs:

Frances Bula: State of Vancouver

Globe and Mail: The Campaign Blog

Sean Holman: Public Eye Online

Rafe Mair Online

Vaughn Palmer: View from the Ledge

David Schreck: Strategic Thoughts

Michael Smyth: Victoria's Secrets

Paul Willcocks: Paying attention

Crawford Kilian is a contributing editor of The Tyee.

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