Vancouver Election Is 'Weird', Thanks To Power Void

VANCOUVER — As election campaigns kick off across British Columbia its largest city is facing a race unlike any other, experts say.A proliferation of new parties and independent candidates are crowding the Vancouver race in a widespread turnover of the existing council."It's really weird, it's not common to anything I've ever seen," said David Moscrop, a political scientist in the department of communications at the University of Ottawa who recently left British Columbia.Unusual systemThe