Vancouver's left-wing parties reach agreements-in-principle to avoid vote splitting

A quintet of left-wing parties in Vancouver have reached agreements-in-principle, brokered by a labour group, that would see them work together to avoid vote splitting in the October municipal election.
As Stephen von Sychowski, the president of the Vancouver and District Labour Council, explained, each of the parties agreed to limit the number of candidates they will run for city-council, school-board and park-board seats. The deals follow a recent byelection that saw a previousl