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Can Vancouver's left agree on 'unity candidate' before election day? The clock's ticking

Dan Fumano: If these three parties and their candidates — who supposedly get along and are relatively aligned ideologically — can't figure out a deal pretty quickly, that might say something else to Vancouver voters

Four months after Vancouver’s three left-of-centre parties publicly pledged to work together to determine which of their respective mayoral candidates was best suited to unseat incumbent Mayor Ken Sim, all three are still in the race.

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With the nomination period officially opening next week, that could change soon, with one or two candidates dropping out to throw their support behind one progressive mayoral hopeful.

The three left-leaning parties — the Greens, COPE, and OneCity — are still talking, their representatives said this week. And they believe a “unity........

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