All the good politicians are in MontrealPaul Wells: I used to wonder where all the politicians with heart and wit went. Turns out they’re in Montreal, trying to turn a parking lot into a place where people actually live.
Naheed Nenshi falls back to earthCalgary’s former model of the modern mayor has hit a rough patch. Has he lost faith in politics?
The myth that women are more likely to succeed at municipal politicsA new study finds that races are still dominated by men, while women are less driven by salary than men and less likely to challenge male incumbents
Alberta town councils crack down on badly behaving mayorsAcross Alberta, frayed town councils are cracking down and giving the Rob-Ford treatment to cantankerous mayors
A Newfoundland mayor’s clean sweepA move by a small-town council to block Betty Moore from being re-elected backfires spectacularly
Why municipal governments are winning the race to the bottomMayors and city councillors are running away with the title of ’most incompetent’
Meet Betty Moore, mayor of Canada’s most dysfunctional municipalityThe mayor of Clarke’s Beach, Nfld., is on the Rock and in a hard place
Are municipal elections a student issue?The Canadian Federation of Students Ontario joins One Toronto campaign to provide ’alternate view’ of upcoming Toronto mayoral election