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Pollsters missed size of red wave that grew in final days

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A North Vancouver teen is in intensive care after being struck by a vehicle while she crossed the road. The incident happened around 9:30 p.m. Tuesday at the intersection of Mount Seymour Parkway and Mount Seymour Road.

North Shore voters emerged from the ballot box Monday relieved that the lengthy and sometimes nasty federal election campaign was finally over.

Tianyi Zhang charged with first-degree murder of Peng Sun, found dead in Princess Park neighbourhood in September

Liberal sweep wipes out Conservatives, takes new riding

A banner of Liberal red was hoisted over West Vancouver Monday night as former mayor Pamela Goldsmith-Jones was elected for the party, beating two-term incumbent Conservative MP John Weston in what has traditionally been a Conservative stronghold.

Liberal Terry Beech pulled ahead early Monday night to claim victory in the tight Burnaby North-Seymour election race.

North Vancouver’s seat in Parliament has been won by Liberal Jonathan Wilkinson in a runaway race that saw one of the highest voter turnout rates in the province. When the final ballots had been counted, Wilkinson had 36,358 votes or 56.

Ethel Watson was at the polls when Louis St. Laurent, John Diefenbaker and Lester Pearson were elected. She was there again when both Pierre Trudeau and Mulroney had their day as well. At 100, Watson has seen a lot of elections come and go.