[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":494},["ShallowReactive",2],{"news-list":3,"candidate-catherine-pope":60,"parties-all":212,"candidate-neighbours-catherine-pope":213,"tracker-catherine-pope":299,"votes-catherine-pope":493},[4,23,34,50],{"path":5,"title":6,"description":7,"date":8,"publishedAt":9,"author":10,"category":11,"tags":12,"image":18,"imageAlt":19,"imageCredit":20,"updated":21,"linkedinPostUrl":21,"pinned":22},"\u002Fnews\u002Fdistrict-north-vancouver-landslide-warning-rain-november-2026","District asks North Vancouver hillside residents to watch for landslide signs as heavy rain nears","The District of North Vancouver listed the warning signs of slope failure for residents near steep slopes, as Environment Canada forecast up to 80 mm of rain for higher ground on Friday.","2026-11-05","2026-11-05T20:30:00-07:00","voche.me editors","Election news",[13,14,15,16,17],"North Vancouver District","safety","landslide","rainfall warning","natural hazards","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.thenorthshorelocal.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F11\u002FSlope.png","A steep wooded slope above homes in North Vancouver","The North Shore Local",null,false,{"path":24,"title":25,"description":26,"date":8,"publishedAt":27,"author":10,"category":11,"tags":28,"image":21,"imageAlt":21,"imageCredit":21,"updated":21,"linkedinPostUrl":21,"pinned":22},"\u002Fnews\u002Fnorth-vancouver-district-council-orientation-guide-november-2026","What District staff told North Vancouver District's new council to expect this term","The District of North Vancouver's 2026 orientation guide for the new council: a structural funding gap, aging buildings, a housing record since 2011, and the projects staff will bring to council by 2030.","2026-11-05T20:20:00-07:00",[29,30,31,32,33],"District of North Vancouver Council","Council orientation","Budget","Housing","Wastewater plant",{"path":35,"title":36,"description":37,"date":8,"publishedAt":38,"author":10,"category":11,"tags":39,"image":47,"imageAlt":48,"imageCredit":49,"updated":21,"linkedinPostUrl":21,"pinned":22},"\u002Fnews\u002Fnorth-vancouver-district-mayor-council-school-trustees-promises-2026","What North Vancouver District's mayor, council and school trustees promised","The promises Mike Little, the six councillors and the four school trustees elected in North Vancouver District in 2026 made during the campaign, by topic, each linked to its record.","2026-11-05T20:10:00-07:00",[40,41,42,43,44,45,46],"Mayor","Councillor","School Trustee","promise tracker","property tax","transportation","wastewater plant","\u002Fimages\u002Fbc-north-vancouver-district-2026\u002Fdeep-cove-1600.webp","The park at Deep Cove on a summer day, with people on the grass, boats at the marina and forested hills across the water","Xicotencatl, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons",{"path":51,"title":52,"description":53,"date":8,"publishedAt":54,"author":10,"category":11,"tags":55,"image":58,"imageAlt":59,"imageCredit":20,"updated":21,"linkedinPostUrl":21,"pinned":22},"\u002Fnews\u002Fnorth-vancouver-rcmp-fake-sheriff-phone-scam-october-2026","North Vancouver RCMP warns of a caller posing as a sheriff's officer","North Vancouver RCMP had three reports in a week of a caller claiming to be from the Vancouver Sheriff's Office and threatening arrest over a missed court date. The name and number are fake.","2026-11-05T20:40:00-07:00",[13,14,56,57],"scam","North Vancouver RCMP","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.thenorthshorelocal.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F04\u002FNorth-Van-police-car-1.png","A North Vancouver RCMP police car",{"id":61,"acclamation":21,"ballotNumber":21,"biography":62,"campaignVideo":21,"colour":68,"contentOrigin":69,"currentRole":21,"district":21,"dossier":21,"experience":70,"extension":90,"headline":91,"languages":92,"links":93,"meta":94,"name":95,"neighbourhood":21,"nomination":21,"number":96,"office":41,"palette":21,"party":21,"photos":21,"polled":21,"portrait":97,"priorities":105,"questionnaire":130,"questions":133,"sample":22,"scoreChanges":21,"searched":134,"sections":168,"slug":177,"sources":178,"stem":208,"summary":209,"unaffiliated":22,"updatedAt":8,"updates":210,"withdrawal":21,"__hash__":211},"candidates\u002Felections\u002Fbc-north-vancouver-district-2026\u002Fcandidates\u002Fcatherine-pope.json",[63,64,65,66,67],"Catherine Pope was re-elected to District of North Vancouver Council on October 17, 2026. The District's official count gives her 10,433 votes, the most of the 15 candidates for six council seats. The Chief Election Officer declared the result on October 19, 2026.","She was first elected to Council in 2022, when The North Shore Local listed her among the six councillors elected. By her own account on her campaign site and in the biography she gave the District's elections office, she worked for two decades as an investigative journalist at Global TV, then in communications for the BC Nurses' Union, and started her own media relations business in 2016. She also says she served 20 years on the Victoria Foundation's adoption committee and on the board of the Disability Foundation.","In her North Shore News answers she wrote that she had demanded answers on the cost of the North Shore Wastewater Treatment Plant since 2024 and would keep fighting for lower utility bills and an independent review of Metro Vancouver. Her campaign site lists a 2024 motion for a public inquiry into the plant's cost overruns among the motions she led, and her VoteMate biography says Council endorsed that motion unanimously. That is her own account.","In July 2023 The North Shore Local reported that she brought a motion asking District staff to look at replacing the aging Lynn Valley firehall with a new one that has social housing above it.","On transportation she wrote that she would keep pressing the Province and TransLink for a new crossing with SkyTrain and for major infrastructure investment, and on housing that she wants to explore allowing single-family stratification and to press for federal funding for housing co-ops.","blue","editorial",[71,78,85],{"period":72,"title":73,"description":74,"source":75},"2022 to now","Councillor, District of North Vancouver","Elected in 2022 and re-elected in 2026 with 10,433 votes, first of 15.",{"label":76,"url":77,"checkedAt":8},"The North Shore Local · Little, Buchanan, Sager elected mayors in North Shore, by Gagandeep Ghuman, October 15, 2022","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.thenorthshorelocal.com\u002Flittle-buchanan-sager-elected-mayors-in-north-shore\u002F",{"period":79,"title":80,"description":81,"source":82},"Two decades","Investigative journalist, Global TV","By her own account on her campaign site and VoteMate page.",{"label":83,"url":84,"checkedAt":8},"Catherine Pope campaign · home page, priorities and track record","https:\u002F\u002Fcatherinepopenorthvan.com\u002F",{"period":86,"title":87,"description":88,"source":89},"From 2016","Media relations consultant","By her own account, after working in communications for the BC Nurses' Union.",{"label":83,"url":84,"checkedAt":8},"json","Re-elected to North Vancouver District Council on October 17, 2026, with 10,433 votes, first of the 15 candidates for six seats. A councillor since 2022 and a former Global TV investigative reporter by her own account, she ran on the wastewater plant's cost, a new SkyTrain crossing and affordable housing.",[],[],{},"Catherine Pope","",{"src":98,"smallSrc":99,"width":100,"height":101,"alt":102,"credit":103,"sourceUrl":84,"position":104},"\u002Fimages\u002Fcandidates\u002Fcatherine-pope-640.webp","\u002Fimages\u002Fcandidates\u002Fcatherine-pope-320.webp",640,800,"Catherine Pope, from Catherine Pope campaign.","Catherine Pope campaign","50% 30%",[106,114,119,125],{"title":107,"summary":108,"details":109,"source":111},"Wastewater plant accountability and lower utility bills","She wrote that she would keep fighting for lower utility bills and an independent review of Metro Vancouver, after the cost overruns at the North Shore Wastewater Treatment Plant.",[110],"Her campaign site says the $235 million settlement must be used to reduce the cost to North Shore taxpayers.",{"label":112,"url":113,"checkedAt":8},"North Shore News · Civic election 2026: Q&A with District of North Vancouver candidates, October 5, 2026","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nsnews.com\u002F2026-civic-election-north-van-district\u002Fcivic-election-2026-qa-with-district-of-north-vancouver-candidates-12850297",{"title":115,"summary":116,"details":117,"source":118},"A new crossing with SkyTrain","She wrote that she would keep pushing the Province and TransLink for a new crossing with SkyTrain and major infrastructure investments, and for fixes to east-west gridlock in the District.",[],{"label":112,"url":113,"checkedAt":8},{"title":120,"summary":121,"details":122,"source":124},"Affordable and varied housing","She wrote that she wants affordable housing for seniors, multi-generational families and students, built where infrastructure exists, so that more workers can afford to live in the District.",[123],"She wrote that she wants to explore allowing single-family stratification and to press for federal funding for housing co-ops.",{"label":112,"url":113,"checkedAt":8},{"title":126,"summary":127,"details":128,"source":129},"Plan and pay for extreme weather","She wrote that the District must plan for catastrophic events with dedicated funding for remediation, explore whether some costs can be recovered from the fossil fuel industry, and protect large trees.",[],{"label":112,"url":113,"checkedAt":8},{"status":131,"answers":132},"not-contacted",[],[],[135,140,145,150,154,158,163],{"step":136,"label":137,"url":84,"date":8,"result":138,"note":139},1,"Her own campaign website","found","The site is one page with About, Priorities and Track Record sections, all read.",{"step":141,"label":142,"date":8,"result":143,"note":144},2,"Her public social media accounts","not-done","Her site and VoteMate page link Facebook, Instagram and X accounts. They were not read.",{"step":146,"label":147,"url":148,"date":8,"result":138,"note":149},3,"The District's declarations and the Chief Election Officer's report","https:\u002F\u002Fdocs.dnv.org\u002Fdocuments\u002F6-1-election-results.pdf","They give the ballot name, the office and her votes.",{"step":151,"label":152,"url":113,"date":8,"result":138,"note":153},4,"Questionnaires and all-candidates meetings","The North Shore News questionnaire of October 5, 2026, read through an Internet Archive copy because nsnews.com answers 403 to scripts, and her VoteMate page. The North Vancouver Chamber's 2026 candidate answers of October 8, 2026 were read. Their answers to Vote4Tomorrow's 2026 climate questionnaire were read.",{"step":155,"label":156,"date":8,"result":138,"note":157},5,"A name search with North Vancouver District and 2026","Found The North Shore Local's report of July 2023 on her firehall housing motion. Two North Shore News stories her site links could not be read: the site answers 403 and the archive lookup did not answer. North Van Votes, an independent guide, reproduces the statement filed with the District, which dnv.org shows only to a browser.",{"step":159,"label":160,"url":161,"date":8,"result":138,"note":162},6,"News reports of the result","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nsnews.com\u002Flocal-news\u002Fmike-little-re-elected-as-north-vancouver-district-mayor-12906871","The North Shore News election night report, read through an Internet Archive copy.",{"step":164,"label":165,"url":166,"date":8,"result":138,"note":167},7,"The public record of a public role","https:\u002F\u002Fdocs.dnv.org\u002Fdocuments\u002Fmeeting-minutes-20260720.pdf","The District's council minutes of July 20, 2026 list her as a councillor. Her votes in the new term will be counted once its minutes are published.",[169],{"id":170,"kicker":171,"title":172,"paragraphs":173,"links":176},"research-status","Research status","What voche.me has checked",[174,175],"Researched on 2026-11-05 through the seven search steps listed below: the District's declarations and results report; her campaign site; her VoteMate page; the North Shore News questionnaire of October 5, 2026 and its election night report, both read through Internet Archive copies; and The North Shore Local's reports of October 2022 and July 2023.","Her career and volunteer roles are her own account; no independent source for them was found. Her social media accounts were not read. Two North Shore News stories linked from her site, on the 2024 inquiry motion and a Lynnmour housing vote, could not be read.",[],"catherine-pope",[179,181,184,188,189,191,194,195,198,199,202,205],{"label":180,"url":148,"checkedAt":8},"District of North Vancouver · Results of Election by Voting, 2026 General Local Election, report of the Chief Election Officer, October 20, 2026",{"label":182,"url":183,"checkedAt":8},"District of North Vancouver · Declaration of Official Election Results, October 19, 2026","https:\u002F\u002Fdocs.dnv.org\u002Fdocuments\u002Fdeclaration-of-official-results.pdf",{"label":185,"url":186,"checkedAt":8,"listOnly":187},"District of North Vancouver · Declaration of Election by Voting, September 21, 2026","https:\u002F\u002Fdocs.dnv.org\u002Fdocuments\u002Fdeclaration-of-election.pdf",true,{"label":112,"url":113,"checkedAt":8},{"label":190,"url":161,"checkedAt":8},"North Shore News · Mike Little re-elected as North Vancouver District mayor, by Abby Luciano, October 17, 2026",{"label":192,"url":193,"checkedAt":8},"VoteMate · Catherine Pope, District of North Vancouver Council, 2026 BC Local Elections (their own answers)","https:\u002F\u002Fvotemate.org\u002Fc\u002F13602?riding=806",{"label":83,"url":84,"checkedAt":8},{"label":196,"url":197,"checkedAt":8},"The North Shore Local · Coun. Catherine Pope wants affordable housing above firehall in Lynn Valley, by Gagandeep Ghuman, July 10, 2023","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.thenorthshorelocal.com\u002Fcoun-catherine-pope-wants-affordable-housing-above-firehall-in-lynn-valley\u002F",{"label":76,"url":77,"checkedAt":8},{"label":200,"url":201,"checkedAt":8},"North Vancouver Chamber · Catherine Pope, candidate responses, 2026 municipal election (published October 8, 2026)","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nvchamber.ca\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F10\u002FCatherine-Pope.pdf",{"label":203,"url":204,"checkedAt":8},"Vote4Tomorrow · Catherine Pope, North Vancouver (District of), 2026 climate questionnaire (their own answers)","https:\u002F\u002Fvote4tomorrow.ca\u002Felection-2026\u002Fnorth-vancouver-district-of\u002Fcatherine-pope\u002F",{"label":206,"url":207,"checkedAt":8},"North Van Votes · Catherine Pope, candidate page with the statement filed with the District, by Bahareh Ghadimi (retrieved October 8, 2026)","https:\u002F\u002Fnorthvanvotes.ca\u002Fcandidates\u002Fdnv-council-pope-catherine\u002F","elections\u002Fbc-north-vancouver-district-2026\u002Fcandidates\u002Fcatherine-pope","Catherine Pope was re-elected to the Council of the District of North Vancouver on October 17, 2026, with 10,433 votes, first of the 15 council candidates in the District's official count. She was first elected in 2022. In her answers to the North Shore News she named accountability for the North Shore Wastewater Treatment Plant, less traffic congestion and more affordable and varied housing as her priorities.",[],"7PPDNalMcGhNmmgSi42NXl5pTnPNbrdkYCQYXG_UDZY",[],[214,224,234,241,251,260,269,279,288,296],{"slug":215,"name":216,"office":42,"number":96,"ballotNumber":21,"colour":217,"palette":21,"sample":22,"portrait":218},"cyndi-gerlach","Cyndi Gerlach","fern",{"src":219,"smallSrc":220,"width":100,"height":101,"alt":221,"credit":222,"sourceUrl":223,"position":104},"\u002Fimages\u002Fcandidates\u002Fcyndi-gerlach-640.webp","\u002Fimages\u002Fcandidates\u002Fcyndi-gerlach-320.webp","Cyndi Gerlach, from North Vancouver School District.","North Vancouver School District","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.sd44.ca\u002Fboard-of-education\u002Fboard-of-education-trustees\u002F",{"slug":225,"name":226,"office":41,"number":96,"ballotNumber":21,"colour":227,"palette":21,"sample":22,"portrait":228},"daniel-anderson","Daniel 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Votes","https:\u002F\u002Fnorthvanvotes.ca\u002Fcandidates\u002Fdnv-council-muri-lisa\u002F",{"slug":280,"name":281,"office":41,"number":96,"ballotNumber":21,"colour":282,"palette":21,"sample":22,"portrait":283},"mathew-bond","Mathew Bond","sand",{"src":284,"smallSrc":285,"width":100,"height":101,"alt":286,"credit":277,"sourceUrl":287,"position":104},"\u002Fimages\u002Fcandidates\u002Fmathew-bond-640.webp","\u002Fimages\u002Fcandidates\u002Fmathew-bond-320.webp","Mathew Bond, from District of North Vancouver candidate photo, via North Van Votes.","https:\u002F\u002Fnorthvanvotes.ca\u002Fcandidates\u002Fdnv-council-bond-mathew\u002F",{"slug":289,"name":290,"office":40,"number":96,"ballotNumber":21,"colour":227,"palette":21,"sample":22,"portrait":291},"mike-little","Mike 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lower utility bills after the wastewater plant overruns","In her North Shore News questionnaire answers, Pope wrote that she has demanded answers on the North Shore Wastewater Treatment Plant since 2024 and will keep fighting for lower utility bills.","Metro Vancouver","own",[310,311],{"label":112,"url":113},{"label":192,"url":193},"not-started",[],{"id":315,"title":316,"pledge":317,"topic":307,"scope":308,"sources":318,"status":312,"evidence":320},"independent-review-metro-vancouver","Keep fighting for an independent review of Metro Vancouver","She wrote in the North Shore News questionnaire that she will keep fighting for an independent review of Metro Vancouver.",[319],{"label":112,"url":113},[],{"id":322,"title":323,"pledge":324,"topic":307,"scope":308,"sources":325,"quote":327,"status":312,"evidence":328},"settlement-to-cut-costs","Press for the $235 million settlement to reduce costs for North Shore taxpayers","Her campaign site quotes her saying the $235 million settlement over the wastewater plant must be used to reduce the financial burden on North Shore taxpayers.",[326],{"label":83,"url":84},"The $235 million settlement must be used to reduce the financial burden on North Shore taxpayers impacted by these massive cost overruns.",[],{"id":330,"title":331,"pledge":332,"topic":333,"scope":308,"sources":334,"quote":338,"status":312,"evidence":339},"new-crossing-with-skytrain","Push the Province and TransLink for a new crossing with SkyTrain","She wrote that she will keep pushing the Province and TransLink for a new crossing with SkyTrain and major infrastructure investments.","Transportation",[335,336,337],{"label":112,"url":113},{"label":83,"url":84},{"label":200,"url":201},"I'll keep pushing the Province and TransLink for a new crossing with SkyTrain and major infrastructure investments.",[],{"id":341,"title":342,"pledge":343,"topic":333,"scope":308,"sources":344,"status":312,"evidence":348},"fix-east-west-gridlock","Fix east-west gridlock in the District","She named fixing east-west gridlock among her priorities, and her campaign site calls for immediate improvements to east-west connections.",[345,346,347],{"label":112,"url":113},{"label":83,"url":84},{"label":200,"url":201},[],{"id":350,"title":351,"pledge":352,"topic":353,"scope":308,"sources":354,"status":312,"evidence":358},"safe-active-routes","Better transit and safe, connected walking and riding routes","She named better transit and safe, connected active transportation routes among her priorities, and wrote that cutting emissions needs more frequent transit and safe walking and riding routes.","Streets and safety",[355,356,357],{"label":112,"url":113},{"label":200,"url":201},{"label":203,"url":204},[],{"id":360,"title":361,"pledge":362,"topic":32,"scope":308,"sources":363,"status":312,"evidence":366},"affordable-housing-seniors-families-students","Affordable homes for seniors, multi-generational families and students","She wrote that she wants affordable housing for seniors, multi-generational families and students, and more housing diversity so seniors can stay in their community and workers and students can live here.",[364,365],{"label":112,"url":113},{"label":203,"url":204},[],{"id":368,"title":369,"pledge":370,"topic":371,"scope":308,"sources":372,"status":312,"evidence":374},"build-where-infrastructure-exists","Build where infrastructure exists and invest as the District grows","She wrote that the District should build where infrastructure exists and invest as it grows.","Planning",[373],{"label":112,"url":113},[],{"id":376,"title":377,"pledge":378,"topic":32,"scope":308,"sources":379,"status":312,"evidence":381},"explore-single-family-stratification","Explore allowing single-family stratification","She wrote that she wants to explore allowing single-family stratification.",[380],{"label":112,"url":113},[],{"id":383,"title":384,"pledge":385,"topic":32,"scope":308,"sources":386,"status":312,"evidence":388},"federal-funding-housing-coops","Press for federal funding for housing co-ops","She wrote that she wants to advocate for federal funding for housing co-ops.",[387],{"label":112,"url":113},[],{"id":390,"title":391,"pledge":392,"topic":393,"scope":308,"sources":394,"status":312,"evidence":397},"faster-permits-less-red-tape","Streamline District services, speed up permits and cut red tape","On small business, she wrote that the District should streamline more of its services, speed up permits and cut red tape.","Business",[395,396],{"label":112,"url":113},{"label":200,"url":201},[],{"id":399,"title":400,"pledge":401,"topic":393,"scope":308,"sources":402,"status":312,"evidence":405},"events-markets-town-centres","More events and markets in the town centres","She wrote that the town centres need more events, markets and fun to attract 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wrote that she will keep pushing to protect large trees that cool neighbourhoods and absorb stormwater.",[428,429,430],{"label":112,"url":113},{"label":83,"url":84},{"label":203,"url":204},[],{"id":433,"title":434,"pledge":435,"topic":418,"scope":308,"sources":436,"status":312,"evidence":439},"deep-energy-retrofits","Deep energy retrofits of older buildings","She wrote that cutting emissions needs deep energy retrofits of older buildings.",[437,438],{"label":112,"url":113},{"label":203,"url":204},[],{"id":441,"title":442,"pledge":443,"topic":333,"scope":308,"sources":444,"quote":446,"status":312,"evidence":447},"east-west-connector","Explore an east-west connector for local trips that bypasses Highway 1","In her answers to the North Vancouver Chamber, Pope wrote that while a new crossing is years away, she will explore an east-west connector for local trips that bypasses Highway 1.",[445],{"label":200,"url":201},"I will explore an east-west connector for local trips that bypasses Highway 1, push for more frequent and reliable transit, and safe, protected routes for walking, cycling, and scooters.",[],{"id":449,"title":450,"pledge":451,"topic":393,"scope":308,"sources":452,"status":312,"evidence":454},"employee-transportation-solutions","Work with businesses on employee shuttles and transit incentives","She wrote that she would work with local businesses to explore employee transportation solutions, including east-west shuttles and incentives for employees who use transit or active transportation.",[453],{"label":200,"url":201},[],{"id":456,"title":457,"pledge":458,"topic":393,"scope":308,"sources":459,"status":312,"evidence":461},"pre-zone-clean-tech","Explore pre-zoning land for high-tech, clean-tech and green businesses","She wrote that protecting employment land is critical, and that she would explore pre-zoning appropriate areas for high-tech, clean-tech and green businesses.",[460],{"label":200,"url":201},[],{"id":463,"title":464,"pledge":465,"topic":393,"scope":308,"sources":466,"status":312,"evidence":468},"flexible-zoning-patios-clinics","Faster, more predictable permits and flexible zoning for businesses","She wrote that the District needs faster, more predictable permitting and flexible zoning, giving the examples of a restaurant patio that operated during COVID and a therapy clinic in light-industrial space.",[467],{"label":200,"url":201},[],{"id":470,"title":471,"pledge":472,"topic":410,"scope":308,"sources":473,"status":312,"evidence":475},"infrastructure-climate-resilience","Upgrade infrastructure for heat, fire, flood and storm resilience","In Vote4Tomorrow's 2026 climate questionnaire, Pope marked as supportive the policy: \"Upgrade critical infrastructure for heat, fire, flood, and storm resilience.\"",[474],{"label":203,"url":204},[],{"id":477,"title":478,"pledge":479,"topic":418,"scope":308,"sources":480,"status":312,"evidence":482},"zero-waste-bylaws","Zero waste bylaws to divert organic waste and recyclables","In Vote4Tomorrow's 2026 climate questionnaire, Pope marked as supportive the policy: \"Implement zero waste bylaws to divert organic waste and recyclables from disposal.\"",[481],{"label":203,"url":204},[],{"id":484,"title":485,"pledge":486,"topic":410,"scope":308,"sources":487,"status":312,"evidence":489},"senior-government-climate-funding","Keep pressing the Province and federal government for climate funding","In her written answer to Vote4Tomorrow, Pope wrote that if re-elected she would pursue cost recovery options and continue pressing the Province and the federal government for funding to deal with climate risks.",[488],{"label":203,"url":204},[],"councillor","elections\u002Fbc-north-vancouver-district-2026\u002Ftracker\u002Fcatherine-pope","C_sH7PGE95pfty0EtqGY-6AcOtYDrpPeYbHaPs0J0us",[],1793985208896]