A 'change' election in B.C., but one where experience still mattered
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British ColumbiaCall it the winds of change if you like. But what was just as noteworthy as the massive changeover was the lack of a political pattern in those changeovers. Many big cities saw a change at the top — but how that change happened matteredJustin McElroy · CBC News · Posted: Oct 18, 2026 9:30 AM EDT | Last Updated: 10 hours agoListen to this articleEstimated 4 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Pete Fry celebrates with supporters on civic election night in Vancouver, on Saturday, Oct. 17, 2026. He was one of many challengers who defeated an incumbent on election night. (Ethan Cairns/The Canadian Press)British Columbia is a large and complex province with big cities and small towns of all political persuasions, and you can never summarize 161 municipal elections in a single story. Having said that, it was a night of change.
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Where did all the Starbucks go?
Write to us at startingpoint@globe.com. To subscribe, sign up here. TODAY’S STARTING POINTA Starbucks sign is seen outside the coffee company's global corporate headquarters in May in Seattle. Lindsey Wasson/AP Photo/Lindsey WassonIn my tiny New England town, there wasn’t much to do growing up. We hung out in the woods and did questionable things around bonfires. But then we got a Starbucks. At 12, I’d meet friends there over sugary Frappuccinos and gab for hours. As I got older, my drink graduated to a mocha with actual espresso. I’d watch the grown-ups around me tap on their laptops and think, Oh, that’s what cool, successful adults do. They held meetings with important-looking people, made answering emails look glamorous, and, of course, drank copious amounts of coffee. I wanted to be like them. (How naive I was.)My father worked in manual labor; my mother cooked in the middle school cafeteria. To me, Starbucks was a window into a bigger world. It became more than somewhere to escape, but where I could dream of the future I wanted. That was the magic of Starbucks. It wasn’t just a place to buy a cup of Joe; it was selling a place to go.
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