Vision Vancouver still doesn't have mayoral candidate for fall election

Gregor Robertson's Vision Vancouver party says it's not looking for a candidate for mayorat this time.

In a statement, the current majority party at city hall said it is "not formally opening a nomination process for the mayoral race" leading up to October's municipal elections.

Vision has only opened the nomination process for council, the parkboard and school board.

"There has been a lot of talk about the need for Vancouver's progressive parties to work together to keep the NPA out of office," said Vision Vancouver's co-chair Sheena Sargeant.

"With this in mind, we're creating an opportunity to collaborate with other parties for an independent or partisan mayoral candidate to seek the support of our members."

Vision mainstays Kerry Jang, Andrea Reimer and Tim Stevensen all announced they won't be running in the Oct. 20 election.

In January, Mayor Gregor Roberston announced he would be stepping down, calling it one of the hardest decisions of his life.

Vancouver voters will be electing a mayor, 10 councillors, seven ParkBoard commissioners and nine school trustees in the fall.