We’re in the thick of the double election with countless candidates and dizzying dates for events and voting around the Okanagan and Kamloops.

Here’s a voter toolbox for who’s who, what’s going on and when you can cast your ballot.

Municipal election day is Saturday, Oct. 17 and the provincial election is Saturday, Oct. 24.

Advance voting dates for local elections are different in each city, but Kamloops, Kelowna, Penticton and Vernon all have advance voting on Oct. 7 and 14, but some cities have extra advance voting dates.

Local candidate endorsements have come out from groups like the North Okanagan Labour Council, Kamloops Labour Council, Vote4Tomorrow and ForChange Kelowna.

For the provincial election, the candidate nomination period ended, Oct. 3, so all five parties aren’t going to be able to enter anyone else into the running.

The BC NDP has 92 candidates, the BC Conservative have a full list of 93, OneBC has 33, CentreBC has 40 and the BC Green Party has 73 candidates.

Advance voting for the provincial election is from Oct. 16 to 21 and the last day to request a vote-by-mail package is, Oct. 18. You can vote in advance at any electoral district office.

Here are the candidates in the Okanagan and Kamloops ridings for the provincial election.

Kelowna Centre

In Kelowna Centre there’s a rematch of the 2024 election between incumbent BC Conservative Kristina Loewen and BC NDP Loyal Wooldridge. The BC Greens and Centre BC weren’t able to put candidates on the ballot, but the far-right party OneBC has Bill Desrosier in the running.

The Kelowna Chamber of Commerce is hosting all-candidate forums for all three ridings Tuesday, Oct. 20.

Kelowna-Mission

Kelowna-Mission has incumbent BC Conservative Gavin Dew running against BC NDP candidate Miriam Rycroft. The BC Greens have candidate Saoirse MacKinnon and OneBC’s candidate is Abraham Nordine.

Kelowna-Lake Country-Coldstream

In Kelowna-Lake Country-Coldstream incumbent Tara Armstrong isn’t running, so the BC Conservatives are running Pavneet Singh against the BC NDP’s Binny Boparai. OneBC is running Alexandra Wright and the BC Greens have Carter Mochinski.

Vernon-Lumby

Vernon-Lumby has the incumbent BC NDP candidate Harwinder Sandhu against longtime Lumby mayor BC Conservative Kevin Acton. OneBC has Chantel Gibbs and the BC Greens have Blair Visscher.

Okanagan College is hosting a free all-candidates forum Thursday, Oct. 15.

Penticton-Summerland

Penticton-Summerland’s incumbent Amelia Boultbee has stepped out of the race so BC NDP candidate Tina Lee is racing against BC Conservative Tracy St. Claire. The BC Greens have Bradley Sean Bartsch and OneBC has Warren Hamm.

Kamloops-Centre

BC Conservative incumbent Peter Milobar is running against BC NDP challenger Mike Wisla. The BC Greens have Annelise Beach, OneBC has Rocky McAfee and there’s Thaelo Proctor running as an independent.

Kamloops-North Thompson

Kamloops-North Thompson has incumbent BC Conservative Ward Stamer running against BC NDP’s Kory Clark and OneBC’s Deborah Friesen.