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ELECTION 2015: Kamloops students take part in election process

KAMLOOPS - Kamloops students are learning early what it takes to be an informed voter. A total of 28 Kamloops schools, a mix of secondary and elementary, are currently registered in Student Vote, a national program that simulates elections and helps foster future voters. Westsyde and Sahali Secondary schools have taken the program to heart...

ELECTION 2015: Voting in the Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo riding

KAMLOOPS - With the federal election fast approaching here is rundown of what you need to know before heading to the polls Oct. 19. If you live in Kamloops, Clinton, Sun Peaks, Clearwater, Barriere or 100 Mile House you fall within the riding of Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo. The Elections Canada main office for the riding is located...

ELECTION 2015: Federal candidates to debate at Kamloops Farmer’s Market

KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Farmer’s Market will be the setting for the latest federal candidates’ debate for the Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo riding. The debate is scheduled for 10 a.m. until noon in the 200-block of St. Paul Street on the Stuart Wood Elementary grounds this Saturday, Sept. 12. "(The debate is) kind of low key and more...

ELECTION 2015: Conservative Cathy McLeod seeks re-election in Kamloops

KAMLOOPS - Cathy McLeod is not only the incumbent in the race to be the MP for Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo, but she is also a wife, mother and a former nurse. With grown children, over 30 years of her marriage to husband Gord, a masters degree and seven years under her belt as a member of parliament,...

ELECTION 2015: First debate scheduled for Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo federal candidates

KAMLOOPS – The first debate of the federal election has been scheduled for the candidates of the Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo riding. Hosted by CBC Radio Kamloops, Kamloops this Week and CFJC-TV, the event will take place Wednesday, Oct. 14, in the Grand Hall at Thompson Rivers University. Chris Foulds, editor of Kamloops this Week, says there are...

New trades program in the works for Thompson Rivers University

KAMLOOPS – Thompson Rivers University is preparing to expand its trades program to include instrumentation engineering, thanks in part to $2 million in federal funding. MP Cathy McLeod was on hand today, July 7, to announce the $2 million in federal funding. McLeod said she hopes this latest offering will continue the university’s goal of...

Kamloops Airport receives $4.4M in federal funding

KAMLOOPS – Fulton Field will receive more than $4 million in federal funding to help upgrade the runways this year. Local Member of Parliament Cathy McLeod joined Mayor Peter Milobar and other delegates at the airport today, May 22, to announce a federal pledge of $4.4 million. These funds are 55 per cent of what...