Central Okanagan Similkameen Nicola Federal Election 2015
ELECTION 2015: ‘I will be making sure that my constituents get the level of service they deserve:’ MP Albas
WEST KELOWNA - Voters in the newly formed riding of Central Okanagan-Similkameen-Nicola have voted to give the incumbent Dan Albas another term. Albas told infonews.ca he was disappointed in the results federally, but praised voters for making their voices heard. “It’s wonderful to see so many people exercise their franchise but if they’re going to...
Voter turnout jumps in Thompson-Okanagan ridings
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - Voter turnout numbers in the 42nd federal election jumped to more than 70 per cent throughout the region, just above the national average and well ahead of 2011 turnout. In the Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo riding, where Conservative Cathy McLeod was re-elected, voter turnout jumped to 74.07 per cent this election, up significantly from the 63.3...
ELECTION 2015 CO-Similkameen-Nicola: Scott: ‘I was under no pretense when I signed on to do this’
WEST KELOWNA - Conservative Party of Canada candidate Dan Albas was a clear winner in 2011 with 54 per cent of the 53,359 voters in the riding made famous by former party leader Stockwell Day. But will the changes in the boundary realignment make a difference? The Okanagan-Coquihalla riding looks significantly different since boundaries changed...
Central Okanagan-Similkameen-Nicola: Conservative candidate Dan Albas
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Central Okanagan-Similkameen-Nicola: Liberal candidate Karley Scott
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Central Okanagan-Similkameen-Nicola: Green candidate Robert Mellalieu
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Central Okanagan-Similkameen-Nicola: NDP candidate Angelique Wood
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ELECTION 2015: Are local candidate views real or are they just party puppets? Our questionnaire tests their answers
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ELECTION 2015: West Kelowna mayor says endorsing federal election candidates is bad politics
CENTRAL OKANAGAN - Firmly on the fence is where West Kelowna Mayor Doug Findlater is sitting as far as publicly endorsing a candidate in the Oct. 19 federal election. “I have to work with whoever is elected, although I can say we worked well with Dan Albas (incumbent MP for Central Okanagan-Similkameen-Nicola.) He helped us...
ELECTION 2015: No advance polls for Kelowna’s UBCO and Okanagan College
KELOWNA - There is nothing underhanded about the lack of advance polls on the Okanagan College and UBCO campuses during a recent pilot project aimed at post-secondary schools, at least according to an Elections Canada spokesperson. Dorothy Sitek, a spokeperson for Elections Canada, says a pilot project from Oct. 5 to 8 put advance polls...
ELECTION 2015: Where to hear the Central Okanagan-Similkameen-Nicola candidates speak
CENTRAL OKANAGAN - Several businesses and organizations in the new Central Okanagan-Similkameen-Nicola electoral district are making it possible for voters to meet the candidates who want to represent them in Ottawa. The new riding includes all of West Kelowna, Summerland, Princeton, Keremeos, Logan Lake, Merritt and Peachland and the majority of Kelowna excluding downtown, the...
ELECTION 2015: UBC Okanagan students get a chance to grill local candidates
CENTRAL OKANAGAN - Candidates from both local ridings delivered a youth-oriented message to a couple of hundred UBC Okanagan students during the first all candidates forum in Kelowna. And while voter apathy amongst youth is a long-standing issue, you would be hard pressed to find a more engaged group of young people than the crowd...
ELECTION 2015: Anybody But Conservatives are all out of luck
WEST KELOWNA - If all you really want out of this federal election is to unseat Stephen Harper — known around the country as ABC or Anybody But the Conservatives — none of the three parties to the left of the Conservative Party of Canada are going to make it easy for you to make...
ELECTION 2015: Albas defends, Scott attacks at West Kelowna culture forum
WEST KELOWNA - Conservative incumbent Dan Albas was on the defensive at a Central Okanagan-Similkameen-Nicola all candidates meeting in West Kelowna yesterday, Sept. 26, facing tough questions about his government’s record on the CBC, environmental protection and dealings with First Nations. The three challengers to his left (figuratively) took turns receiving applause from arts supporters...
ELECTION 2015: NDP candidate vows to do more than toe the party line
WEST KELOWNA - The NDP candidate for the Central Okanagan-Similkameen-Nicola riding believes her experience in urban and rural communities make her the best candidate. Angelique Wood, 45, grew up in Vancouver but moved to the small town of Hedley in 2006. In Vancouver she worked as an art dealer for First Nation and Inuit art...