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Federal Election 2015
South Okanagan-West Kootenay: NDP candidate Richard Cannings
We don’t endorse any single candidate. Our comments on these answers are an assessment of whether the candidate gave a candid answer as we asked for (REAL) or relied on party platforms, leadership or attacks on rivals for their answers (PUPPET). To understand this post, please read this first. __________________ OUR TAKE: Richard Cannings has...
North Okanagan-Shuswap: Conservative candidate Mel Arnold
We don’t endorse any single candidate. Our comments on these answers are an assessment of whether the candidate gave a candid answer as we asked for (REAL) or relied on party platforms, leadership or attacks on rivals for their answers (PUPPET). To understand this post, please read this first. __________________ OUR TAKE: If you are...
Central Okanagan-Similkameen-Nicola: Green candidate Robert Mellalieu
We don’t endorse any single candidate. Our comments on these answers are an assessment of whether the candidate gave a candid answer as we asked for (REAL) or relied on party platforms, leadership or attacks on rivals for their answers (PUPPET). To understand this post, please read this first. __________________ OUR TAKE: Robert Mellalieu walks...
North Okanagan-Shuswap: Liberal candidate Cindy Derkaz
We don’t endorse any single candidate. Our comments on these answers are an assessment of whether the candidate gave a candid answer as we asked for (REAL) or relied on party platforms, leadership or attacks on rivals for their answers (PUPPET). To understand this post, please read this first. __________________ OUR TAKE: Go ahead, move...
North Okanagan-Shuswap: NDP candidate Jacqui Gingras
We don’t endorse any single candidate. Our comments on these answers are an assessment of whether the candidate gave a candid answer as we asked for (REAL) or relied on party platforms, leadership or attacks on rivals for their answers (PUPPET). To understand this post, please read this first. __________________ OUR TAKE: We made sure...
South Okanagan-West Kootenay: Liberal candidate Connie Denesiuk
We don’t endorse any single candidate. Our comments on these answers are an assessment of whether the candidate gave a candid answer as we asked for (REAL) or relied on party platforms, leadership or attacks on rivals for their answers (PUPPET). To understand this post, please read this first. __________________ OUR TAKE: Connie Denesiuk is...
Central Okanagan-Similkameen-Nicola: Liberal candidate Karley Scott
We don’t endorse any single candidate. Our comments on these answers are an assessment of whether the candidate gave a candid answer as we asked for (REAL) or relied on party platforms, leadership or attacks on rivals for their answers (PUPPET). To understand this post, please read this first. __________________ OUR TAKE: Karley Scott has...
South Okanagan-West Kootenay: Conservative candidate Marshall Neufeld
We don’t endorse any single candidate. Our comments on these answers are an assessment of whether the candidate gave a candid answer as we asked for (REAL) or relied on party platforms, leadership or attacks on rivals for their answers (PUPPET). To understand this post, please read this first. __________________ OUR TAKE: Conservative candidate Marshall...
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: Kamloops candidates spar in last debate before election
KAMLOOPS - The candidates met in a more intimate setting and focused on more local issues during a morning debate over coffee and tea today. All four federal candidates in the Kamloops Thompson Cariboo riding were in attendance this morning, Oct. 15, for the event, hosted by Radio NL. The candidates, Liberal Steve Powrie, Conservative Cathy...
ELECTION 2015: Hundreds attend emotional debate in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - With only a few days left until election day, an emotional crowd of about 700 came out to hear the local candidates during one of the last all-candidate forums last night. The crowd heckled, questioned and cheered while the candidates tried to keep their composure under direct questioning and technical issues like faulty...
ELECTION 2015: Strategic voting group calls for Liberals to vote NDP in three Southern Interior ridings
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - Stephen Harper says strategic voting doesn’t really exist but Just The Facts Canada Inc. says it does and it is using a full-page ad in the Globe & Mail newspaper to get the message out. The pitch by the strategic voting group includes a call for Liberal supporters in three Southern Interior ridings...
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: New polls paint different pictures in North Okanagan-Shuswap
VERNON - Hot on the heels of a poll released by local citizens, two other groups have commissioned surveys and the findings show mixed results. The latest poll, conducted by Mainstreet Technologies and funded by Liberal candidate Cindy Derkaz’s campaign team, found 38 per cent of decided voters plan to vote for Conservative candidate Mel...
ELECTION 2015: Party history in the Kamloops riding
KAMLOOPS - Before voting for the governing party in the last ten years, Kamloops had a pattern of pushing against the status quo. But whether that’s in store for this election remains to be seen, according to one student researcher. Steve O’Reilly, a fourth year history student at Thompson Rivers University, recently completed his study...
ELECTION 2015: Where to hear from your Kamloops candidates the last week before election day
KAMLOOPS - With the federal election less than a week away candidates in the Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo riding have two more shots to win over voters. All candidates will be attending a media consortium hosted by CFJC-TV, CBC Radio and Kamloops this Week Wednesday, Oct. 14, at 7 p.m. at the Thompson Rivers University Grand Hall. CBC’s...
ELECTION 2015: Kamloops Conservative candidate lashes out at local city councillor
KAMLOOPS – In the last week of the federal election campaign, the Kamloops Conservative candidate launched an attack against a local city councillor over a posting to Facebook. Cathy McLeod says she is appalled Cavers had a post on his Facebook page which included a link to a Vancity Buzz story about a social media...
ELECTION 2015: First time Vernon voter is a little baffled, but her confusion makes a surprisingly crucial point
VERNON - The voting process might seem straightforward to many people, but one first time voter in Vernon isn’t ashamed to admit she’s completely confused. Meghan Rydde, 22, thought she was finally prepared to cast her first ever ballot on Oct. 19 — that was until she found out her understanding of the election system...
Rona Ambrose in Kamloops: She came, she saw, she said little
KAMLOOPS - Federal Health Minister Rona Ambrose visited Kamloops yesterday to help fellow Conservative candidate Cathy McLeod on the campaign trail but only spent five minutes speaking to media and would only answer a handful of questions, none of which pertained to local issues. McLeod has worked closely with the member of Parliament from Edmonton-Spruce...
ELECTION 2015: According to a local poll, this is who strategic voters should choose in the North Okanagan-Shuswap
VERNON - A poll commissioned by a non-partisan group in the North Okanagan-Shuswap riding has revealed a tight race between the Conservatives and the NDP. The group, which decided to fund the poll to help strategic voters decide how to cast their ballots, released the findings today, Oct. 8. “It gives a clear indication, if...
ELECTION 2015: Local poll will help strategic voters in the North Okanagan decide their candidate
NORTH OKANAGAN - People in the North Okanagan-Shuswap riding are doing what they can to make sure their strategic votes count in the upcoming federal election. A non-partisan group has decided to fund a poll to help people in the riding choose who best to vote for if they want to out the Conservatives. One...
ELECTION 2015: Kamloops councillor brings ‘Heave Steve’ to council meeting
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops city councillor used a very public outlet to let everyone in town know who he’s not voting for in the upcoming federal election. Donovan Cavers wore a t-shirt during a city council meeting today, Oct. 6, which read 'Heave Steve' with a cartoon Stephen Harper being carried off in in a...
ELECTION 2015: This probably isn’t the attention vandals intended when they hit Conservative election signs in Vernon
'IF YOU WANT TO SCRIBBLE SOMETHING, GO TO THE BALLOT BOX ON VOTING DAY.' VERNON - A damaged federal election sign making its rounds on social media is just the tip of the iceberg for one North Okanagan-Shuswap party. Vernon resident Chris Van der Molen walked out of his house Sunday morning to find vandals...
ELECTION 2015: Seniors hosting next federal all candidate in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS – The Centre for Senior’s information will be hosting the next Kamloops federal election all candidates debate. The forum will be taking place Wednesday, Oct. 7, between 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. at the Centre for Seniors Information activity centre at 9A 1800 Tranquille Rd. in the Brock Shopping Centre. The Senior Centre's executive...