Federal Election 2015
ELECTION 2015: Mulcair would ‘love nothing more’ than to take Conservative stronghold of the North Okanagan-Shuswap
VERNON - More than 300 locals at an NDP rally in Vernon today welcomed a special guest: the party’s national leader or, in their words, the next prime minister. The optimistic crowd gathered outside North Okanagan-Shuswap NDP candidate Jacqui Gingras’ 30 Avenue campaign office Tuesday afternoon to welcome Tom Mulcair. The party leader has been...
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: 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: Kamloops Chamber of Commerce interviews federal candidates
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Chamber of Commerce has released videos of their interviews with all four candidates for the 2015 federal election. Over the past three months, the chamber’s board of directors met with the business community to identify key issues facing their businesses. From the meetings and conversations, a committee synthesized the data received...
ELECTION 2015: Prime Minister’s Penticton campaign stop confirmed
PENTICTON – Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s campaign machine rolls into Penticton today. The Conservative leader will be holding two photo opportunities for the media, Sept. 13, at unconfirmed locations. At 6:15 p.m., Harper will be joined by South Okanagan-West Kootenay Conservative candidate Marshall Neufeld at Brutus Truck Bodies at 682 Okanagan Ave. East to “deliver remarks,”...
ELECTION 2015: Candidates spar over fiscal responsibility at all candidate’s debate in Penticton
PENTICTON - Five candidates vying for a federal seat in the South Okanagan-West Kootenay riding faced about 125 voters at a weekend all candidate’s forum in Penticton. The candidates spent some time sniping at each other over which party has the soundest fiscal reputation at the forum held at the Penticton’s Senior’s Centre on Saturday, Sept....
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: 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: 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...
ELECTION 2015: Where the Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo candidates will be squaring off before the election
KAMLOOPS - If you’re looking for an opportunity to grill the Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo candidates running in October’s federal election, be sure to mark these dates on your calendar. There are currently four more public all-candidate forums scheduled in the weeks leading up to the election Monday, Oct.19. Thursday, Sept. 24, at 7 p.m. candidates will be...
ELECTION 2015: Will strategic voting give NDP the boost they need to unseat Conservatives in the Thompson-Okanagan?
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – If strategic voting is embraced in the Thompson-Okanagan, the NDP will likely see a significant jump in their final numbers when polls close Oct. 19. That's according to a popular website for voters who want any candidate but Harper to win in this year’s general election. StrategicVoting.ca gives a riding-by-riding breakdown of which...
ELECTION 2015: Kamloops students pick a winner following candidate debate
KAMLOOPS - Students at Sahali Secondary put local candidates through vigorous questions during a mock debate, and then they chose a winner during a student vote. Three federal candidates — Green Matt Greenwood, New Democrat Bill Sundhu and Liberal Steve Powrie — attended the event and answered questions proposed by Grade 11 and 12 students yesterday,...
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: Where you can hear from the Kelowna-Lake Country candidates
CENTRAL OKANAGAN - Local candidates in the federal election will be trading barbs at five different all-candidates forums in the riding of Kelowna Lake Country over the next several weeks. Students at the Okanagan campus of the University of British Columbia will be first to hear from the Conservative, Liberal and NDP candidates at a student...
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...