Kamloops Thompson Cariboo

BEPPLE: Boundary reform needed in Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo

Congratulations go out to all the candidates of the last election. Win or lose, political candidates represented their parties and gave people the opportunity to choose the direction they wanted things to go. Best wishes to Conservative Cathy McLeod. The hard work has just begun. As a country, the choice was resoundingly the Liberal Party....

ELECTION 2015: Conservative Cathy McLeod re-elected in Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo

KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo riding will remain blue after re-electing Conservative candidate Cathy McLeod. This will mark McLeod’s third term in office, having already served seven years as an member of Parliament representing the region.  McLeod's Conservative campaign office was perhaps more somber than a winning candidate's office might be. McLeod called the night 'bittersweet'...

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: 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...

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: 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: 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: Green Party picks Kamloops candidate for federal election

KAMLOOPS – The Green Party has chosen candidate Matt Greenwood to represent them in the Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo riding for the upcoming federal election. A member of the party since 2003, this is not Greenwood’s first time running with the Greens. In 2006 he chosen to represent the party in the same riding at the age of...

ELECTION 2015: Mulcair set to rally in Kamloops

KAMLOOPS - Kamloops residents trying to figure out which party they want to support in the upcoming federal election will get a chance to hear from one of the leaders at a rally this week. New Democratic Party leader Tom Mulcair will be in Kamloops tomorrow, Sept. 1. Mulcair will be speaking at the Rally...

ELECTION 2015: Kamloops Green Party candidate trying to connect with small-c Conservatives

KAMLOOPS – To understand Green Party federal candidate in the riding of Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo, you need to understand the Green Party. Matt Greenwood, 35, says his party is the alternative choice to the Conservatives. “In this particular campaign I think there’s a pretty big segment of voters out there who are probably feeling politically homeless,” Greenwood...

MP Cathy McLeod, Sen. Nancy Greene Raine under lockdown in Ottawa

KAMLOOPS – Our local Member of Parliament and Senator are safe in Ottawa but both remain under lockdown at Parliament’s centre block. Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo MP Cathy McLeod and others including Senator Nancy Green Raine, will remain in the block until further notice.  “That’s all we can say right now,” Jennifer Thompson, a spokesperson for McLeod told...