Kamloops Thompson Cariboo Federal Election 2015

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: NDP candidate Bill Sundhu faces opposition from next door

KAMLOOPS – A local business is showing its disapproval with the federal New Democratic Party by placing anti-party signs in its store front windows. The business in question is located right next door to Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo NDP candidate Bill Sundhu’s headquarters on Tranquille Drive. The owner of Powderkeg Shooters Supply Inc. didn’t want to speak about...

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...

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: RCMP investigate Kamloops campaign sign vandalism

KAMLOOPS - The Conservatives, Liberals and New Democratic Party are being targetted by election sign vandals in Kamloops and the RCMP have launched an investigation. Many of the large party signs across the city's south shore were flattened over the last two nights. Cathy McLeod, the riding’s Conservative candidate, says because of the weight of...

ELECTION 2015: Mulcair promises funding for sports during Kamloops stop

KAMLOOPS - During a campaign stop in Kamloops this week New Democratic Party federal leader Tom Mulcair took the opportunity to announce another party promise, this time a $28 million investment for kids in sports. More than 1,000 people showed up for a rally Tuesday evening, Sept. 1, where Mulcair reiterated a need for change....

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: Find out who Liberal candidate Steve Powrie is

KAMLOOPS - Steve Powrie’s daughter decided he should enter politics before he came to the same conclusion. The Liberal candidate for Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo says while he complained about the current government at home one night, his daughter threw his own words back at him and told him to follow the 'practice what you preach' mantra he...

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...