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2015 TOP STORIES: Politics divided our ridings like never before as Liberals take office

THOMSON-OKANAGAN - Big changes in the political map across Canada translated this year into upheaval for local politicians. Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper, seeking a fourth term after nearly ten years in power, dropped the writ on the longest federal election campaign in history, an eleven week marathon largely seen to benefit the incumbents. It...

Kamloops sees red in student vote

KAMLOOPS - If students in the Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo riding had their way, Liberal candidate Steve Powrie would be our member of Parliament. Elementary and secondary schools throughout the region, from Kamloops to Barriere to 100 Mile House, participated in mock elections facilitated by Student Vote; an organization that holds parallel student elections with federal, provincial and...

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: 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: 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: Would-be Conservative-killers already campaigning in Kelowna-Lake Country

KELOWNA - Official campaigning for the federal election is still months away, but in the Kelowna-Lake Country riding, the parties with the best chance of upsetting the federal Conservatives, are knocking on doors like the writ has already been dropped. “I don’t know about the other parties but I’m certainly campaigning,” the NDP candidate Norah...

Kamloops federal Liberal Party candidates debate the issues

KAMLOOPS – It's your chance to check out the three federal Liberal Party nominees for the Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo riding at an all candidates panel discussion Thursday night. Steve Powrie, Niki Remesz and Peter Mutrie will all share their thoughts on key issues and the party’s platform. Powrie is an elementary school teacher. Remesz owns her own...

B.C. Liberal Convention comes to Kelowna

KELOWNA – The B.C. Liberal Party holds their biannual convention at the Delta Grand Hotel in downtown Kelowna this weekend. Hundreds of party caucus members are expected to attend including Kelowna-Lake Country MLA Norm Letnick and Surrey lawyer Sukminder Virk who will each serve as co-chair. Check-in started this morning. “Convention 2014 is a great...