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B.C. ELECTION 2017: Okanagan support for Liberals and Greens rises, while NDP dips
OKANAGAN – While support for the NDP grew in other parts of the province during…
B.C. ELECTION 2017: Eye on the Shuswap race
SHUSWAP – Voters in the Shuswap riding will decide today whether to re-elect their MLA…
B.C. ELECTION 2017: Eye on the Vernon-Monashee race
VERNON – Voters in the Vernon-Monashee riding have a choice to make in today’s election,…
B.C. ELECTION 2017: Where each party stands on the issue of affordable housing
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – If you bought or rented a home in the past year, there’s a…
B.C. ELECTION 2017: It’s all about the people for Kamloops-South Thompson NDP candidate
KAMLOOPS – For Nancy Bepple, politics isn’t about policy or deals, it’s about the people…
B.C. ELECTION 2017: NDP’s Erik Olesen is hoping a fresh face pays off
KELOWNA – Erik Olesen says nothing can surprise him in terms of campaigning. Although he…
B.C. ELECTION 2017: Kelowna-Mission NDP candidate says struggles brought her to politics
KELOWNA – Harwinder Sandhu held her ground when the angry old man muttered that the…
B.C. ELECTION 2017: Mom, cake baker and Kamloops-North Thompson NDP candidate
KAMLOOPS – Barb Nederpel's idea of her "dream retirement job" is baking extravagant cakes –…
B.C. ELECTION 2017: Barry Dorval shares his journey from bible college, to teaching to politics
VERNON – As a young man, Barry Dorval wanted to be a minister. A solo…
‘Our province failed’ teen who overdosed in Kelowna mall bathroom: NDP candidate
KELOWNA – The NDP candidate for Christy Clark’s Westside-Kelowna MLA seat says gaps in the…
B.C. NDP leader coming to the Okanagan
KELOWNA – The leader of the B.C. NDP will be in the Okanagan tomorrow for…
Will Vernon-Monashee’s voting history repeat itself in the upcoming election?
VERNON – The Liberal Party has enjoyed a two-decade streak in Vernon-Monashee. Whether that trend…
NDP question timing of Liberal funding announcement for Hullcar water in advance of election
VERNON – The Liberals are being accused of ulterior motives in a recent funding announcement…
NDP roll out candidates for nomination in Vernon-Monashee riding
VERNON – Two local residents are in the running to represent the Vernon-Monashee NDP in…
Bepple likely to be acclaimed by B.C. NDP in South Kamloops
KAMLOOPS – With one of the candidates for the NDP’s nomination in the south Kamloops…
Local business leader seeks Liberal nomination for Kamloops-North Thompson
KAMLOOPS – A Kamloops business leader is the first to throw his hat in the…
Kamloops protesters rally against new bus pass fees for people with disabilities
KAMLOOPS – As funding for people with disabilities changes, protests across B.C. took place today,…
Former Kamloops city councillor wants a seat in legislature
KAMLOOPS – Former city councillor and Thompson-Nicola Regional District board member Nancy Bepple is looking…
Barb Nederpel to be acclaimed NDP candidate in Kamloops-North Thompson
KAMLOOPS – Barbara Nederpel will be the NDP candidate in the upcoming provincial election in…
NDP visiting Hullcar Valley to discuss water quality concerns
SPALLUMCHEEN – A North Okanagan community’s fight for clean drinking water has caught the attention…
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: Fuhr ousts Conservatives as Kelowna-Lake Country goes Liberal
"AN HONOUR AND A PRIVILEGE:" CANNAN KELOWNA - In a surpise upset Liberal Stephen Fuhr has won Kelowna-Lake Country, ousting three term Conservative Ron Cannan. The riding has been a bastion for the Conservatives but the surging Liberals managed to tap into a desire for change that washed across Canada in recent weeks under leader...
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....