Politics

ELECTION BITS – Grenier busy in lead-up to Liberal nomination Nov. 19

November 3, 2016 // 0 Comments

… Candidate for the Liberal nomination in Kamloops-North Thompson Michael Grenier is busy with only a couple of weeks to go until nomination day. He’s met with, among [Continue]

ELECTION BITS – NDP candidate withdraws, Green candidate now official in Kamloops South

October 28, 2016 // 1 Comment

… The B.C. Green Party has opened candidate nominations for the 2017 provincial election in 30 ridings. Donovan Cavers has officially been announced as the Green Party’s [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Why Michelle Obama should run for president, but won’t

October 10, 2016 // 2 Comments

An ArmchairMayor editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE WRONG SPOUSE is running for president of the United States. Watching the train wreck that is Donald Trump struggle through [Continue]

Dueling surveys show opposite results on appetite for electoral changes

October 6, 2016 // 5 Comments

Voters don’t want Canada’s electoral system to change, but they do want a referendum on the Liberal government’s plan to change it. Wait a minute. Doesn’t a paper [Continue]

‘Overwhelming desire’ to change election system, local committee concludes

October 2, 2016 // 12 Comments

First-past-the-post must go, and we don’t need a referendum to decide, says a local election reform group. Murray Todd of the Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo Electoral Reform [Continue]

Candidates to talk on electoral reform

July 27, 2015 // 0 Comments

NEWS/ POLITICS — Three of the four candidates in the upcoming federal election — all except incumbent Conservative MP Cathy McLeod — will talk about proportional [Continue]