Politics

Why aren’t candidates required to live in ridings they want to represent?

May 13, 2013 // 2 Comments

As I ponder my choices (yes, I’m still one of those undecideds, even the day before the election) from among candidates who don’t live in my riding, I wonder why [Continue]

New reasons why City councillors need more money

May 8, 2013 // 1 Comment

Just when you think you’ve heard every reason possible from politicians why they should give themselves a raise, they come up with some new material. Yesterday’s [Continue]

Reality check on election statement about Aboriginal Cogeneration Corp.

May 5, 2013 // 0 Comments

UPDATE: There’s been some back and forth on this blog during the past couple of hours that deserves to be reported. Terry Lake responded by tweeting that he “did [Continue]

The winners and the highlights at the Kamloops election forum

May 2, 2013 // 5 Comments

Well, I told you there would be no knock-out punches at tonight’s KDN-CBC-sponsored election forum, but it was a whole lot of fun and even somewhat informative. Though [Continue]

No knockout punch coming in Kamloops ridings

May 2, 2013 // 0 Comments

We’ve passed the halfway mark and this election still isn’t much fun. The barbershop poll has it right — the Liberals are ahead on points in Kamloops, but that’s not [Continue]

NDP scrambling over stumble on RIH master plan

April 26, 2013 // 0 Comments

These are the kinds of things an election can turn on. Tom Friedman is scrambling this morning to fix a mistake he made in yesterday morning’s debate on NL’s Jim [Continue]