EDITORIAL – Get out there and vote today; it’s a real mood enhancer
An ArmchairMayor editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IF YOU’VE already voted by the time you read this, good for you. If you haven’t, and aren’t sure whether you’ll [Continue]
B.C. Election 2017
PROVINCIAL PULSE – B.C. voters underwhelmed, unexcited by the choices available in a tight race
New poll results on the B.C. election have been released today by the Angus Reid Institute. Here’s its summary: Millennial turnout, soft voters to will be key to [Continue]
FORSETH – Election 2013 revisited: Doing things the same way and expecting different results
IN LIGHT OF Christy Clark’s visit to Kamloops just the other day, I thought it might be interesting to revisit a post that I had up ELECTION 2013 … and a visit to [Continue]
ELECTION – What the Kamloops-South candidates said about health care
Health care has been a major issue in the election campaign both locally and provincially. It was discussed extensively at the recent media-sponsored forum, as well as [Continue]
GINTA – Why everyone’s vote is vital
OUR DAYS are rife with politics. News, campaign bites, signs abounding. Provincial elections coming up! Wednesday night found me listening to Elizabeth May at the Double Tree [Continue]
ELECTION – Kamloops-North Thompson candidates set for forum on Tuesday
The next major election forum for Kamloops-North Thompson candidates will be held Tuesday, May 2 from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Brock Activity Centre, 9A-1800 Tranquille Rd. You [Continue]
ELECTION – Green Party leader Andrew Weaver makes stop in Kamloops
Green Party leader Andrew Weaver will be in Kamloops on Sunday (April 30, 2017) in support of Kamloops-South Thompson candidate Donovan Cavers and Kamloops-North Thompson [Continue]
ELECTION – Poll shows Milobar ahead, doctor shortage biggest issue
An independent election poll shows BC Liberal candidate Peter Milobar ahead in the Kamloops-North Thompson riding. The poll, done by Justason Market Intelligence and [Continue]
FORSETH – The leaders’ debate: ‘You didn’t do this, you didn’t do that’
HERE’S MY synopsis of the televised election debate last night (April 26, 2017) between BC Liberal Christy Clark, the Green Party’s Andrew Weaver, and John Horgan [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Leaders’ debate was like another day in Question Period
An Armchair Mayor editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IT SEEMED like a good idea — disallowing three-way debates and threatening to cut off leaders’ microphones if they tried [Continue]
ELECTION – Party leaders to square off in first and only televised debate
The softwood lumber dispute with the U.S. is sure to add fuel to the fire when the three party leaders square off tonight (April 26, 2017) in a televised debate. Andrew [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Green Team puts in strong performance at media-hosted forum
An ArmchairMayor editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE BEST THING about election forums is that voters get to see and hear how well candidates think on their feet. At last [Continue]
ELECTION – Candidates grilled at lively media-sponsored forum; crowd of 600
Health care and Ajax were predictably dominant questions Tuesday night (April 25, 2017) as 600 people turned out to hear candidates at a media-sponsored election forum in the [Continue]
ELECTION – All candidates in both ridings to attend media election forum
Kamloops media including ArmchairMayor.ca have teamed up for an election forum Tuesday night (April 25, 2017) that will feature all candidates in both the Kamloops-South [Continue]
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