EDITORIAL – Proposed new riding boundaries make no sense
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. DRAWING LINES ON A MAP is easy, especially for electoral boundary commissions. A new federal electoral map is being drawn up and one of the [Continue]
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BEPPLE – Mayor’s race already shaping up as an interesting one
AND THEN there were four. With current councillor Dieter Dudy throwing his hat in the ring for the mayor’s race in the upcoming October municipal election, Kamloops now has [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Time for the keyboard critics to put up, shut up, or run
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS people run for public office is that they think they can do a better job than the people who are already there. Or, [Continue]
BEPPLE – Is it time for a change in Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo riding?
POLITICAL PUNDITS of all stripes are saying there will be a fall election. Locally, in the Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo riding, the three major parties have selected their [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Tea leaves point to fall federal election, Liberal majority
SUDDENLY, A FEDERAL ELECTION is very much a topic of conversation. Oh, we’d always had our suspicions that we’d have to go to the polls again this fall, but it’s a [Continue]
NATIONAL PULSE – Energy, climate change high on lists of concerns
By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE July 13, 2021 – As main federal party leaders embark on cross-country tours ahead of an all-but-certain election later this year, they are hoping to [Continue]
GUEST COLUMN – Suffrage, the ballot and democratic governments
By PIERCE GRAHAM Guest Columnist OVER THE LAST several hundred years the public demand for voting rights and the subsequent emergence of democratic governments has been a [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Though much can change, Kamloops riding looks like status quo
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. NOW THAT SEVERAL CANDIDATES for the Conservative nomination in Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo have declared their intentions, the race for the [Continue]
JOHNSON – Sooo… are we headed to the polls? Some clues from the past
By DAVID JOHNSON PEOPLE ARE WONDERING about a potential federal election call, that could come sooner than the Oct. 16, 2023 preordained date. Any chance they can get, [Continue]
KNOX – Early election warning, Jeopardy, and our Mounties on Fallon
A GRAB BAG of items today: The phone rang the other night, just as I was sitting down to supper. I thought: This better not be another Canada Revenue scam. “Hi,” said the [Continue]
NATIONAL PULSE – Stress over COVID-19 a major driver of U.S. vote
By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE October 30, 2020 – It was polarization and division that presaged the Trump presidential era. As the Republican candidate attempts to double the [Continue]
Why aren’t candidates required to live in ridings they want to represent?
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]
Reality check on election statement about Aboriginal Cogeneration Corp.
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
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]
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