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Only three candidates endorsed for Kelowna city council by consortium of ‘community-minded’ groups
KELOWNA – A group calling itself the Future of Kelowna Consortium is endorsing Mayor Colin…
Kelowna city councillors solidly behind their Mayor
KELOWNA – If Tom Dyas upsets Mayor Colin Basran in the Oct. 20 municipal election…
Kelowna mayoralty race taking toll on former friends
KELOWNA – A former city councillor with over two decades of experience at city hall…
Kelowna mayor’s Trump card may have backfired in Chamber debate
KELOWNA – Mayor Colin Basran was a clear favourite in today’s Kelowna Chamber mayoralty forum…
Basran quietly fights back against challenger Dyas at election campaign kick-off
KELOWNA – From union members to giants of the local tech industry, Mayor Colin Basran’s…
Team Okanagan spent more than three times as much as other candidates combined to win May election
KELOWNA – It cost the three B.C. Liberal candidates more than $270,000 to sweep the…
Why you don’t hear much from the provincial government at election time
Journalists are known to complain that it’s difficult getting information from the government at the…
B.C. Conservatives say they will be back with a vengeance in next election
VERNON – The B.C. Conservatives are plotting a comeback, and the tight results of the…
B.C. ELECTION 2017: Reporter’s notebook: What didn’t make it into election night coverage in Vernon-Monashee
VERNON – No matter how cynical I sometimes feel about politics, I have to admit,…
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: 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: 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: Kelowna vandals target NDP election signs
KELOWNA – One of the candidates running in Kelowna-Mission says her campaign signs are being…
B.C. ELECTION 2017: Kelowna-Mission candidate Steve Thomson was once a rugby-playing farmer
KELOWNA – Rugby coaches put their workhorses on the second row. It’s a position that…
Christy Clark still hasn’t bought a home in West Kelowna where she seeks re-election
WEST KELOWNA – Four years after losing her own Vancouver riding and then bumping Ben…
B.C. ELECTION 2017: Kelowna-Mission candidates take questions from local business leaders
KELOWNA – The Kelowna Chamber of Commerce hosted a luncheon and forum today to give…
B.C. ELECTION 2017: Breaking down each party’s response to overdose crisis
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – As Interior residents continue to die from overdose at a record pace, the…
Conservative candidate drops out of race in Vernon-Monashee
VERNON – The B.C. Conservatives were the last to announce their candidate in Vernon-Monashee and…
B.C. NDP leader coming to the Okanagan
KELOWNA – The leader of the B.C. NDP will be in the Okanagan tomorrow for…
Okanagan Indian Band elects some fresh faces to council
VERNON – Six new councillors have been elected to the Okanagan Indian Band council. Yesterday’s,…
Okanagan Indian Band members vote for next chief and council
NORTH OKANAGAN – The polls are open as Okanagan Indian Band members vote for a…
WFN Election 2016: Daughter has mom at her back as both vie for council seat
WESTBANK FIRST NATION – She’s the youngest candidate on the ballot for Westbank First Nation…
Millions of dollars in federal campaign spending to come out of taxpayers’ pockets
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – Costs add up quickly for election campaigns, but what you might not have…
Former Okanagan MPs to earn millions in pension
OKANAGAN - Colin Mayes may have retired, and Ron Cannan may have been defeated in the 2015 federal election, but with pensions set to pad their bank accounts to the tune of between $1.3 million and $2.3 million over their life-times, taxpayers are not quite done with them yet. The Canadian Taxpayers Federation released the...