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ELECTION 2019: Voters can cast advance ballots Oct. 11-14

ELECTION 2019: Voters can cast advance ballots Oct. 11-14

There will be four advanced voting days centred around the Thanksgiving Day weekend – on Friday, Oct. 11, Saturday, Oct. 12, Sunday, Oct. 13 and Monday, Oct. 14. Polling stations are open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
NDP leader spends day on Island, says youth have right to be angry over climate crisis

NDP leader spends day on Island, says youth have right to be angry over climate crisis

Young people have a right to be angry and frustrated at the lack of action on climate change solutions, said NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh at the global climate strike rally outside the B.C. legislature on Friday. “I’m here to support the young people.
Letter: A whopping $30 billion in promises. How many will be kept?

Letter: A whopping $30 billion in promises. How many will be kept?

Editor: It is the season of promises.
Stroller brigades aim to put child care on federal agenda

Stroller brigades aim to put child care on federal agenda

Child care advocate says parents and caregivers are mobilizing across B.C., and she hopes Tri-City parents will get on board, to get political parties to make affordable, quality child care a priority
Liberal candidate has signs vandalized with blackface

Liberal candidate has signs vandalized with blackface

Fallout from pictures of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau dressed up in brownface in 2001 has reached the Kelowna-Lake Country riding. At least two election signs for MP Stephen Fuhr were vandalized overnight.
New Westminster candidates to square off at debates

New Westminster candidates to square off at debates

While the federal leaders crisscross the country to drum up support for their parties for the Oct. 21 federal election, local voters will get a chance to hear from local candidates at several events in the coming weeks.
Letter: Not enough people vote. This can help fix that

Letter: Not enough people vote. This can help fix that

Editor: In the last federal election, less than 70% of eligible voters bothered showing up to the ballot box.
Elizabeth May seeks to blow past political pack with platform rollout

Elizabeth May seeks to blow past political pack with platform rollout

OTTAWA — Green Leader Elizabeth May pushed past the political pack Monday by introducing a wide-ranging set of new policy promises while her rivals were recycling or expanding on old ideas.
New West Libertarian sees Bernier's People's Party as allies, not a threat

New West Libertarian sees Bernier's People's Party as allies, not a threat

New Westminster-Burnaby’s Libertarian Party candidate says there are no existential questions for his party with a competing libertarian-leaning brand with broad coverage in the upcoming election. Neeraj Murarka, New West's B.C.
Opinion: NDP promoting praise saying Jagmeet Singh ‘not dead yet’

Opinion: NDP promoting praise saying Jagmeet Singh ‘not dead yet’

The federal NDP issued a news release this morning with the subject line: “A really impressive opening” – what people are saying about Jagmeet.