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Kamloops-area polling stations revealed for Oct. 24 provincial election
KAMLOOPS - Elections BC has published a list of where people can vote in this month's provincial election, and people who have already made up their mind can cast their ballot prior to advance polls getting underway next week.Kamloops residents can vote at one of two district electoral offices in Kamloops - at the Kaml...
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Tattoo artist McAfee hopes to represent OneBC in Kamloops Centre
KAMLOOPS - Rocky McAfee will be carrying the OneBC flag in Kamloops Centre, as the party contests its first provincial election, a little over a year after it was founded. The long-time tattoo artist told CFJC Today he has long thought about seeking political office, adding the snap election call two years into the gov...
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Beach to carry Green Party banner in Kamloops Centre
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Centre riding will have five candidates on the ballot, including representation from the BC Green Party. Annelise Beach will be flying the Green banner in the October 24 election. Beach works in the social services field and believes she can affect change after working for 10 years in a system t...
Oct 7, 2026

CANDIDATE LIST: Kamloops and area candidates for the 2026 BC election
The following people have filed nomination papers to run for local MLA seats. They are listed alphabetically by last name. (i) indicates incumbent MLA:--Kamloops CentreAnnelise Beach - BC GreensRocky McAfee - OneBCPeter Milobar (i) - BC ConservativesThaelo Proctor - IndependentMike Wisla - BC NDPKamloops-North Thompson...
Oct 7, 2026

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Carpenter Proctor enters Kamloops Centre MLA race as independent
KAMLOOPS - Thaelo Proctor is the first independent to run in one of the two Kamloops ridings since 2020, when Brandon Russell received less than one per cent of the vote in Kamloops-North-Thompson. Proctor is looking to defy the odds on October 24, running unaffiliated in Kamloops Centre, in what will be a five-way rac...
Oct 6, 2026

Kamloops-area candidates announced for 2026 provincial election
KAMLOOPS - The nomination period for candidates in the 2026 B.C. provincials election closed at 1:00 p.m. Saturday (Oct. 1), and people are now getting an idea of who will be on the ballot in three week's time.Elections BC notes it is reviewing all nominations received to ensure they meet the requirements set out in th...
Oct 3, 2026

BC NDP name two rookie candidates to face Kamloops incumbents
KAMLOOPS - The BC New Democrats have named two rookie politicians as candidates as they look to unseat a pair of BC Conservative incumbents in Kamloops Centre and Kamloops-North Thompson. While some polls have the NDP forming government on October 24, the two Kamloops ridings are thought to be safe for the Tories, with...
Oct 1, 2026

Kamloops' youth call on election candidates to address concerns, reach more young voters
KAMLOOPS - There will be two elections in Kamloops just one week apart from each other next month after voters go to choose their municipal and provincial representatives. Kamloops is no stranger to young people choosing to live, work and study in the Tournament Capital, but do they feel heard and represented by the pe...
Sep 28, 2026

Kamloops Conservatives point to health care, public safety - not Trump - as key election issues
KAMLOOPS - Priorities and major campaign planks will undoubtedly change over the course of the next 30 days ahead of provincial election day in British Columbia. Early on, though, there is a clear separation between the governing NDP and opposition parties, with David Eby focusing in on the United States and impacts fr...
Sep 24, 2026

Merritt mayor calls out NDP healthcare promise
MERRITT, B.C. - Amid frequent emergency department closures, Merritt mayor Mike Goetz says the BC NDP's promise to triple U.S. healthcare worker recruitment will need to benefit Interior Health communities more than the previous campaign did. Party leader David Eby lauded the success of past efforts to recruit more tha...
Sep 24, 2026


BIABC wants provincial election campaign to focus on issues facing small business
KAMLOOPS - As British Columbians prepare for an early provincial election next month, the Business Improvement Areas of BC (BIABC) organization wants the campaign to include a serious discussion about the challenges facing small businesses, employees and commercial districts across the province. BIABC wants to see prac...
Sep 24, 2026

Who's in and who's out as candidates in B.C.'s snap election?
Parties are drawing up their candidate lists ahead of British Columbia's snap election on Oct. 24. Here's a look at some of the latest developments. WHO'S IN Four NDP cabinet members - Mike Farnworth, Adrian Dix, Bowinn Ma and Josie Osborne - said Wedn...
Sep 23, 2026

BC Conservatives expected to run familiar slate in Kamloops-Thompson ridings
KAMLOOPS - The BC Conservatives will be represented by a host of familiar faces around the Kamloops-Thompson region. In Fraser-Nicola, Tony Luck has indicated he will seek re-election, while Lorne Doerkson - as interim Tory leader - is running in Cariboo-Chilcotin. Meanwhile in Kamloops, it will be the two incumbents a...
Sep 23, 2026

'Trump-style' or 'progressive-ideas'? Both sides rush to redefine B.C. Conservatives
VANCOUVER - Both sides of British Columbia politics are racing to redefine the B.C. Conservatives as the province goes to the polls on Oct. 24 in the wake of Kerry-Lynne Findlay's divisive leadership of the Opposition party. NDP Leader David Eby says t...
Sep 23, 2026

Was this the wildest week in B.C. politics? Looking back on seven days of upheaval
Here's a look back at the week that reshaped the political landscape of British Columbia, leading up to Tuesday's election call by NDP Leader David Eby. Wednesday Sept. 16: Eby addresses early election speculation, saying he told his party's legislato...
Sep 23, 2026

B.C. Conservatives vow new rule to keep Doerkson leader, as Rustad exits
The British Columbia Conservatives moved Wednesday to head off suggestions that interim leader Lorne Doerkson would not remain premier if he wins the Oct. 24 election, as it announced former leader John Rustad would not be among its candidates. A state...
Sep 23, 2026


'Muddier and more difficult to navigate': Kamloops residents, business community react to snap election
KAMLOOPS - Reaction is pouring in as British Columbians prepare to head to the polls in the Oct. 24 snap provincial election, and there was a lot of shock and a little bit of disgust in downtown Kamloops on Tuesday (Sept. 24) afternoon. "I just found out about the second election from you guys," one person to...
Sep 22, 2026

NDP launch campaign focusing on Canada-US relations
KAMLOOPS - British Columbians will be headed to the polls twice this fall, as Premier David Eby has called a snap election, just two years into his majority government mandate. Eby is hoping to capitalize on a weak opposition that has been more focused on fighting each other than his NDP government in recent months, cu...
Sep 22, 2026

Kamloops Centre MLA Milobar rejoins BC Conservatives
KAMLOOPS - On the same day Premier David Eby called a snap election in British Columbia, Kamloops Centre MLA Peter Milobar has returned to the BC Conservatives. Milobar resigned from the BC Conservative caucus on August 14, citing a loss of confidence in the leadership of Kerry-Lynne Findlay, saying their values do not...
Sep 22, 2026

Who are the party leaders as British Columbia goes to the polls?
British Columbians are going to the polls about two years ahead of schedule, after NDP Leader David Eby called an early election to be held on Oct. 24. Here's a look at the party leaders in a political landscape that is very different from the one that...
Sep 22, 2026

B.C. opposition forces unite as Eby calls Oct. 24 snap election, citing Trump threat
VICTORIA - British Columbia's political scene is undergoing breakneck restructuring ahead of an Oct. 24 snap election that NDP Leader David Eby called on Tuesday, framing it as necessary to respond to the threat posed by U.S. President Donald Trump and...
Sep 22, 2026

B.C. provincial election to be held in October: Eby
VICTORIA - British Columbians will be going to the polls twice in October. B.C. Premier David Eby, who will be campaigning for re-election as NDP leader, announced on Tuesday afternoon that he is calling a snap election.This means election day will be held on Saturday, Oct. 24, one week after the municipal election on ...
Sep 22, 2026


B.C. Premier Eby to make address with election call expected
VICTORIA - B.C. Premier David Eby says he will deliver an address later today amid expectations of a snap election call. The premier has called reporters to Government House, where it's expected he'll ask Lt.-Gov. Wendy Cocchia to dissolve the legislat...
Sep 22, 2026

Right-of-centre B.C. political parties discussing unity ahead of potential snap election
KAMLOOPS - A wild weekend in B.C. politics has the province still on the verge of a potential snap election call from Premier David Eby. Meanwhile, embattled BC Conservative leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay has stepped down, but will continue to contest a by-election. Cariboo-Chilcotin MLA Lorne Doerksen is the new interim l...
Sep 21, 2026

B.C. government restarts planning for Burnaby Hospital expansion
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government is resuscitating the Burnaby Hospital expansion, a project that had been put on hold because of budget pressures. Infrastructure Minister Bowinn Ma says planning for the redevelopment has resumed and it will n...
Sep 21, 2026

RAW INTERVIEW: New interim leader of the BC Conservatives Lorne Doerkson
KAMLOOPS - Newly appointed leader of the BC Conservative Party Lorne Doerkson speaks with CFJC's Michael Reeve about his new position and work to unify the right ahead of a possible snap election.
Sep 21, 2026

Five return to B.C. Conservative caucus as early election looms
VICTORIA - After weeks of defections, expulsions and ugly infighting that reduced the British Columbia Conservative caucus by more than a third, the official Opposition's legislative ranks are growing again. The party's new interim leader, Lorne Doerks...
Sep 21, 2026

What people are saying about Findlay's resignation as B.C. Conservative leader
Kerry-Lynne Findlay resigned as the leader of British Columbia's Conservatives on Sunday, bringing to a close her brief tenure marked by infighting, firings, expulsions from the party caucus and a string of defections by sitting legislators. Findlay sa...
Sep 20, 2026

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