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Voter turnout drops below 30 per cent in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Voter turnout in Kamloops is down percentage-wise from 2018. While more than 80,000 Kamloops residents were eligible to cast a ballot in this year's municipal election, just 29 per cent uti...
Oct 16, 2022
Capital funding will be key for new Kamloops-Thompson school board
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops-Thompson School Board will have some new faces joining the team for the next four years. Five seats at the board table are allotted to the city of Kamloops, and four other seat...
Oct 16, 2022
Familiar face Ranta returns to the mayor's chair in Cache Creek
CACHE CREEK, B.C. - John Ranta is returning to the mayor's chair in Cache Creek.After the votes were tabulated Saturday (Oct. 15), Ranta (39.2 per cent) had defeated incumbent Santo Talarico (24.1 per...
Oct 16, 2022
Three new faces on four-person Sun Peaks council; Raine acclaimed mayor
SUN PEAKS, B.C. - The Mountain Resort Municipality of Sun Peaks will have three new faces around the council table for the next term.After Saturday's (Oct. 15) vote, incumbent Rob O'Toole was re-elect...
Oct 16, 2022
Voters choose four of six incumbents to return to Barriere council
BARRIERE, B.C. - Two of the six incumbents have been unseated in the race for Barriere council.After Saturday's (Oct. 15) votes were tabulated, incumbents Scott Kershaw, Rob Kerslake, Donna Kibble and...
Oct 15, 2022
Blackwell defeats Clifford in Clearwater; two newcomers elected to council
CLEARWATER, B.C. - Incumbent Merlin Blackwell has easily held off challenger Dean Clifford to retain the mayor's chair in Clearwater.Blackwell defeated Clifford by a margin of 88.1 per cent to 11.2 pe...
Oct 15, 2022
Smith re-elected mayor of Logan Lake; council to consist of three incumbents, three newcomers
LOGAN LAKE, B.C. - Robin Smith is returning to the mayor's chair in Logan Lake.Smith ran away with the mayor's race in Saturday's (Oct. 15) election, finishing with 71.5 per cent of the vote. Challeng...
Oct 15, 2022
Rathor unseats Cobb for Williams Lake mayor's chair
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - Williams Lake residents have chosen Surinderpal Rathor to be their mayor.Preliminary results of Saturday's election saw Rathor gather 34.1 per cent of the vote to take the top sp...
Oct 15, 2022
Brand new mayor and council to take on the many challenges in Lytton
LYTTON, B.C. - The Village of Lytton's recovery will be led by Denise O'Connor.O'Connor was elected mayor of the village Saturday (Oct. 15), defeating Edit Loring-Kuhanga and Willie Nelson.She succeed...
Oct 15, 2022
After a heartbreaking defeat in 2018, Lepsoe comes out on top in Chase
CHASE, B.C. - David Lepsoe got the job done in Chase.Lepsoe, who came within 11 votes of the mayor's chair in 2018, was elected this year, finishing with 52.9 per cent of the vote Saturday (Oct. 15).L...
Oct 15, 2022
