Category Archives: Fed Elxn 2019
Bernier says PPC candidate for Kamloops riding coming soon
KAMLOOPS - The leader of the fledgling People's Party of Canada (PPC) says the party should have a candidate in place in Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo in about one week. Maxime Bernier toured through the ...
May 30, 2019 PPC Leader Maxime Bernier (left) speaks to James Peters for Balance of Power (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Scheer accuses Trudeau of 'stacking the deck' to get re-elected
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says the Liberals' decision to name an anti-Conservative union to a panel that will decide which media outlets receive government funding is the latest examp...
May 27, 2019
Greens call for ban on foreign oil imports, using Alberta oil instead
OTTAWA - Green party Leader Elizabeth May says saving the world from climate change requires Canada to get off oil before the middle of the century. In the meantime, she wants Canada to stop burning f...
May 27, 2019
Maxime Bernier trying to distinguish new party from Conservatives, Liberals
KAMLOOPS - Maxime Bernier is travelling across the country trying to separate himself and his new People's Party of Canada from his former Conservative colleagues. "We're very different than the Conse...
May 23, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Chad Klassen
Federal New Democrats to acclaim Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo candidate this weekend
KAMLOOPS - A South Cariboo woman will be acclaimed this Sunday as the Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo NDP candidate for the federal election. Nomination meetings will be held on May 26 in 100 Mile House, Cl...
May 23, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Multi-level government discussions in Kamloops focused on emergency management
KAMLOOPS - While Justin Trudeau was in Kamloops, City Hall played host to the Prime Minister, along with federal and provincial ministers, to discuss emergency management improvements. In particular, ...
May 22, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Scheer vows criminal crackdown on human trafficking in election pledge
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is promising funding for police, survivor services and public awareness to fight human trafficking. The previous Conservative government created a four-year ...
May 22, 2019
Once a whistleblower, Bernier's new candidate now promotes conspiracy theories
MONTREAL - Ken Pereira, one of the first people to blow the whistle on corruption in Quebec's construction industry, is running as a Quebec City-area candidate in the fall election for Maxime Bernier'...
May 22, 2019
Trudeau in Kamloops; will declare Lake as Liberal nominee
KAMLOOPS - The prime minister is in Kamloops Tuesday (May 21), his second visit to the River City this year after a visit in January that included a town hall at Thompson Rivers University. Justin Tru...
May 21, 2019 Justin Trudeau during his visit to Kamloops in January 2019. (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Trudeau expected back in Kamloops for Liberal nomination event
KAMLOOPS - The Prime Minister will be returning to Kamloops Tuesday (May 21) to show his support for federal Liberal nominee, Terry Lake. Lake, a former Mayor of Kamloops, MLA, and BC Health Minister,...
May 19, 2019
