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Archives for October 2015
Tuesday’s breakfast of “crow”
I had predicted a NDP win in the riding – overwhelmed by it. I had predicted that Connie and the Liberals would not play a role – they did, she did. I had thought the Liberals would bleed the NDP but they helped in the local defeat of the Conservatives I had predicted a minority […]
Government changes on a red wave – Liberals win big
Liberal Party of Canada Justin Trudeau 184 seats won 54% Conservative Party of Canada Stephen Harper 99 seats won 29% New Democratic Party of Canada Thomas Mulcair 44 seats won 13% Bloc Québécois Gilles Duceppe 10 seats won 3% Green Party of Canada Elizabeth May 1 seat won 0%
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Federal Election results
Federal MPs to represent the area of Okanagan Similkameen (Princeton to Osoyoos to Summerland) Tight race in West Kelowna/Okanagan/Similkameen/Nicola Dan Albas – Conservative wins (above) followed by Liberals (Karley Scott) and NDP (Angelique Wood) – stats showed a lead of 1400 votes Substantial Victoria for NDP in the south South Okanagan – West Kootenay […]
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Osoyoos Lake to get its own day
By ROY WOOD Osoyoos Lake is set to get its own appreciation day, likely on the Victoria Day weekend next year, thanks to a plea from the lake’s advocacy group. Birgit Arnstein, president of the Osoyoos Lake Water Quality Society, asked a council committee Monday to designate a day and to provide support for it. […]
Osoyoos re-affirms support for national park
By ROY WOOD Osoyoos town council has unanimously re-affirmed its support for a national park in the South Okanagan, echoing similar endorsements from previous councils. Councillors Mike Compol, Jim King and Carol Youngberg were not members of the previous council. While endorsing the idea of a national park, council has some issues with the recently-released […]