NANAIMO - Canadians will head back to the polls on Sept. 20 to elect a new federal government. It will also mark the third vote in just over two years for the Nanaimo-Ladysmith riding following the Spring 2019 by-election and Fall 2019 general election.NanaimoNewsNOW asked all five candidates in the riding a series of ...

NANAIMO - The Federal Election is approaching and Elections Canada urgently is looking for people to work at polling stations.The organizing body for Canada's federal elections said they're short of workers in the Nanaimo-Ladysmith riding, expected to be hotly contested.Elections Canada's BC spokesperson Andrea Marantz...

NANAIMO - A long-stalled downtown to downtown fast ferry service would be funded if Conservative Party of Canada leader Erin O'Toole had his way.His statement spawned loud cheers from roughly 100 party supporters at an evening campaign stop at Nanaimo's Vancouver Island Conference Centre on Saturday, Sept 4. "This...

LADYSMITH - The Nanaimo-Ladysmith riding has been visited by the leader of a federal party for the first time this election campaign. NDP leader Jagmeet Singh hosted a meet-and-greet with several hundred supporters at Transfer Beach in Ladysmith on Monday, Aug. 30. He flew in from Ottawa, where he'd made a campaign pro...

NANAIMO - Canada is officially on the path to a fall, pandemic-themed election. Liberal leader Justin Trudeau made the requisite visit to newly-installed Governor General Mary Simon on Sunday, Aug. 15 and requested her to dissolve Canada's parliament. Election Day will be Monday, Sept. 20, however the lead up to voting...