Tag Archives: Federal Politics
Major party candidates to face off at Chamber debate
NANAIMO - Only local candidates representing a party with a seat already in parliament will grace the stage at an upcoming federal election debate. The Greater Nanaimo Chamber of Commerce is limiting ...
Oct 09, 2019 Five candidates will take the stage in the Greater Nanaimo Chamber of Commerce debate. (Submitted Photos)
Nanaimo-Ladysmith candidates skills to unify a diverse, fragmented riding
NANAIMO - As part of NanaimoNewsNOW's continuing coverage of the 2019 Federal Election, we reached out to each of the nine candidates running for election in the Nanaimo-Ladysmith riding with a series...
Oct 08, 2019 Nine Nanaimo-Ladysmith candidates discuss their skills and experience to unify a diverse riding. (Elections Canada)
From a lot to a little, party leaders dish baloney in English-language debate
OTTAWA - When they weren't talking over each other or trying to land political body blows, the six federal leaders who squared off in an English-language debate Monday night each made statements with ...
Oct 08, 2019
Six leaders square off in English-language election debate
OTTAWA - The Latest on the English-language leaders' debate with Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau, Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, Green party Leader Elizabeth May, Bloc Queb...
Oct 07, 2019
Lessons, debates and mock elections aim to energize youth vote
NANAIMO - Students are getting ready to have their voice heard as the 2019 Federal Election enters the last two weeks of campaigning. Nearly 40 elementary and secondary schools in the Nanaimo-Ladysmit...
Oct 07, 2019 Alistair King, a social studies teacher at Dover Bay Secondary School, conducts a lesson on voting and the 2019 Federal Election. (Alex Rawnsley/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Scheer, Trudeau trade barbs ahead of debate, amid Ontario education unrest
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer called his Liberal rival Justin Trudeau "disgusting" Monday morning for trying to score political points on the backs of Ontario students. Trudeau fired back...
Oct 07, 2019
Nanaimo-Ladysmith candidates priorities and the key issue they will take to Ottawa
NANAIMO - As part of NanaimoNewsNOW's continuing coverage of the 2019 Federal Election, we reached out to each of the nine candidates running for election in the Nanaimo-Ladysmith riding with a series...
Oct 06, 2019 Nine candidates for the Nanaimo-Ladysmith riding discuss their priorities relating directly to central Vancouver Island (GotoVan/WikiMedia)
Leaders descend on national capital in anticipation of Monday's televised debate
TORONTO - Most of the federal party leaders are hitting the books today, cramming for Monday's critical English-language leaders debate like high schoolers before an ...
Oct 06, 2019 (File photo/The Canadian Press)
Alberta issues become wedge issues in 2019 federal election campaign
EDMONTON - In the riding of Edmonton Millwoods, Amarjeet Sohi goes door-to-door explaining how his Liberal party is re-energizing Alberta's bedrock oil industry. Meanwhile, rival Conservative candidat...
Oct 02, 2019
Crowded field confirmed to contest Nanaimo-Ladysmith riding
NANAIMO - A slate of nine candidates are in contention to become the next Member of Parliament for Nanaimo-Ladysmith at October's Federal Election.Incumbent Green party MP Paul Manly will look to secu...
Oct 02, 2019 Nine candidates will contest the Nanaimo-Ladysmith riding in the 2019 Federal Election. L-R Top: Bob Chamberlin (NDP), James Chumsa (Communist), Jennifer Clarke (PPC), Michelle Corfield (Liberals), John Hirst (Conservatives); L-R Bottom: Paul Manly (Greens), Brian Marlatt (PC Party), Geoff Stoneman (independent) and Echo White (independent). (NanaimoNewsNOW)