News Items tag as: B.C. Conservatives

‘Politics is a team sport’: Okanagan Conservative MLAs at odds after one leaves party
March 13, 2025 - 7:00 AM

After the big blue wave in the provincial election last fall, an Okanagan MLA walked away from the BC Conservatives and her fellow MLAs in neighbouring ridings are standing firm behind the party.
Online petition to oust Okanagan Conservative MLA can't force a byelection
March 12, 2025 - 10:00 AM

There really is only one way for constituents to remove a MLA from office and an online petition isn't it, especially since an official recall can't happen until April of next year at the earliest.
Okanagan Conservative MLA votes against NDP motion to condemn Trump
February 25, 2025 - 11:30 AM

A motion to condemn president Donald Trump and back a coordinated response to his threats to Canadian sovereignty hit the floor in BC legislature Monday, and the MLA for Kelowna-Lake Country-Coldstream Tara Armstrong was one of the few to vote against it.
BC Conservatives unveil ‘Don’t cancel Christmas’ petition after Kelowna controversy
December 24, 2024 - 7:00 PM

Following the Kelowna “Keep Christ in Christmas” sign controversy, the BC Conservative Party put out a petition with the heading “Don’t cancel Christmas”.
BC Conservative Kelowna Centre candidate posted conspiracies, pandemic holocaust comparisons, and more
September 28, 2024 - 12:59 PM

Social media posts from BC Conservative candidate Kristina Loewen include comparisons between COVID-19 regulations and the holocaust, conspiracy theories, and promoting a multi-level marketing company selling essential oils as effective medicine.
Former BC Conservative candidate hosting fundraiser for Freedom Convoy organizer
September 25, 2024 - 7:00 AM

Patrick King is on trial for his role in the Freedom Convoy protest in Ottawa back in 2022, and former BC Conservative candidate Alexandra Wright is hosting a fundraiser for his legal defence in Kelowna this weekend.
New Kelowna-Mission BC Conservative candidate profile omits business failure
September 18, 2024 - 6:00 AM

The new BC Conservative candidate for Kelowna-Mission was the Chief Financial Officer for a cannabis company that had to sell after going nearly $5 million into debt.
Former Kelowna BC Conservative candidate allegedly told to falsify fundraising report
September 17, 2024 - 6:00 AM

Former BC Conservative candidate Alexandra Wright alleges the party told her to break campaign fundraising law, but she didn’t report it to Elections BC at the time.
Okanagan candidates try to navigate election campaign after BC United drops out
August 29, 2024 - 7:00 PM

Candidates in the Okanagan are working out how to move forward after the BC United Party’s announcement that its campaign will be suspended. Some candidates are doubling down and staying the course, while others are unsure of what’s to come and open to new opportunities.
Kelowna-Mission candidate believes she was removed due to conflict with fruit packer
August 12, 2024 - 7:00 PM

Kelowna-Mission's BC Conservative candidate believes she was removed due to a quarrel with a local fruit packer.
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iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
Following are a collection of reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the fourth week of March 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jone

$145,000 fine for Kelowna orchardist previously involved in tractor death
A Kelowna company that grows, processes and exports cherries was fined last year following a fatal tractor incident has again been fined after a tractor driver was seriously injured. According to a recently published Feb. 6 WorkSafeBC

Marijuana gummies send 11 New York middle-schoolers to hospitals
MORICHES, New York (AP) — Police and a middle school in suburban New York are looking into how a student got hold of marijuana gummies and gave them to about a dozen schoolmates, sending 11 of them to hospitals. The episode happened M

Okanagan’s first ‘net-zero’ home is insulated with hemp
In an effort to make construction more sustainable a Kelowna developer has built a home insulated with hemp. The 5-bedroom, 3.5-bathroom, 2,430 square foot home at 278 Summer Wood Drive in the Echo Ridge development in Kelowna meets the pro

News Items tag as: B.C. Conservatives

‘Politics is a team sport’: Okanagan Conservative MLAs at odds after one leaves party

Online petition to oust Okanagan Conservative MLA can't force a byelection

Okanagan Conservative MLA votes against NDP motion to condemn Trump

BC Conservatives unveil ‘Don’t cancel Christmas’ petition after Kelowna controversy

BC Conservative Kelowna Centre candidate posted conspiracies, pandemic holocaust comparisons, and more

Former BC Conservative candidate hosting fundraiser for Freedom Convoy organizer

New Kelowna-Mission BC Conservative candidate profile omits business failure

Former Kelowna BC Conservative candidate allegedly told to falsify fundraising report

Okanagan candidates try to navigate election campaign after BC United drops out

Kelowna-Mission candidate believes she was removed due to conflict with fruit packer

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