Though only a little more than 2% of the electorate voted for him in the last provincial election, John Twigg is back. This time he is running for the Conservative party of BC – which has not contested this seat for decades. Twigg especially wants to talk about self sufficiency in food, policing and banking
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Election 2020: The Wet’suwet’en conflict
This past winter/spring – the conflict between Coastal Gaslink pipeline the BC government and the Wetsuweten Nation resulted in nation-wide solidarity actions and mass protest. The issue was not resolved and protest was quieted by the pandemic.
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Election 2020: Possibly the longest election ‘day’ in BC history
This could become the longest election in BC recent history. Advance voting in our riding began last Thursday, October 15th, in the Campbell River Commons. Although Elections BC states it will release a preliminary count after 8 PM on election day, October 24th, the final count begins on Nov 6, and Return day (i.e.- the official count) is expected to be Monday Nov 16th.
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