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After competing against teams from all over British Columbia, Prince Rupert’s own Canadian Fishing Co. Seawolves placed second in Midget Tier 3 Provincials held in Osoysoos last week. Look for more on this story on page 19, and look for results from the Atom Seawolves run in the Shane Davis Tournament in Friday’s Northern Connector.
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Nathan Cullen eliminated after third vote By Martina Perry The Northern View
After half a year of campaigning all over the country, Skeena-Bulkey Valley MP Nathan Cullen has not been crowned Leader of the Opposition, but he managed to survive three of the four rounds of voting at the NDP national convention held in Toronto last weekend. “Over the last six months, we’ve started a conversation that I hope continues. Mostly because on a personal level, the conversations I’ve had with people all over this country have been so rewarding,” • Skills Connect for Immigrants • Job Wave • OHS Training
Cullen wrote on his Facebook on Sunday morning. “Thank you for giving our campaign its bounce. I am humbled and honoured, and have made so many new friends. Your energy, ideas and openness are why I believe politics matters and should matter more.” After the third round of voting ended, Thomas Mulcair fell short of claiming the leadership with 43.8 per cent of the vote, Brian Topp got 31.6 per cent and Cullen got 24.6, and because he came in third he was eliminated. Cullen based much of his whole leadership campaign on
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his idea of electoral cooperation with the Liberal Party to avoid vote splitting of progressive voters in Conservative-held ridings. This did not sit well with any of the other leadership candidates, with all of them criticizing the idea. Cullen was never considered as the favorite to win during the leadership campaign, however during the past few weeks he started to gain momentum and emerged in the media as a possible alternative to Thomas Mulchair and Brian Topp. During his last leadership campaign speech during the NDP Convention, Cullen told the delegates that
he didn’t mind being called an underdog. “At the beginning of this race there were a lot of people that said ‘your odds are pretty long, you’re an underdog, you’re a dark horse, you’re a long-shot,’ I said, ‘I don’t mind any of those names. They sound okay to me because I’ve seen long odds before. I’ve seen underdogs before and I’ve seen those underdogs come together and do remarkable things together if they have truth on their side.” He said. See story Cullen Page 2
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