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VOL. 31 Number 18
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Candidates face electors at forum In a lead up to the May 14 provincial election the Boundary Country Regional Chamber of Commerce Karaoke sponsored an all-candidates meetlast Saturday ing last Wednesday night in the of every month Midway Community Hall. The twostarts at 8:30 p.m. hour session saw 15 questions from the floor from the nearly 60 people 250-449-2655 who attended. The four candidates who were present were John Kwasnica for Bored Room Bistro 607 8th Ave, Midway, BC the Green Party, BC Liberal candidate Linda Larson, John Hancheroff representing the NDP, 250‐449‐2465 Pizza, Pizza, Pizza and Mischa Popoff who has since been dropped as a candidate by Panini’s, Appy’s, Desserts the Conservative Party of BC (see And much more story page 3). Quality Homemade Delicious According to James Wilson, Takeout, Sit in or executive director of the debate WE DELIVER Midway, Greenwood, Rock Creek sponsor (Boundary Country Re gional Chamber of Commerce) Hours and Menu Online at boredroombistro.com the fifth candidate, Independent Doug Pederson, had been invited but was unable to make it. When Midway resident Neil Kopp asked about expanded funding for insulin pumps, all four canWestbridge, BC didates supported him. Currently the province funds the pumps only to the age of 18. Midwellian Pat Grouette was given nothing in the way of a platform plank from any of the parties when she asked for incentives Located in Westbridge and to get people to move out of the proud to service the area Lower Mainland to help rebalance 1-888-299-0592 the demographic challenges faced 1-250-446-6808 by rural B.C. Comments from the candidates:
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Sam Hancheroff – NDP Hancheroff identified the NDP’s priorities as education and skills training.
Declaring support for a healthy forest industry he said that the mill is going to need more logs and offered that the NDP platform plank of reducing raw log exports would help. Hancheroff declared that an edu-
cated society is a society that will prosper. He said the NDP plans to add value to the education sector – “Not to pay more money to teachers but to hire more teachers.” On the use of school facilities by communities Hancheroff said that
Doug Fossen gives instructions to members of the 4-H Ranch Horse Club as they prepare to work some cow-calf pairs through the corrals at Fossen Bar-7 Ranch last Saturday. See story page 4. PHOTO: PAT KELLY
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