Shuswap Your Classified Connection / Vol. 26 No. 43 Oct. 23, 2015
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Lifting up and over
n Levi Rubuliak hoists his bike over a wooden obstacle during the Shuswap Cyclocross race at Klahani Park on Sunday, Oct. 18. This was the third time the race has been run in Salmon Arm and featured categories for all ages of riders.
New bridge plan?
Public meeting in works for Sicamous. Plus South Shuswap A8,9 Sports
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New trail planned
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Newly elected MP heading to Ottawa Conservatives hold riding: Local Liberals celebrate their party’s national victory. By Richard Rolke
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Mel Arnold is hitting the ground running. Arnold, who topped the polls in Monday’s federal election, isn’t sure when he will be sworn in as North Okanagan-Shuswap MP. But that doesn’t mean he isn’t busy. “I have received a call from Ottawa and I will go to Ottawa for orientation and initial meetings as early as next week,” he said. Among the discussions will be hiring staff and setting up riding offices.
“The main office will remain in Vernon and we will have satellite space in Salmon Arm,” said Arnold, adding that he hasn’t determined where the riding office will be in Vernon. While in Ottawa, Mel Arnold Arnold will also investigate housing options for the next four years. “With the distance so far, it will not always be possible to come
home to the riding for a weekend,” he said. “I will need a base if the House is sitting and I am there for weeks at a time.” Justin Trudeau will be sworn in as prime minister Nov. 4. He will also announce his Liberal government cabinet that day. The Liberal victory didn’t include North OkanaganShuswap, but local party members are riding the wave.
Candidate Cindy Derkaz placed second behind Conservative Mel Arnold in the riding, but she is embracing the Liberals’ historic shift from third-place to majority government Monday. “I’m thrilled. I know the country was ready for a change and it’s a great night to be a Liberal,” she said from her Vernon campaign office. “It’s a tremendously clear message that we want change as a country and we picked the Liberals See Conservatives on page 3
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