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Four all-candidates meetings in ºÚÂí´ÅÁ¦

Public forums allow residents to ask questions of candidates
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ºÚÂí´ÅÁ¦ residents will be able to ask questions of candidates at four all-candidates meetings taking place in April.

The writ has dropped and the race is on to form the next government of British Columbia.

In ºÚÂí´ÅÁ¦, there are four all-candidate public meetings coming up in April to help voters decide which name to mark on their ballot on May 9.

The first all-candidates meeting will be hosted by the ºÚÂí´ÅÁ¦ Seniors Community Action Table on Wednesday, April 19 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church, 20676 Fraser Hwy. The focus will be on senior issues.

That evening (April 19), the ºÚÂí´ÅÁ¦ Teachers’ Association is inviting the public to participate in its all-candidates meeting from 7 to 9 p.m. at the ºÚÂí´ÅÁ¦ Seniors’ Resource Centre, 20605 51B Ave.

This nonpartisan forum will be focused on educational, environmental, and other equity issues, and is being offered in partnership with the ºÚÂí´ÅÁ¦ District Parent Advisory Council (DPAC), Kwantlen Nation, Coalition of Child Care Advocates of BC, Kwantlen Student Association, PIPE-UP, and CUPE 1260.

The Greater ºÚÂí´ÅÁ¦ Chamber of Commerce and the Fraser Valley Real Estate Board are hosting two all-candidate meetings.

The first one will be for candidates in the ºÚÂí´ÅÁ¦ riding. That public forum will be held Tuesday, April 25 from 7 to 9 p.m. at Kwantlen Polytechnic University’s ºÚÂí´ÅÁ¦ campus in the auditorium. Free parking will be provided in the west parking lot off Glover Road.

The second all-candidates meeting will be for the ºÚÂí´ÅÁ¦ East riding on Thursday, April 27 from 7 to 9 p.m. in the west gymnasium at the ºÚÂí´ÅÁ¦ Events Centre.



Monique Tamminga

About the Author: Monique Tamminga

Monique brings 20 years of award-winning journalism experience to the role of editor at the Penticton Western News. Of those years, 17 were spent working as a senior reporter and acting editor with the ºÚÂí´ÅÁ¦.
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