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Coldstream candidates converge

Meet and greet for municipal election candidates in Coldstream goes Saturday at 4 p.m.
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Coldstream residents will have a chance to meet their political candidates Saturday.

The Society for the Protection of Kalamalka Lake presents a Coldstream Meet and Greet at the Coldstream Women’s Institute Hall (9909 Kalamalka Road) from 4 to 6 p.m.

“The public is invited to meet the 2018 local election candidates for Coldstream,” states a news release. “Please join us for coffee and cookies, and get to know your candidates.”

Incumbent Jim Garlick is facing a mayoral challenge from former councillor Bill Firman.

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Challengers Ruth Hoyte and Stephanie Hoffman are contesting incumbents Doug Dirk, Glen Taylor, Pat Cochrane, Richard Enns and Gyula Kiss for a seat on council.

In Vernon, there will be an all-candidates forum Monday afternoon/evening at the Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre, focusing on the Greater Vernon Cultural Centre referendum.

Greater Vernon residents are being asked Oct. 20 if they support the Regional District of North Okanagan borrowing up to $25 million for a new cultural facility to be located in downtown Vernon.

The Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre Society will host the free, two-part public town hall forum.

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The forum will be preceded by an informal, public “Meet & Greet the Candidates” from 4:30 to 5:45 p.m. in the Performing Arts Centre’s main foyer. Voters will have the chance to speak one-to-one with candidates and will be invited to submit their questions or comments on the Greater Vernon Cultural Centre (GVCC) referendum or their uppermost municipal election issues for council candidates to address in Part 2 of Monday night’s forum.

At 6 p.m., Part 1 begins with a public information presentation by the Regional District of North Okanagan’s Tannis Nelson, manager of community services, who will address the three most frequently asked questions from the public and community stakeholders about the RDNO’s public information campaign over the past few weeks. Council candidates will also be given the chance to ask questions or comment on the referendum and the GVCC project itself.

“As a co-beneficiary of a similar referendum in 1999, [now known as Kal Tire Place], and now a major part of the regional cultural community, we believed it was fitting to host this forum, both for voter information and council candidates,” said Jim Harding, executive director of the Performing Arts Centre who has represented the PAC over the past year on the Greater Vernon Cultural Plan Implementation Advisory Team (IAT) that has been helping to develop the GVCC project.

Following a break to allow the public to finalize and submit their referendum or election questions, Part 2 will see council candidates respond to the top municipal election issues and their positions from their pre-forum submissions, followed by priority issues submitted by attending members of the public. The forum is scheduled to conclude at 8:30 p.m.

Special guest moderator will be Duane Grandbois of 107.5 Beach Radio.



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