Housing issues front and centre as council candidates square off

Everyone in attendance was ready to hear the candidates — 13 council hopefuls vying for six council seats, and two mayoral candidates — as the Oct. 15 election draws nearer. (Hope Standard)
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B.C. Premier John Horgan addresses the Union of B.C. Municipalities Convention, in Whistler, B.C., on Friday, Sept. 16, 2022. Horgan says the New Democrat government’s crime-fighting agenda involves more than increasing arrests of alleged violent offenders. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

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Joyce and Earl Burns are shown in this photo. Earl Burns died in the stabbing attacks and his wife, Joyce Burns, is recovering in a Saskatoon hospital. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Mickey Djuric

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A Hockey Canada logo is shown on the jersey of a player with Canada’s National Junior Team during a training camp practice in Calgary, Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

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The B.C. government says 54 family doctors have signed on since it announces a new incentive program in June 2022. (Credit: Pixabay)

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      A file photo shows Sicamous Beach Park blanketed in gold as trees lose their leaves. Environment Canada says B.C. will continue to see unseasonably hot and dry weather into at least the second week of October. (Lachlan Labere/Salmon Arm Observer)

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      Cod fill a box on a trawler off the coast of Hampton Beach, N.H., in an April 23, 2016 file photo. A new audit of Canada’s efforts to protect aquatic species at risk of going extinct says the federal government is biased against listing commercially valuable fish as needing protection. THE CANADIAN PRESS /AP/Robert F. Bukaty

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      Education Minister Jennifer Whiteside and partners in provincial K-12 education issued a statement on Sept. 16, 2022 in support of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) policy. (Black Press Media file photo)

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      Obituaries

      James Gordon Emery

      Sep 18th, 2022

      Herbert Gustav ‘Herb’ Shudeleit

      Sep 3rd, 2022

      Donald Wilkinson Armstrong

      Sep 2nd, 2022

      Dolores Firkins

      Aug 27th, 2022

      Hamish Ronald Sharp

      Aug 19th, 2022

      Dale Gordon Olsen

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      Stephanie Labbe retired this year after a lengthy playing career capped with gold in Tokyo

      Vancouver Canucks’ Nils Hoglander (21), of Sweden, scores against Edmonton Oilers goalie Stuart Skinner (74) during the first period of a pre-season NHL hockey game in Abbotsford, B.C., on Wednesday, October 5, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

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