Election 2021

Caroline O'Driscoll has over 20 years of advocacy experience as a teacher and lawyer. She has engaged with various levels of government and their institutions and has first-hand experience in successfully dealing with their shortcomings and systemic issues.

The Cochrane area resident wants to bring that experience and expertise to the table for the Banff-Airdrie constituency as an independent candidate. She strongly believes you don't need to be part of a party to address pressing issues in the riding.

The campaign trail continued for Kenora NDP candidate Janine Seymour earlier this week as she was joined by NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh for a very impactful visit to the Neskantaga First Nation.

This is the second time that Singh has visited the Kenora riding during this short 2021 Federal Election.

“He came here initially to accept the tobacco and our protocols are it’s not just words there’s action behind it so he actually physically took the tobacco from hand to hand and agreed to spend good time with our people, and he did honour that,” said Seymour

With just three days until Election Day 2021, the pressure is on for our local candidates.  

Liberal Candidate for the region, David Bruno, let us know how he is feeling heading into this election.

Election Day is September 20, 2021, and there are six candidates running for Grande Prairie-Mackenzie in the upcoming Federal Election. 

All candidates were invited to participate in a 2021 Federal Election Grande Prairie-Mackenzie All-Candidates Virtual Forum on September 8. Confirmation was not received from Liberal candidate Dan Campbell. 

In alphabetical order, names that will be on the ballot September 20th to become the Member of Parliament for Grande Prairie-Mackenzie include:

Ambrose Ralph - (Maverick Party)

The short-sighted models of the major national political parties have led Aidan Blum to seek a better way to govern our nation and prepare it for the future.

Admittedly a bit of a political junkie since a young age, Blum, 24, says he's disillusioned by how politics has changed for the worse and is personally at odds with our political system.

"I ran because I wanted to be the change that I was hoping to see in past elections. The main reason I'm running is to see if I can be a leader for that change instead of waiting around for it to happen."

Eric Melillo’s campaign office played witness to an act of vandalism and harassment on Tuesday afternoon.

As per a social media post, Melillo stated that someone hurled a slashed Conservative sign at his constituency office window.

“More than anything I want the staff at my constituency office to feel safe. They do important non-partisan work to serve everyone across the region. It’s quite unfortunate that the incident happened. That’s why we took to Facebook to share it with people, and ensure that people understand we won’t tolerate this kind of behavior,” said Melillo

What looked to become a second standoff over face masks cooled at last night's federal election forum for the Cochrane area.

PPC candidate Nadine Wellwood and independents Derek Sloan and Ron Voss waited in front of the church, with some supporters, until Wellwood's medical exemption letter was accepted by forum organizers. 

Voss declined to participate after his wife's exemption letter was not accepted. About 20 others remained outside because they refused to wear a mask, a requirement for entry.

Northwestern Ontario’s political candidates are providing their stances on issues impacting the LGBTQ2S+ community.

Borderland Pride, the Rainbow Alliance Dryden and the Rainbow Collective of Thunder Bay have been administering a survey to federal candidates across northwestern Ontario, including those in the Kenora riding.

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is making an effort to bring real change to Northern Ontario.

That effort begins with their newly announced Northern Ontario platform.

The new platforms plan is to create and support good jobs, protect communities from the effects of climate change, and put reconciliation into action.

In an interview with the Q Morning Show Singh spoke on some of the major questions on people's minds. One question, in particular, is the COVID-19 pandemic.

With the federal election coming on September 20, 2021, the Q Morning Show has reached out to all party leaders to give each of them an opportunity to discuss their platform.  

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh took the time to join us this morning to discuss the NDP's Northern Ontario Plan, ending boil water advisories, advancing reconciliation, COVID-19, affordability, and more

Listen below.