{
  "id": 16257726,
  "title": "Kelowna-area candidates make final push before election day",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/24/kelowna-area-candidates-make-final-push-before-election-day-16257726",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-24T01:10:53.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Global News",
    "slug": "global-news-globalnews",
    "url": "https://globalnews.ca/news/12119319/kelowna-area-candidates-final-push-election-day/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "As the election approaches, candidates in Kelowna-Mission and Kelowna-Lake Country-Coldstream are making their final pitches to voters. Public safety, healthcare, affordability, and job creation are among the key issues.\n\nIn Kelowna-Mission, Conservative candidate Gavin Dew is aiming to keep the riding under Conservative control. He emphasizes healthcare and public safety as priorities. Dew intends to open 33,000 square feet of unused space at Kelowna General Hospital and mandates care at Okanagan Correctional Centre. Dew is competing against NDP candidate Miriam Rycroft, Green candidate Saoirse MacKinnon, and OneBC candidate Abraham Nordine.\n\nThe BC NDP Leader, David Eby, cautioned that Conservatives have overlooked the region in the past. Eby asserts that they must work harder to gain votes in this region. Dew disagreed with this assessment, criticizing the local NDP campaign for failing to show their candidate in Kelowna. Rycroft's photo is missing from the NDP campaign website's candidate biographies, and a drive through the riding reveals no NDP election signs promoting her candidacy.\n\nIn Kelowna-Lake Country-Coldstream, NDP candidate Binny Boparai is hoping to gain ground in a riding that has typically favored Conservatives. Boparai, a farmer and business owner, believes voters may be open to trying a different party. \"I think people are ready to give a different party a shot because I'm the type of candidate that shows up and answers the tough questions,\" she said. Boparai points to cost-of-living issues and job creation as crucial priorities, asserting that economic growth in the region could address many underlying problems. \"If we have growth, economic growth in our region, that's going to bring on good jobs and that solves a lot of the other underlying issues,\" she said.\n\nConservative candidate Pavneet Singh, also a business owner, highlights homelessness and the economy as the main concerns in the riding. Singh recommends expanding natural resource development to create jobs and strengthen the provincial economy. He urges voters to reject another term of NDP rule, stating, \"British Columbia cannot afford one more term of NDP.\"\n\nGreen candidate Carter Mochinski and OneBC candidate Alexandra Wright are also contesting in Kelowna-Lake Country-Coldstream.",
  "summary": "As election day approaches, candidates in Kelowna-Mission and Kelowna-Lake Country-Coldstream are making final pitches to voters, focusing on issues such as healthcare, public safety, affordability, and jobs. In Kelowna-Mission, Conservative candidate Gavin Dew is seeking to retain the riding by prioritizing public safety and healthcare. Dew stated his party is committed to opening 33,000 unused square feet of space at Kelowna General Hospital and implementing mandatory care at Okanagan Correctional Centre.\n\nDuring a campaign stop in Kelowna on Tuesday, BC NDP Leader David Eby argued that Conservatives have taken the region for granted and cannot assume automatic voter support. Dew disputed this claim, according to Global News, and criticized the local NDP campaign by stating that the NDP candidate has not yet appeared in Kelowna. In Kelowna-Mission, Dew is running against NDP candidate Miriam Rycroft, Green candidate Saoirse MacKinnon, and OneBC's Abraham Nordine.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}