Beyond Local

Canadians will be heading to the polls Monday, Oct. 21. Earlier today, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the official launch of the federal election campaign period will be Wednesday (Sept. 11) which means voting will take place Oct.

Maggie Farrington is taking her passion for politics to the next level as the Liberal Party of Canada candidate for the Fort McMurray-Cold Lake riding.

Voters will see a familiar name on their ballots come the fall federal election.

Members of the Freedom Conservative Party of Alberta will be in Conklin this weekend, holding a town hall-style meeting on Sunday to address growing rates of rural crime.

Robert McFadzean is once again in the running for Lakeland MP as the candidate for the Libertarian Party of Canada. While he doesn’t consider himself a politician, McFadzean’s main priorities are to decrease taxes and government regulations.

Food, care, but most of all love - those were some of the needs of the animals Teresa Wolansky found at a Vilna farm.

Incumbent Lakeland MP Shannon Stubbs is seeking re-election as the Conservative candidate for the riding.

Alain Houle is making his debut as a political candidate by throwing his name into the running for the federal election as the Lakeland riding’s People’s Party of Canada representative.

Matthew Barrett is making his political debut in a big way, by running for Fort McMurray-Cold Lake MP. Under the People’s Party of Canada banner, Barrett has thrown his name into the running for the fall federal election.

The Mexican state of Jalisco has deployed 100 of its firefighters to Alberta during the past couple months, to help battle and suppress the Wabasca and Slave Lake area fire and other forest fires threatening the province.