Beyond Local

With interest in the upcoming provincial election building, each of the three men in the running to replace incumbent MLA Genia Leskiw stepped into the line of fire last week, discussing their platforms and taking a series of questions in the region'

What appeared to be a two horse race to replace outgoing MLA Genia Leskiw has expanded to include three with local Rob Fox joining the Bonnyville- Cold Lake competition; representing the Alberta Party.

The race to replace outgoing MLA Genia Leskiw is set to heat up over the next two weeks with candidates debates set for both Bonnyville and Cold Lake. An open candidates forum will take place at Dr. Brosseau School in Bonnyville on April 30.

The race to replace Genia Leskiw as the Lakeland's representative at the Alberta Legislature is officially underway after Premier Jim Prentice last week confirmed that a provincial election would take place next month.

With personal income taxes due for many Alberta residents at the end of the month, there's no doubt that it's on the minds of many that this will be the last year filing under the current tax bracket system. As of Jan.

As Premier Jim Prentice dropped the writ last Tuesday, candidates hastened to open local campaign offices, talk with constituents and gear up for the election to be held on May 5.

With the deadline to vote in the Wildrose leadership race now just days away, residents of the Lakeland will be able to make an informed decision at the polls after candidates Linda Osinchuk and Drew Barnes made campaign stops in Bonnyville last week

One of the three individuals vying for Wildrose leadership made a pit stop in Bonnyville on March 7 to assure local residents there was still “a lot of life and even more fight left” in a party broken by the crossing of 9 MLAs, including longtime lea

Wildrose MLA Shayne Saskiw has finally announced he will not be re-running in any upcoming election, a decision he said he made after getting an inside look at how politics works.

It was a long and anxious wait for several people gathered at the St. Paul Legion on Saturday night, but seven hours after polls closed, the announcement of Darrell Younghans as the PC candidate for Lac La Biche-St.