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Alberta Election 2019

VOTING DAY!
WATCH: Red Deerians head to the polls
Polling stations across the city were busy on Tuesday as Red Deerians cast their ballot for the 2019 Alberta Election. With 174 of 179 polls reporting as of Wednesday morning, 65.4 per cent of eligible electors in Red Deer voted in the election (42,926 votes out of 65,604 eligible).In Red Deer-North, with 87 of 89 poll...
Apr 16, 2019
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Decision day in Alberta: Voters head to polls in provincial election
EDMONTON - Voters are heading to the polls in the Alberta election today and advance turnouts suggest it could be busy at the ballot boxes. Almost 700,000 people voted early in malls, airports, recreation centres, public buildings and even an Ikea store. That was well ahead of the 235,000 who came out early in the 2015...
Apr 16, 2019
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Alberta leaders renew attacks on final full day of election campaign
SHERWOOD PARK, Alta. - A day before Alberta voters go to the polls, United Conservative Leader Jason Kenney and the NDP's Rachel Notley traded attacks over the pipeline issue that has come to define the campaign. "Just one more sleep, one more day before Albertans have an opportunity to vote for change that gets o...
Apr 16, 2019
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ALBERTA VOTES 2019
LIVE ELECTION RESULTS
Tuesday is decision day as Albertans head to the polls for the 2019 provincial election. After the polls close at 8 p.m. MT, follow along on our live election tracker below, powered by The Canadian Press, for the very latest results...LIVE results from the 2019 Alberta ElectionrdnewsNOW will also have live updates on 1...
Apr 15, 2019
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STUDENT VOTE
Students make their voices heard ahead of provincial election
While Albertans have flocked to advanced polls in record numbers and will make the decision final on Tuesday, elementary and high school students are also making their voices heard during this provincial election.Student Vote, a program run by CIVIX, has been offered across the country since 2003.At Red Deer's É...
Apr 15, 2019
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last day of campaigning
Alberta's Notley talks pipelines, energy on last day of election campaign
CALGARY - Alberta's NDP leader spent the final day of the provincial election campaign casting herself as the best person to get the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion past the finish line. Rachel Notley donned a hard hat and work boots as she toured a pipe fabrication yard in Calgary, a key battleground in Tuesday's el...
Apr 15, 2019
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ADVANCE POLL RECORD
Advance polls voting record smashed
EDMONTON- A whopping 696,000 people have voted in advance polls ahead of tomorrow's provincial election.That shatters the previous record of 235,000 in 2015.A rule change allowed early voters to cast ballots anywhere, not just in the constituencies where they live.NDP Leader Rachel Notley is headed to campaign in Calga...
Apr 15, 2019
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mandel miffed
Alberta Party wants robocall investigated
EDMONTON- The Alberta Party is calling for the province's election commissioner to investigate after a man says he received a robocall that impersonated the party's leader and said he supports the United Conservatives.Bob Wispinski of Ardrossan, east of Edmonton, says he picked up his landline Saturday afternoon and th...
Apr 15, 2019
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Top down or grassroots? NDP, UCP take differing approaches to gender balance
When Rakhi Pancholi was asked to run in the Alberta election, she was well versed in the reasons women give for avoiding politics. Through her work with ParityYEG, an Edmonton group aimed at getting more women to run for office, Pancholi has heard concerns over career setbacks, financial strain, sexist vitriol and bala...
Apr 14, 2019
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high stakes
Albertans at the polls: Ten constituencies to watch in the provincial election
From a dog fight between two sitting MLAs in northern Alberta to a conservative grudge match near Calgary, hear are 10 constituencies to watch in Tuesday's Alberta election: Chestermere-Strathmore This redrawn constituency on Calgary's eastern boundary is a grudge match between Freedom Conservative Party Leader Derek F...
Apr 14, 2019
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