CALGARY - With the Alberta election campaign in its final days, NDP Leader Rachel Notley launched another attack on the integrity of the United Conservative's Jason Kenney at a raucous rally in Calgary. Kenney, a former federal Conservative cabinet minister, is Notley's main rival in Tuesday's vote. "We've made su...

The former Wildrose Party has been reborn as the Alberta Advantage Party and its offering up 28 candidates throughout the province, including in Lacombe-Ponoka.The candidate there, Shawn Tylke, says the party's platform is virtually the same as the old Wildrose's, but their biggest concern is ensuring Albertans have mo...

The Green Party candidate in Red Deer-South is willing to admit she's highly unlikely to win a seat in the Legislature this Tuesday.However, Lori Curran hopes her campaign efforts and those of her fellow Green Party candidates throughout the province will start a conversation."I am disillusioned with how things ha...

Smear campaigns and adversarial politics at both the federal and provincial levels have inspired a local small business owner to run for the Freedom Conservative Party of Alberta in the constituency of Red Deer-South.Mobile disc jockey Teah-Jay Cartwright says there seems to be more corruption and other things going on...

Jeff Ible, the NDP's candidate in the constituency of Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre, says his goal, if elected, is to ensure rural communities are no longer overlooked.A labour relations officer with the United Food and Commercial Workers, the Calgary resident says he is used to talking to a broad cross-section of...

CALGARY - RCMP have searched an auto-repair shop owned by a United Conservative Party candidate in Calgary.Mounties seized a computer hard drive, other electronic devices and a suitcase Thursday night from the Autopro location.The shop owned by Peter Singh, the UCP candidate for Calgary-East, was closed Friday.RCMP hav...

Just four days remain until Alberta votes and UCP leader Jason Kenney is as confident as ever.Kenney made an impromptu stop in Red Deer on Friday at the campaign headquarters of Red Deer-South candidate Jason Stephan. The pair was joined by Red Deer-North candidate Adriana LaGrange and Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundr...

EDMONTON - Alberta Party Leader Stephen Mandel says a government led by him would build hospitals, shorten wait times and provide predictable funding for public health care.Mandel says his government would go ahead with new facilities in Edmonton and Grande Prairie, an expansion at the Red Deer Regional Hospital and fi...

CALGARY - Alberta NDP Leader Rachel Notley says she hasn't campaigned with the federal party leader because her focus is on what's best for the province - including pipelines. During a campaign stop in Calgary today, Notley was asked about a Thursday rally with federal Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer and Alberta Unit...

A number of high priority issues were discussed at a candidates forum hosted Thursday night by the Red Deer and District Chamber of Commerce.All candidates running in the Red Deer-North and Red Deer-South ridings were invited to take part in the forum at the Westerner Park Harvest Centre. Those who did included:Red Dee...