Federal Politics

Tens of thousands vote early in central Alberta

Advance voter turnout in central Alberta for the 2019 federal election was strong. According to Statistics Canada, a total of 21,062 of the 93,050 eligible voters in the Red Deer-Lacombe riding cast t...

Oct 21, 2019

Canadians cast their ballots after divisive campaign, and amid tight polls

OTTAWA - Now it's time for what politicians always say is the only poll that really matters.Canadians will cast their ballots today in the country's 43rd general election after what federal leaders th...

Oct 21, 2019

Promise tracker: What the parties are pitching on the campaign trail

OTTAWA - A running list of specific promises announced by the Liberals, Conservatives, NDP and Green party since the official start of the federal election campaign on Sept. 11. Liberal...

Oct 18, 2019

Meet the candidate: Cory Lystang, Libertarian Party of Canada

Brought-up as a Conservative supporter, the Libertarian Party of Canada candidate for the riding of Yellowhead, says it was the Conservative Party not doing what they said they would do that prompted ...

Oct 18, 2019 Cory Lystang, Libertarian Party of Canada candidate for the Yellowhead riding.

Candidates to talk diversity and inclusion at election forum Sunday

This Sunday (Oct. 20) will be your last chance to hear from local election candidates ahead of the big vote on Monday.From 2-4 p.m., Red Deer's Welcoming and Inclusive Communities Network is hosting a...

Oct 18, 2019

Meet the candidate: Lauren Pezzella, New Democratic Party

The 24-year-old woman running for the NDP in Red Deer-Lacombe this federal election says her youth shouldn't fool you.Lauren Pezzella is adamant she can make a difference for her community if given a ...

Oct 17, 2019 (Supplied)

Alberta agriculture coalition disappointed with federal election campaign

With the federal election now less than a week away, Team Alberta, a collaboration of Alberta Barley, Alberta Canola, Alberta Pulse Growers and the Alberta Wheat Commission, is disappointed in the lac...

Oct 17, 2019

Student Vote shows youth eager to have voices heard

More than one million Canadian elementary and secondary students are casting ballots this week as part of Student Vote Canada 2019.The vote, which will engage more than 9500 schools nationwide, is mad...

Oct 17, 2019 Trevor Selent (left) and Connor Jacobson, grade 12s at Notre Dame High School, took part in Student Vote Canada 2019 on Thrusday. (rdnewsNOW/Josh Hall)

Meet the candidate: Laura-Lynn Thompson, People's Party of Canada

The Red Deer-Lacombe candidate for the People's Party of Canada (PPC) says it was a fight against gender fluid ideology being taught to children that brought her into politics two years ago.Author and...

Oct 16, 2019

Meet the candidate: Douglas Galavan, People's Party of Canada

Anxiety over the Oct. 21 election seems to be a common theme in the riding of Yellowhead.That according to People's Party of Canada (PPC) candidate Douglas Galavan who describes it as a level of anxie...

Oct 16, 2019 Douglas Galavan, Peoples Party of Canada (PPC) candidate for the riding of Yellowhead.