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Al Kemmere, a Mountain View County councillor and president of the Rural Municipalities of Alberta (RMA), has met with the newly appointed national head of the RCMP and the head of the RCMP in Alberta to discuss issues and concerns for rural Alberta.

A debate for candidates running in the Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills constituency for the April 16 provincial election has been set up. It will be held Thursday, April 4 from 7 to 9 p.m. at the TransCanada Theatre. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.

INNISFAIL -- Brian Vanderkley wants a better Alberta for folks who deserve the rewards of serene enjoyable living as they near retirement. The 59-year-old Red Deerian, who worked in the oilfield for 30 years, was laid off last year.

PENHOLD -- For the third time longtime Penhold community leader Danielle Klooster will campaign in the provincial election to win the Innisfail-Sylvan Lake riding for the Alberta Party.

There will be three all-candidates Alberta election forums over the next week in the riding of Innisfail-Sylvan Lake. The first will be on April 4 in Sylvan Lake.

INNISFAIL -- Devin Dreeshen is a fifth-generation farmer in Central Alberta with extensive experience locally, nationally and internationally as an agricultural advocate.

INNISFAIL -- When the Reform Party of Alberta was being created in 2016 by Randy Thorsteinson his daughter was eager to help gather signatures.

Bowden's Ed Wychopen has faithfully voted in every election for the last half century but now a definitive corner has been turned. "For 50 years I voted in every election, provincial, municipal and federal. I haven't missed one.

INNISFAIL -- The Freedom Conservative Party's (FCP) first chosen provincial election candidate for the Innisfail-Sylvan Lake riding is gone from the campaign. However, the party quickly found another.

INNISFAIL -- Robyn O'Brien believes she can make a difference to the citizens of Innisfail-Sylvan Lake through her work experience in the non-profit sector.