Candidates focus on growth, business in open forum

Devon residents got their closest look yet at the 19 candidates running for mayor and council at an open forum held Wednesday, Sept. 25 at the community centre.

All candidates – three for mayor and a whopping 16 for council – introduced themselves to the nearly full house of attendees with prepared statements and answers to audience questions.

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No frontrunner in Edmonton’s mayoral election race, says political prof

With just two months left to the city’s municipal election one local politico says this year’s mayoral race is still anyone’s game.

“There’s no clear frontrunner yet,” said University of Alberta political scientist James Lightbody Thursday. “Right now everyone’s just making contacts, getting signs and websites ready, tightening their platforms, that kind of thing.”

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