Politics

As Blake Richards looks ahead to an election year, where he will seek re-election for his fourth term as the Conservative MP for the Banff-Airdrie federal riding, he remains deeply concerned about the consequences of a drawn out pipeline standstill.

As voices of dissent in the fight to get oil to tidewater make their way to Ottawa, Cochrane politicians weigh in on the pipeline standstill that has a choke hold on the Alberta economy.

The Alberta Party is looking to confirm political candidates for all 87 ridings in the province over the next few weeks to ready for a looming spring election that they feel is anybody's game.

Following an extensive vetting process, the NDP in the Airdrie-Cochrane riding has announced its first hopeful candidate who will seek the nomination under the orange banner.

A year-long campaign has finally ended for Peter Guthrie, who learned in the early evening hours on Oct. 20 that he was the successful United Conservative Party (UCP) candidate for Airdrie-Cochrane.

This Saturday (Oct. 20) marks the election date for the first United Conservative Party representative of the newly-formed Airdrie-Cochrane riding.

The United Conservative Party (UCP) has four candidates vying to dominate the ballot in the Airdrie-Cochrane riding, each who took their turns talking issues at a political forum on Oct. 2 at the Lions Event Centre.

On Oct. 20 the The United Conservative Party (UCP) will elect its first representative seeking to become the next Airdrie-Cochrane constituency MLA.

One Airdrie-Cochrane UCP candidate is taking her commitment to Cochrane’s traffic congestion problems door-to-door.

Ian Chitwood is the fifth candidate to declare intentions to seek the nomination for the Airdrie-Cochrane UCP, running with the slogan "Unity. Prosperity. Optimism.