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Mike Nickel has spent considerably more on Facebook ads in the past three months than any other candidate running to be Edmonton’s mayor.

Five candidates hoping to become Edmonton’s next mayor debated the future of the $2.6 billion West LRT expansion Thursday morning - with two candidates in favour of hitting the brakes on the project.

A group of mayoral hopefuls was asked how well they’ll be able to work with other councillors at an election forum Wednesday night - and one candidate made it clear his top priority is not to make friends.

Who needs a corn maze or haunted house when you can get just as lost and confused in downtown Edmonton – for free!

Eight Edmonton mayoral candidates squared off in the best-attended public forum of the campaign on Wednesday evening, less than two weeks before election day.

The land is bought, trees have been cut, and utility workers were still tearing up streets Tuesday - but a mayoral candidate’s last minute promise to “pause” the West LRT expansion continued to send shockwaves through the campaign.

It’s an open race for the mayor’s chair in Edmonton’s civic election with 11 candidates vying for the seat left by two-term Mayor Don Iveson.

It’s an open race for the mayor’s chair in Edmonton’s civic election with 11 candidates vying for the seat left by two-term Mayor Don Iveson.

While many mayoral candidates vying for votes have previous experience as city councillors, Cheryll Watson believes her business knowledge and outsider perspective will help propel Edmonton forward.

For those of you playing the home game of municipal election bingo, the campaign has already provided plenty of squares to check off.