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Article content Hosted by KV Capital, the Beyond 2021 event offered business leaders the chance to hear from select candidates on their plans for Downtown vibrancy and economic recovery coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic. But the in-person event was invite only and not accessible to the public or media. Postmedia obtained a recording of the panel discussion afterwards. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Candidates come out swinging in first Edmont...

Article content We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Keith Gerein: Secret mayoral debate the latest blow to transparency in Edmontons election Back to video But most of you never did, because the debate was an entirely private, invite-only event held Thursday evening in a swanky Downtown hotel ballroom. Transparency to the public was clearly not one of the priorities, adding to a disturbing trend in this election that I’ll elaborate on shortly. Ki...

Author of the article: Keith Gerein Publishing date: Jun 01, 2021  •  1 hour ago  •  4 minute read  •  Mayoral candidate Cheryll Watson announces her first foundational policy commitment, the creation of a Chief Accountability Officer, at the opening of her campaign headquarters in downtown Edmonton, Monday Feb. 1, 2021. Photo by David Bloom Photo by David Bloom David Bloom /David Bloom/Postmedia Article content Perhaps the most well-known Albertan to pull it off, at least in ...

Article content Know who really matters in the mayor’s race at this point? The election keeners. Sure, name recognition for a star candidate is important. But no one raises an army of volunteers without first inspiring a couple diehard believers. Politics is a team sport. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Elise Stolte: Shes tough — Election keeners describe how they see the race for mayor Back to video That’s why in a survey posted...

Article content A former federal cabinet minister and Edmonton city councillor, Amarjeet Sohi has thrown his hat in the ring to run for the open mayor’s chair in October’s municipal election. Sohi launched his campaign on a Facebook livestream Monday morning. The well-known politician was elected to city council for three terms starting in 2007 as the Ward 12 councillor, but left the post early in his final term to run for the Edmonton Mill Woods federal seat in the 2015 election. We apolog...

Author of the article: Keith Gerein Publishing date: May 18, 2021  •  2 days ago  •  4 minute read  •  The announcement of a restart to the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion on Aug. 21, 2019, wasnt enough for Amarjeet Sohi to keep his federal seat or his job as natural resources minister under the Liberal government later that year. Delays suffered by that project are sure to be raised again as Sohi returns to the political arena in 2021, this time in a bid to be Edmontons mayo...

Article content A former federal cabinet minister and Edmonton city councillor, Amarjeet Sohi has thrown his hat in the ring to run for the open mayor’s chair in October’s municipal election. Sohi launched his campaign on a Facebook livestream Monday morning. The well-known politician was elected to city council for three terms starting in 2007 as the Ward 12 councillor, but left the post early in his final term to run for the Edmonton Mill Woods federal seat in the 2015 election. We apolog...

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Article content Former Edmonton city councillor Michael Oshry said economic recovery and diversification would be at the top of his list if elected mayor as he kicked off his campaign Wednesday morning. Oshry, a local businessman and Ward 5 councillor from 2013 to 2017, unveiled four platform priorities to strengthen the city as it emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic. Diversifying the economy and creating jobs, stronger management from council, more support for neighbourhood projects and creatin...

  EDMONTON -- Former City Councillor Michael Oshry officially joined the race to become the next mayor of Edmonton Thursday. Oshry tweeted a brief statement saying that he had filed his nomination papers so he could “start to build a campaign.” “I have been putting together the structure of a campaign and today I am formalizing this effort,” his statement said. “This is just the beginning, but I do want to say that there is no question that our next mayor will be challenged to l...