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Former city councillor and businessman Michael Oshry is planning to throw his hat into Edmonton’s mayoral race.

An evolving list of mayoral candidates for the upcoming fall civic election. Social Sharing CBC News · Posted: Feb 04, 2021 7:00 AM MT | Last Updated: February 15 CBC Edmonton is keeping track of mayoral candidates as they file their nomination papers at Edmonton City Hall. (Natasha Riebe/CBC) Cheryll Watson Cheryll Watson was the first person to announce her run for mayor in the upcoming civic election this fall.  Even though Watson has no political experience, she said the council is ready for some external perspective.  Watson has worked more than 20 years with mostly technology an...

EDMONTON -- Mayoral candidate Cheryll Watson opened her campaign office in downtown Edmonton on Monday. "It's so important for us to have a vibrant city downtown. It's really important. So this demonstrates my commitment to downtown," she told reporters that morning. "This is going to be our touchstone and our gathering place for the campaign." The Innovate Edmonton founder first announced her intent to run in the mayoral race in October 2020, and says that she has since spoken to hundreds of Edmontonians to develop her platform. The foundation of that was revealed Monday, with Watson s...

Article content Mayoral candidate, and former head of Innovate Edmonton, Cheryll Watson announced Monday she will create a chief accountability officer position if she takes office after the October civic election. Speaking at her first campaign media conference at her downtown Edmonton office on Jasper Avenue, Watson said the new position would be independent of city administration, similar to the city auditor. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Edmonton mayoral candidate Cheryll Watson launches city hall campaign Back to video The chief accoun...

Her announcement comes at a time when other local politicians are making declarations that they will be running for mayor in this October's civic election.