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Brent Rathgeber didn't chose to run as an Independent. His voters did that for him. Rathgeber, 51, was elected to represent the constituents of the now defunct Edmonton-St. Albert riding in 2008 and again in 2011.

Beatrice Ghettuba is not a person held to ideology or dogma. As a chartered accountant, Ghettuba is trained to make decisions based on hard data and careful analysis.

Darlene Malayko represents your typical everyday person. That's what sets her apart from other candidates, she said. “I'm a regular person and I think that's what a lot of our population is,” said Malayko, a former transit operator.

Before he started a business programming industrial automation systems, now ranked among the top 10 fasting growing companies in the region, Ian Taylor wanted to be a biological oceanographer.

It was not easy for Aretha Greatrix to run for the St. Albert NDP nomination, considering her lifelong struggles with anxiety and depression. But she did just that, overcoming her fears and thrusting herself into the spotlight.

St. Albert schools have a simple solution to the toilet troubles now ravaging Edmonton – let transgender students go where they want.

The country’s three major political parties battled it out during Thursday’s leaders’ debate in the midst of a three-way tie.

Treva Eaglesham remembers watching her cousin Terry Fox run across Canada 35 years ago. She would have been in Grade 6 or 7 when he did his legendary Marathon of Hope against cancer in 1980, and remembers seeing him on the TV.

St. Albert MLA Marie Renaud says some perspective is needed as the province prepares the rollout of its first minimum wage increase next month.

As lawn signs clash with the changing leaves and rally cries rival winter winds, residents of St. Albert find themselves in a unique position.