Federal Election 2025

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre promised to cut red tape and step up support for veterans Saturday, while Liberal Leader Mark Carney pledged to make visiting national parks and museums more affordable for Canadian families.

Poilievre unveiled his party's plan for veterans during a press conference in Nepean, the suburban Ottawa community that contains the neighbouring ridings where he and Carney are running. 

Carney did not have any public events scheduled. NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh's itinerary shows he will hold an evening event in Timmins, Ont.

Voters in the Airdrie-Cochrane riding will have the opportunity to hear directly from federal candidates during a virtual forum on Tuesday, April 22. The event is being co-hosted by the Cochrane and Airdrie chambers of commerce.

The forum, scheduled to begin at 7 p.m., aims to help residents and local businesses better understand the platforms and priorities of those vying to represent the region in Parliament ahead of the federal election on April 28.

Christopher Bell lists the cost of living, the degradation of Canada's legal and healthcare systems, and the moral decline of society as key issues in the upcoming federal election.

But the Christian Heritage Party candidate for Airdrie-Cochrane says he has an even bigger motivation for seeking office.

With the federal election underway, a number of different organizations want to have their voices heard with different priorities around the province. For the Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association (SUMA), they want to make sure that whatever policies are adopted support growth and keep Saskatchewan's residents safe.

Randy Goulden, president of SUMA, lays out their campaign to have their voices heard.

Janine Gibson stands as the Green Party’s candidate for Portage-Lisgar in the 45th federal election. In a recent Q&A session, Gibson discussed tariffs, agriculture, affordable housing, and more - underscoring the Green Party’s commitment to sustainable progress and responsible policy.

Tariffs and negotiation

Q: With tariffs now officially instated, there’s been much discussion about Canada’s approach. Do you believe that more retaliatory tariffs are the answer, or should Canada focus on negotiations with the U.S.?

Candidates are looking to get their names out there as the federal election is underway, with one new party popping up in the southeast.

Lyndon Dayman, the candidate for the Canadian Future Party, is a retired heavy equipment operator and small business owner, and is currently an Emergency Management Officer for the area around Kipling.

He was also active with the Conservative Party of Canada on their board of directors before making the switch to the Canadian Future Party, feeling that the party had lost touch with their grassroots membership.

Sheena Muirhead Koops is seeking federal office for the first time as the NDP candidate for Souris–Moose Mountain. A lifelong educator with 30 years of classroom experience and deep family roots in the Lampman area, Koops says her candidacy is about love, courage, and community.

She shared her thoughts on why she’s running, what she hopes to bring to Ottawa, and how she believes people in the Southeast are ready for a new kind of leadership.

Why are you running in Souris-Moose Mountain?

Ashley MacDonald is the Green Party of Canada's Member of Parliament (MP) candidate for the Red Deer riding.

Voters head to the polls on Monday, April 28, with advance voting taking place April 18 - 21.

CentralAlbertaOnline.com reached out for an interview with MacDonald but did not receive a response at the time of publication.

This is one installment of our Meet the Candidate series.

Below is the profile for MacDonald provided by the Green Party of Canada:

It's something Altona Police Chief Dan Defer says his department deals with every election.
    
On Thursday, the office received a report of two election signs being damaged, rather, noted Defer, they were driven over.

"There are those individuals out there that tend to go out and either remove or destroy election signs," he explained.

Defer noted, destroying, tampering or damaging election signs is an offence under the Federal Elections Act and says these incidents will be investigated by police. 

Update:

The Stettler Board of Trade and Settler Library has cancelled the Stettler All-Candidates Forum, due to candidates unable to confirm attendance. 

The candidates for the Battle River - Crowfoot riding, as of April 14, are: