Municipal Election 2022

Though it was one of the shortest Niverville Town Council meetings in recent memory Tuesday night, it was business as usual, with bills needing to be paid, the auditor for the town's financials approved for the next three years and a request from a councillor to start enforcing ticketing of vehicles blocking business access driveways. Each time the mayor said, "All in favor", all four hands were raised.

When it came time for the Mayor to speak, all ears turned to listen.

13 candidates are vying for 6 available council seats 

The thirteen candidates running for six available seats on Winkler City Council participated in a forum last night, offering voters a chance to hear about their priorities and goals leading up to the October 26th municipal election. The event was hosted by the Winkler and District Chamber of Commerce. 

Doctor retention and recruitment, diversity, public transportation, and unity were some of the questions candidates were faced with by City of Winkler residents.

The two candidates running to become the next Mayor for the City of Winkler participated in an all-candidates forum Monday evening, offering voters a chance to hear about their priorities and goals leading up to the October 26th municipal election. The event was hosted by the Winkler and District Chamber of Commerce.

While there won't be trustee elections in Border Land School Division (BLSD) this fall, Vice Chair Patty Wiebe delivered remarks on behalf of the acclaimed Board during an address to the audience at an all-candidates forum in Altona last week. 

For the first time since 2014, there is an election for reeve in the Rural Municipality of Hanover. 

After 27 years on council, Reeve Stan Toews has decided to step down. Current Councillor Jim Funk is running against challenger Don Bouchard in the October 26th vote. 

As we near the end of the election campaign, we asked both Funk and Bouchard a series of questions ranging from taxes and police services to new arenas and fire halls. Here is the list of questions with the response from each candidate:

All polling stations in Grande Prairie have reported their results for the 2022 City By-Election and the City of Grande Prairie is pleased to announce the unofficial results.

Wade Pilat is elected to the position of City Councillor.

A total of 2422 residents voted in the by-election, equating to approximately 5 per cent of eligible voters.

Results are considered unofficial until Friday, October 21 at noon.

Residents still have one more week to vote for their future Mayor and Councillors, and so far in Kenora, about one in five residents have cast their ballots.

Returning Officer for the 2022 Municipal Election, Heather Pihulak, says as of October 17, about 20 per cent of eligible voters in Kenora have voted – which is right on target compared to the previous two electronic elections in the community.

Jenny Motkaluk speaks with Mike Thom on why she's running again to become Mayor of Winnipeg.

Motkaluk, a Winnipeg businesswoman, ran in 2018 and came in second place to Brian Bowman. 

"I believe that a great leader is someone people can identify with; someone you believe will do the best they can based on their values and foundational principles," she says.

To see her plans for tackling the major issues in this year's election, watch the interview below. You can find her full platform on her website.

Altona's new Mayor, Harv Schroeder, and the Municipality of Rhineland's returning Reeve, Don Wiebe, had the opportunity to address the crowd at Thursday night's all candidates forum. Both were invited to speak at the Altona and District Cahmber of Commerce organized event.

Schroeder was acclaimed after no other candidates came forward to replace former Mayor Al Friesen who did not seek re-election.

Eagle Lake First Nation’s Band Chief and Councillors will have another two-year term ahead of them.

Chief Arnold Gardner and Councillors Trisha Kavanaugh, Sheldon Adams and Lloyd Napish were all re-elected following the community’s election night last week.

This will be the third consecutive term for this batch of councillors. They still have a while to catch up to Chief Gardner, who was first elected as Chief in 1990. He’s been leading the community for over 30 years now.