Month: October 2015

The Tofield School Annual Awards Night 2015 was held Thursday, Oct. 8 at the Tofield Mennonite Church with Kayla Hunt and Jake Telawsky acting as Masters of Ceremony for the gala occasion.

Guests included Brett Huculak, Assistant Superintendent, Personnel;

By Patricia Harcourt
Editor

A full discussion of issues took place at the Tofield School’s federal election debate for the new riding of Battle River-Crowfoot, even though two of four candidates were not present due to unforeseen circumstances.

Attending were Conservative candidate and incumbent MP Kevin Sorenson and Green Party candidate Gary Kelly. Two other candidates, Liberal Andy Kowalski and NDP Katherine Swampy were unable to come after Kowalski suffered an accident and Swampy attended a family funeral instead.

Swampy’s campaign manager Ellen Parker, who has been a candidate in the past, took over for Swampy. But the Liberal platform was left absent from the discussion.

Students brought forward questions for the candidates, starting with a request to explain what in their background lead them to want to become an Member of Parliament.

Sorenson said his grandfather homesteaded in the Killam area, becoming a municipal councillor for many years and a local MLA for a time.