Debate held at Tofield School five days before Oct. 19 federal election
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Debate held at Tofield School five days before Oct. 19 federal election

Debate-Students

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.

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Majority favour exploring possibility of replacing Tofield Community Hall in county/town survey

Survey-Draw WinnerSurvey draw winner Amber Carson with Mayor Harold Conquest and Reeve Kevin Smook.

Some 75 per cent of respondents said they support a Tofield and Beaver County effort in considering options for replacing the existing Tofield Community Hall, after results from an August survey were tallied from 388 responses.
The survey established results after 96 responses from Tofield citizens and 253 from Beaver County residents.
Of those surveyed over 80 per cent had visited