No forum for candidates prior to election
BattlefordsNOW received plenty of calls and emails from residents asking about candidate forums and how to reach them.
Usually the Battlefords Chamber of Commerce holds public candidate forums every election, but decided not to this year because of the federal and provincial elections happening so close together.
According to Executive Director Linda Machniak, cost played a factor but wasn’t the whole reason.
“In the case of the municipal election there are two forums that would have to take place. One of the town and one for the city,” Machniak said. “The decision to not hold them this election was made a while ago. At the Canadian chamber meeting many of the other groups were having similar discussions.”