After a week filled with handshakes, campaign conversations, and interactions with more than 1,200 delegates, Grande Prairie Councillor Dylan Bressey emerged as the newly elected President of Alberta Municipalities. Bressey secured 62.7 per cent of the vote, defeating Penhold Mayor Mike Yargeau, who received 29.6 per cent, and Communities First Calgary Councillor Andre Chabot, who earned 7.7 per cent. During his campaign speech on Friday morning, Bressey told delegates he was energized by the...

Over the next four weeks, municipal leaders from across Canada will gather in four very different communities: Calgary, Edmonton, Corner Brook, and Winnipeg. Each of these cities will play host to meetings, discussions, and conventions that will bring together mayors, councillors, reeves, and municipal staff from across the country. From Newfoundland and Labrador to Alberta to Manitoba, local leaders will be sitting face to face, talking about the challenges they share and the ideas that make...

A three-way race is taking shape to determine the next president of Alberta Municipalities, following last month’s municipal elections. The organization is seeking a new full-time president after incumbent Tyler Gandam, Mayor of Wetaskiwin, was defeated in his bid for re-election. Three candidates have put their names forward to lead the provincial municipal association: Penhold Mayor Mike Yargeau, Grande Prairie Councillor Dylan Bressey, and Calgary Communities First Party Councillor André...