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On Thursday night, the UCP nominated Leila Houle as the party’s candidate in Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood.

“Leila brings with her a deep commitment to advocating on behalf of Indigenous Peoples, having spent her career working to advance these important issues,” Kenney said in a news release Thursday.

Houle was previously vying for the UCP nomination in Edmonton-West Henday and was caught up in a storm of controversy when members of Soldiers of Odin — an anti-immigration, white nationalist organization — showed up at a constituency association pub night.

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Rachel Notley in Calgary, Edmonton

Alberta NDP Leader Rachel Notley began her day in Calgary Friday where she announced a plan to invest $1 billion from Alberta’s Climate Leadership Plan tobuild a major new upstream reservoir on the Bow River.

“Because climate change is real,” Notley said. “Calgary is too important to leave it’s safety to chance.”

According to a Friday news release, conceptual assessments of three project options are already underway.

“The 2013 floods forever changed our province. Lives were lost, people were displaced, and homes and businesses were destroyed,” said Notley, in the news release.



The announcement was live streamed on her Facebook page.

Later this afternoon, she took part in a photo op at 1:45 p.m. at the Benevity Inc. building in downtown Calgary before heading up to Edmonton for a Leader’s Speech at 6:15 p.m. at the Edmonton-Meadows campaign office, 5165 55 Ave NW.