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Election outcomes are often used to gauge the mood of a community. Last week’s province-wide municipal elections in Alberta were no different.
Headlines emerging from the October 18 vote were reminiscent of Naheed Nenshi”s election as Canada’s first Muslim mayor, Alison Redford’s victory as the first woman to become premier, and the rise of Rachel Notley’s NDP.
All of these events challenged conventional notions of Alberta as a “wild west” province dominated by white, conservative,
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