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Recently, the Battlefords Chamber of Commerce hosted an "All Candidate's Forum" for the upcoming Federal Election, to be held May 2, 2011.

Over 100 interested community members attended the forum that was held in Wesley Hall of Third Avenue United Church.  The Chamber presented prepared questions as well as received written questions from the floor.

Of the four local candidates, the following were in attendance:

From the left of the picture, Glenn Tait - NDP Party, Gerry Ritz - Progressive Conservative, absent- Jordan LaPlante - Liberal Party, Norbert Kratchmer - Green Party, and to the far right, 2011 Chamber of Commerce President Scott Campbell acted as Moderator.

- photo credit - Doug Collie - Battlefords Daily News