10 Qs with Danielle Klooster for Innisfail – Sylvan Lake

20 April 2012 andrew kooman

website | twitter Andrew Kooman: What drew you into politics and what motivated you to offer your name as a candidate? Danielle Klooster: I ran municipally in 2007 because I wanted social issues to be a priority for community leadership. When I became a munipol I quickly discerned that there is a bigger issue: communities [...]

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10 Qs with Brent Chalmers

11 April 2012 andrew kooman

website | twitter Andrew Kooman: What drew you into politics and what motivated you to offer your name as a candidate? Brent Chalmers: I believe you need to get involved to effect change in a system, you can’t change something from the outside. AK:  Why did you choose the party you belong to and what does [...]

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10 Qs with Serge Gingras

10 April 2012 andrew kooman

website | twitter Andrew Kooman: What drew you into politics and what motivated you to offer your name as a candidate? Serge Gingras: My combined passion for community service, democracy and the political process. The need for change, the desire to make a difference and to be an active part of the change needed in [...]

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10 Qs with Lorna Watkinson-Zimmer

9 April 2012 andrew kooman

website | twitter Andrew Kooman: What drew you into politics and what motivated you to offer your name as a candidate? Lorna Watkinson-Zimmer: I have always been very political. During my University years I was active in social causes and it continued through my life. I first ran for City Council in 1995 to put my [...]

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Provincial election 2012 – Interviews with candidates for Red Deer North + South

9 April 2012 interviews

For the last two elections Red Deerians participated in, I asked local candidates of the municipal and federal variety 10 Questions.  I was surprised at how popular the posts were. The point was to get informed about the candidates so I could make a responsible decision at the ballot box.  Depending on what radio stations [...]

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Jessie Foster – artists rendering after 6 years missing

26 March 2012 human trafficking

My friend Glendene sent me this note that I want to pass along.  She’s a mom, whose daughter went missing from North Las Vegas on March 29, 2006 - six years ago.  The thought sends chills through my body.  Missing!  For six years. In that time, Glendene has worked tirelessly to find her daughter, and in the [...]

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10 Qs with filmmaker Daniel Kooman about his “Search for Revival”

21 March 2012 andrew kooman

My younger brother Daniel will occasionally slip out of the country and travel to far reaching places.  He usually brings a camera.  His latest film brought him to 5 continents and after a few years of work, travel, and mind-boggling experience, he’s put together a surprising film. I’d venture to say A Filmmaker’s Search For Revival [...]

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Drifting

7 March 2012 andrew kooman

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