New mayoral candidate Biel denies Frank of acclamation win

The 2025 Municipal Election ballot is set and campaign signs are beginning to line local roads. At the very last minute on the morning of the Nomination Day — the deadline to file, Monday, Sept. 22, Benjamin Biel jumped into the Strathcona County mayoral race, making sure that incumbent Rod Frank wouldn’t be re-elected by default. Biel did not provide any public contact information with the local Elections Office, however, according to his LinkedIn profile, he studied at MacEwan Univ