US EditionCandidate in federal Alberta byelection stops door-knocking due to death threats
BATTLE RIVER-CROWFOOT, ALBERTA, CANADA, JUL 17 – Sarah Spanier ceased door-to-door campaigning after receiving death threats linked to her transgender advocacy, while RCMP advise blocking online harassers and note no charges filed yet.
- Independent candidate Sarah Spanier stopped door-knocking in the Battle River-Crowfoot byelection in July 2025 due to death threats.
- Spanier entered the race in early May and linked the threats to her transgender advocacy in the rural Alberta riding.
- She now campaigns exclusively online and at public events while staying vigilant against online comments seeking her home address.
- Spanier warned that unexpected situations may arise if someone shows up at her home, and she mentioned that some of her supporters remain silent out of concern for their personal safety and their businesses.
- The death threats highlight rising political violence, with RCMP tracking increasing threats to politicians, as voters prepare to vote August 18.
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Threats of political violence rose rapidly through the Trudeau years, new data shows
Catherine McKenna noticed the first serious wave of threats aimed at her in 2018, on the same day the Trudeau government’s carbon-tax-and-rebate policy went into effect. She was then the environment minister in former prime minister Justin Trudeau’s cabinet and became the lightning rod for opponents of the policy. “Pretty quickly, things got really weird,” McKenna, who left politics after the 2019 election, said in a recent interview. The abuse…
EDMONTON — An independent candidate running for a rural by-election in Alberta claims to have stopped doing door-to-door business because of death threats. Sarah Spanier, 33, of Castor, Alberta, claims to have informed the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) of online threats, including a comment on social media indicating that she would be greeted with a shotgun if she ran at someone's door. She attributes the threats and other derogatory mess…
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