An older article, but the formations of a slate:
https://calgaryherald.com/news/local...unicipal-slate
Then this summer, the municipal election changes made by the UCP are setting up the elections to allow better financing for slates to be introduced (among a dearth of other questionable election changes):
How Alberta Welcomed Big Money Into City Elections
Then you have the not-so-subtle municipal election candidate preferences from the UCP's Municipal Affairs Minister Kaycee Madu (at the time) when he was explaining his passing of Bill 29, tweeting quotes from both Farkas and Jon Dziadyk in Edmonton support of the Bill (Dziadyk is Farkas in Edmonton with glasses).
https://twitter.com/user/status/1287146541002571777
https://twitter.com/user/status/1287146550850760704
There's a slate coming in cities and it's not exactly going under the radar.