CANDIDATE IN RURAL BYELECTION SAYS SHE'S FACED THREATS

An Independent candidate running in a rural Alberta byelection says she has stopped door-knocking because of death threats. Sarah Spanier, 33, of Castor, Alta., says she has told Mounties about the online threats, which include a social media comment saying she would be met with a shotgun if she showed up at someone's door. She attributes the threats and other derogatory messages she has received to her advocacy for transgender people during her campaign in the Battle River-Crowfoot riding, which encompasses communities such as Camrose, Drumheller and Wainwright. (Some) were ambiguous like, `If you come to my door, you don't know what's going to happen,'” Spanier said in an interview. Spanier, shown, is one of almost 80 candidates running in the Aug. 18 byelection.