After announcing she’s stepping down as mayor to run for city councilor, Gale Katchur has found unlikely but enthusiastic supporters: the local coyote population.
The coyotes, long regarded as Fort Saskatchewan’s shadow government, released a rare public statement through overturned garbage cans and eerie 3 a.m. howls: “Katchur gets results. And more importantly, she gets us.”
The endorsement stems from Katchur’s past comments suggesting stray cats should be euthanized. The coyotes, however, propose a more “sustainable” solution: feed them the cats in exchange for votes.
“She doesn’t need lawn signs,” said one alpha coyote, dragging a mayoral campaign flyer into the woods. “She just needs a steady supply of whiskered snacks.”
Political analysts are calling it the city’s first documented case of interspecies vote-buying.
Asked for comment, Katchur simply smiled and said, “Let’s just say… no more wasted protein in Fort Saskatchewan.”
The cats, notably, declined to comment. Or were unavailable.
