Drayton Valley is a small Alberta oil town that delivered 6,800 letters to the prime minister last December with a simple message: low oil prices are hurting families and something needs to change now. In a year with both a provincial and federal election, The National is going in-depth in Alberta to find out what residents want their governments to do.

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