Highlights

Producers in Alberta have reason to be optimistic with regards to drought conditions this year despite some concerns in some areas of the province.

City administration is forecasting annual property tax increases ranging from 3.9 and 5.2 per cent over the next three years, council heard on April 11, but the rate is slightly lower thanks to a 0.5 per cent decrease because the Servus Place debt being retired.

“These concerning actions bring into question the effectiveness of the regional board as a mechanism to serve residents and meet its provincial mandate to manage growth, promote sound planning and drive economic development.”

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“By this time next year, we will have completely eliminated the surgical backlog,” Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said.

Spring cleaning season has started. Street cleaning is expected to take three or four weeks, weather permitting.

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The race to be a key player in the hydrogen economy is global race, and one that Canada seems keen to run.

Lauren Seal, St. Albert Poet Laureate, establishes a Community Poem Project

Thieves are back at it with St. Albert community mailboxes. There’s been a rash of reports of hacking open boxes in hopes of finding valuable items or documents, as well as thefts from cars, according to Cst.