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St. Albert will start to become a smarter city in 2017 after council approved a Smart City implementation and policy plan. Council approved the move at its Nov.

A St. Albert youth council could be in place early next year, after council gave first reading to a bylaw establishing the committee. Councillors unanimously approved first reading of the Youth Council Bylaw at the Nov.

The city will keep a problematic aerial fire truck as a backup rather than selling it. The old truck has had ongoing maintenance concerns since the city purchased it in 2009.

A special committee struck to study electoral reform in Canada has recommended a referendum on the issue.

The Progressive Conservative party drew a big crowd to its leadership delegate selection meeting (DSM) for the Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock constituency.

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A new study suggests that St. Albert's streets are the eighth safest in Canada when it comes to collisions. The Allstate Insurance Company of Canada released its eighth annual Safe Driving Study Nov. 30.

A Sturgeon County equestrian has galloped into the 4-H Hall of Fame. Lifelong county resident Corine Verbeek was inducted into the Alberta 4-H Hall of Fame last week along with Helen Andrews of Round Hill.

Edmonton-area naturalists mourned this week following the news that one of St. Albert's most prominent birders had died. Veteran birder and St. Albert resident Peter Demulder died Dec. 2 at age 87. Known to some as the Birdman of St.

St. Albert city council has hit the brakes on a plan to fence a large portion of Lacombe Lake Park for off-leash dog use. Coun. Sheena Hughes brought forward the motion at the Nov.