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The man behind Boonstock has waded into the Sturgeon County election with an ad that blasts mayoral candidate Tom Flynn and council candidate Karen Shaw.

Leadership. It's a word that often pops up during elections, and the race for the mayor's chair in Sturgeon County is no different.

The last forum in the civic race to fill seats at the council table offered a different flavour of voter interaction at the Enjoy Centre Wednesday night.

Organizers of a meeting to gauge support for more palliative care options in and around St. Albert were delighted by the turnout Thursday at the Royal Canadian Legion downtown.

It was standing room only at the St. Albert and District Chamber of Commerce's all-candidates forum Tuesday night at the St. Albert Inn and Suites.

County residents got to see their future councillors in action last week as 18 council candidates took questions at an all-candidates debate. About 150 people came to the Cardiff Community Hall last Oct.

County voters will get to mark their "X" next week as they head to the polls in this fall's civic election – one that many have gotten a head start on through advance polls. Sturgeon County and Morinville residents will go to the polls this Oct.

City finances were the topic of the night at the St. Albert Taxpayers Association all-candidate forum on Thursday.

St. Albert schools were celebrating top marks from the province this month as their students continued to graduate in droves. Alberta Education released its 2012-2013 accountability pillar results earlier this month.

This week, the Gazette asked candidates how they would address residential property tax concerns in St. Albert. Mayoral candidates Nolan Crouse Crouse said he had short term and long-term answers for the question.