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Red tape continues to be in the way of St. Albert's high-tech Avenir development moving forward, said its project director. David Bromley spoke before St.

A portable sign permit in St. Albert will now cost nine per cent more after city council approved the increase Monday night. Mayor Nolan Crouse brought forward a motion to increase the 2014 fee for portable signs to $225 per sign.

A University of Alberta researcher will be embedded with members of the Canadian Armed Forces in Afghanistan next month to study how soldiers cope with stress before, during and after deployment.

Interest in archives is getting trendier in some very interesting ways. Take one special event coming this weekend as one example of just how true that is.

Stop the presses – one of Morinville’s most prolific reporters has entered the race for town council. Morinville News owner and reporter Stephen Dafoe announced Monday that he would run for Morinville town council.

The final candidate to announce his candidacy for council is hoping to bring his experience as a retired banker and financial planner to the table.

Handibus service into Edmonton should be available to registered users by early November. The city’s three new handibuses, purchased at a cost of about $165,000 each, could be spotted outside St. Albert Place briefly Monday.

Two St. Albert teens are in hospital from a suspected drug overdose. Around 4:30 p.m. on Sep. 23, St. Albert RCMP received a report of a teen found unconscious and having seizures in a back alley near Mount Royal Drive.

Two St. Albert teens are recovering from a suspected overdose of a synthetic hallucinogenic drug. St. Albert RCMP received a report of an unconscious teen having seizures in a back alley near Mount Royal Drive around 4:30 p.m. on Monday.

A Morinville teacher says she’ll work to get people more involved in their community if she’s elected to office.