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With a provincial election campaign underway, the Gazette plans to provide coverage through a variety of means, including question-and-answer segments with local candidates. This week we ask candidates about their positions on funding for St.

I’m a two-and-a-half-year-old Lab-hound cross with a nice black coat and 45 pounds to hug. I’m house and crate-trained and I travel well in the car. I’m also good with toddlers and kids.

The gallery in city council chambers erupted with applause Monday evening when councillors gave their unanimous support to a lease agreement with the Visual Arts Studio Association (VASA) for use of the Hemingway Centre.

Eat, drink, stink. Three words that can only mean one thing: it’s garlic festival month. For 21 years the Sorrentino’s restaurant group, including its St.

The Heartland power line would cut right through the Athabasca-Sturgeon-Redwater riding and candidates in that race say residents have been letting them know they are concerned about the need and costs.

With power bills hitting their highest levels earlier this year, electricity has been a big part of the election debate, but Spruce Grove-St. Albert candidates disagree on how to hold back the spikes.

Any solution to the problematic flooding that can occur at the walkway that runs under the Ray Gibbon Drive bridge will have wait until next spring. St.

Athabasca-Sturgeon-Redwater MLA Jeff Johnson will return money he received as a member of the now infamous no-meet committee.

Local families should steer clear of chicks as pets this Easter no matter how cute they look, say local animal enthusiasts. This Sunday is Easter, and many local children will soon be out in search of eggs.

If St. Albert Mounties don't get their man – or their girl for that matter – after hosting last week's first youth police academy, it will be surprising.