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The worst natural disaster in Alberta's history was documented by the staff of the Gazette's sister papers, the Okotoks Western Wheel and Canmore Rocky Mountain Outlook, members of the Great West Newspapers family.

A Foothills area business continued to provide assistance to the flood recovery plan in High River even after losing a pair of $500,000 trucks in the process.

St. Albert and Sturgeon County have agreed to get professional help next year to fix their rocky relationship. The City of St.

A group of people was relieved to see the sun shining and a rescue boat coming to rescue them from the stack of building material north of High River where they sought refuge from the swelling Highwood River.

Albertans are among the hardest-working people in the country, and that could explain why everybody loves to escape for the long weekend. But the Capital Region Intersection Safety Partnership wants St.

Although it has been more than one week since floodwaters submerged homes and cascaded onto major roadways in southern Alberta, the damage and devastation for many isn’t over yet.

The city council race in this October’s municipal election should become clearer next month when current councillors start saying whether or not they will run again. The St.

For anyone wishing for an instant gardening fix that covers the weeds and looks pretty at the same time, decorative mulches could be the answer. Landscapers are using mulch as part of the decorative appeal of their outdoor designs.

After almost two months of public protest, the government of Alberta is now telling the public it has badly handled PDD funding. On Wednesday Associate Minister Frank Oberle stood in front of the people of St.

Watching the rain fall heavily outside the library recently I thought of Ray LaMontagne’s song, God Willin’ and the Creek Don’t Rise. The song is a letter from a man to his wife.