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Tim Osborne, who ran as a candidate for the Alberta Party in last year’s provincial election, has jumped into the council race. Osborne announced Wednesday that he will be running for a spot on city council in October.

“Wheels coming off in midlife” was how one St. Albert man described his recent dealings with the law. Michael Anthony Moss appeared in St. Albert court on Monday via closed-circuit television (CCTV) from the Edmonton Remand Centre.

It’s been one week since Edmonton-St. Albert member of Parliament Brent Rathgeber caused a national media story by resigning from the Conservative caucus.

A mistake appeared in a front page story of the June 12 edition of The St. Albert Gazette.

The Capital Region Board needs to address Edmonton’s veto if it wants to get anywhere, says the mayor of Warburg, but the board’s chair says it’s the province’s job to do so.

Strategic planning remains a priority for the board of directors at the St. Albert and District Chamber of Commerce, says president and CEO Lynda Moffat.

It was Charlene Cardinal's day at St. Albert's Superstore last Friday when she stopped by to pick up a cheque for $20,000. "I'm very happy. I'm so grateful," she remarked, musing that she used to work at the Superstore location.

Monday’s announcement that a new francophone high school will be built in Erin Ridge hasn’t quelled the ongoing battle between a local developer and the city over a plot of land in Kingswood.

I've run into a lot of bumblebees over the years – fat ones, lazy ones, some that buzzed round my ears. But my most memorable encounter was years ago in Calgary by a fence lined with towering hollyhocks, each brimming with huge red, white and violet trumpet-shaped flowers.

When Hello Kitty’s racer faces off against the Batmobile this Sunday, speed will triumph at last. But looks are also a winner at St. Albert’s third annual father’s day soapbox derby.