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Government and business leaders had a clear message for Sturgeon County this week about its fringe areas with St. Albert: either manage them together or let St. Albert take them over.

Upon hearing the news that white smoke was puffing from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, Fr. Ken Thorson, OMI, took a break from the minutes of a recent meeting he had been poring over to watch TV.

Sitting across from Don Vaugeois, owner of Don's Piano Showroom, you get the feeling he is one of those old-fashioned businessmen who would seal a deal with a handshake.

Morinville residents are praising the Lord this week after a local MP dropped by with $250,000 to help fix the town’s most prominent church. Westlock–St. Paul MP Brian Storseth came to Morinville’s St.

Bruce Randall will soon have time to paint his fence. Randall is St. Albert’s manager of economic development and in May he will retire, ending a 31-year career in the same department. Looking out his window at 29 Sir Winston Churchill Ave.

A new study by the University of Alberta says the majority of Albertans think dying adults should have the right to assisted suicide.

The Nintendo Wii U is already here. A few weeks ago Sony announced the holiday 2013 release of the PlayStation 4. And Xbox is expected to finalize a release date for the Xbox 720 this April.

Would residents rather pay less in property taxes and more on their utility bills or maintain the status quo? We’ll never know the answer as city councillors voted Monday to simply keep things the way they are without studying the issue of fran

The new spa at the Enjoy Centre is here to stay. Bill Hole, co-owner of the Enjoy Centre, announced this week that his company has partnered with a new tenant to take over the space of the former The Water Garden/Jardin Yoga & Spa.

A few weeks ago, Jim Gray had a collection of 1,180 toy banks but as of this week his collection numbered 1,193.