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Panel calls for eco-monitor superboard

Panel calls for eco-monitor superboard

Alberta needs a new science-based environmental commission to manage the impacts of industrial development, a provincial panel reports.
Horner unveils heavyweight support

Horner unveils heavyweight support

Progressive Conservative leadership hopeful and Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Albert MLA Doug Horner unveiled some heavyweight support Monday, as well as a host of new policies, as he continued in his bid to become the next premier.
McCann case marks grim anniversary

McCann case marks grim anniversary

A year has passed. One year ago Sunday was the last time anyone saw St. Albert seniors Lyle and Marie McCann.
Life in the golden waters

Life in the golden waters

You can fit a whole lot of life in a single jar. Christianne McDonald peers into a glass vase full of water from the Sturgeon River on a sunny summer's day. The amber liquid teems with life.
Villeneuve debate centres on density

Villeneuve debate centres on density

A public hearing on Villeneuve’s future brought an old dispute to a new hearing last week as issues over just how many people will move to the community and how close they will live to one another were resurrected.
New school site still undecided

New school site still undecided

Elementary-aged students up to Grade 4 can attend a non-faith-based school in Morinville next fall, but just where that structure will be located is still undecided.
Miners retrieve space probe

Miners retrieve space probe

A group of St. Albert students had a happy ending to their space adventures this week thanks to a man in a mine. The St.
Council still studying land needs

Council still studying land needs

City council will take a month to mull over a decision that will shape future development in St. Albert for the next generation, but Mayor Nolan Crouse has already made up his mind.
Local teen talks up eating disorders on her way to national beauty pageant

Local teen talks up eating disorders on her way to national beauty pageant

Vanessa Peynenburg is off to Toronto this week, but not for a family trip or any kind of summer vacation or even just sightseeing before she prepares herself to start her high school graduation year. The 17-year-old St.
Locals make Top 50 list

Locals make Top 50 list

This week Alberta Venture Magazine released its 2011 list of “Alberta’s 50 Most Influential People” and four — eight per cent — of the movers and shakers in this province hail from St. Albert.
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