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Live webstreaming of city council meetings will launch as early as this fall. Video of public meetings will also be archived and indexed on the city's website so interested parties can find the specific issue that interests them.

A group of Akinsdale residents angered by an affordable housing development in their neighbourhood have dropped a lawsuit against the city and the St. Albert Protestant school board.

A St. Albert student has won national fame for showing how a pet store product could help clean up oilsands tailings ponds. Brennon Grohn of St.

Despite a national restructuring shuttering 146 stores nationwide, both St. Albert Blockbuster stores will remain open. The company announced earlier this week that it will be closing stores as part of its bankruptcy proceedings stores.

The Alberta Liberal Party announced its plans for health care this week with a call for more local decision-making, more family doctors and a focus on prevention that would include banning trans fats and mandating ATV helmets.

St. Albert's flagship mall has a new owner and soon will feature a new store. St. Albert Centre will be the site of one of Canada's first Target stores sometime in 2012.

Premier Ed Stelmach attached a closing date to his term as premier and Progressive Conservative Party leader Friday. In a letter to party president Bill Smith, Stelmach announced his last day in office will be Oct. 1.

Woodlands got a little woodier this week as about 500 local students planted trees for Arbour Day. About 500 Grade 1 students from nine St. Albert schools romped through Willoughby Park Wednesday to plant trees and learn about forests.

Some beleaguered residents of Slave Lake just started making the long, slow drive back home yesterday.

With just days to go before the party’s leadership vote, the four Alberta Party leadership candidates made their last public pitches to party members at a forum Wednesday night.