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Confusion about the funding of a local play park has prompted city council to tighten up its oversight of city-funded projects.

St. Albert Catholic school trustees aren’t backing all of the recommendations submitted by the Alberta Catholic School Trustees Association (ACSTA) to the province regarding a new Education Act because they contravene existing board policy.

The St. Albert Crime Stoppers Association is asking for your assistance in solving the following crime: Between Thursday, Feb. 3 and Friday, Feb. 4, someone entered a garage located on Amherst Crescent and stole a snowblower.

Students should take some Farm 101 along with the usual math, science and English courses in school to help young farmers make a living, says a recent report.

The rights of landowners potentially affected by high-power transmission lines dominated a Q & A session with eight cabinet ministers who stopped by St. Albert last Wednesday.

A deal with the provincial government has paved the way for construction of an upgrader in Sturgeon County, which could begin as early as this fall.

Tapping into expanding markets in India and China was the central focus of the 2011 Speech from the Throne, delivered Tuesday afternoon by Lt.-Gov. Donald S. Ethell to kick off the legislature's spring sitting.

Always on the hunt for interesting subject matter to capture, St. Albert Gazette photographer April Bartlett spotted a pair of coyotes hanging out in an unusual spot —-atop a hay bale.

Shaw Internet customers will get to have their say on use-based billing next month as the cable giant holds a forum in St. Albert.

Disappointment is the word of the day in St. Albert affordable housing circles as two local projects remain on the outside looking in as the province continues to announce new housing projects.