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Morinville council was furious this week after an architect revealed that ongoing town hall renovations are almost $1 million dollars over budget — with the possibility of more red ink to come.

It took Julius Caesar to take the confusion out of the calendar and the politics out of the spring rites of the vernal equinox. All he needed was one extra day every four years to make it happen.

County council hit the brakes on development around Cardiff this week by bringing in a moratorium on new subdivisions in the area — a move one developer says flies in the face of the county's claims of being open for business.

Health care, power bills and the future of long term care were the top topics of conversation at a provincial candidates’ forum held Monday. The local chapter of Seniors United Now (SUN) invited the provincial candidates for both the St.

Ellen is a three-year-old spayed female mixed-breed dog. She has a look of a Leonberger and probably has some collie and German shepherd too. She is a lovely happy girl and has quickly fit into her foster family.

When the Special Olympics floor hockey competition gets underway today the athletes will literally be playing with the support of some Paul Kane High School students.

The chances of being born on leap day, which is February 29, are rare. Just one in 1,461 people can claim they are leap-year babies, but perhaps they are even more rare in St. Albert.

Transportation for senior citizens in St. Albert who no longer drive is a growing problem and will only be exacerbated as the baby boomer population continues to age, council heard Monday night. Dr.

A man who tossed his belt at his common-law spouse and broke a glass coffee table during a heated dispute was sentenced to a mixture of jail time and probation.

Local superintendants aren't sure where Morinville's new public school will go, but say it could make a lot of parents switch districts when it opens its doors.