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The St. Albert Chamber of Commerce's new digital signs won't be ready for about another month, but their installation and unveiling will coincide with a change in the group's overall look.

Newly minted education minster Thomas Lukaszuk is hopeful a permanent resolution to the secular education issue can be found without having to use census results that have been slow in coming.

County residents skidded off roads and into pretty much everything else Monday as a rash of collisions signalled the start of winter driving season. A sprinkling of snow plus just-below-zero temperatures was enough to cause about 11 accidents in St.

Insp. Warren Dosko ended a nearly five-year run as the local detachment commander yesterday, moving on to a new posting in Red Deer. Dosko, who announced his departure earlier this year, said he believes it was time for him to move on.

Morinville's town council has tabled a deficit budget, and wants town residents to tell them how to balance it. Morinville's 2012 budget sailed past first reading with little debate at this week's town council meeting.

Dorothy Chartrand is pretty jovial when she talks about getting bombed during the Second World War. A Métis woman born in St. Albert, Chartrand was one of the first aboriginal women from Alberta to serve overseas during that conflict. On Nov.

The city's sanding trucks hit the streets on Monday afternoon as the snow started blowing, but the total accumulated snow was not enough to start plowing. "There wasn't enough snow to drop the plows," said Director of Public Works Glenn Tompolski.

The St. Albert 150th committee is feting its local sponsors Friday night as a thank you for the cash and in-kind donations that helped bring the yearlong party to fruition. Not including the City of St.

Sturgeon Valley residents told county councillors last week to throw on the brakes and reverse a plan to allow RV storage lots in the valley.

The last time Veronica Masik got hit on the head and suffered a concussion, she deliberately chose to let herself fall into unconsciousness. "I've learned that if I let myself pass out for 30 seconds I feel fine.