Local News

A St. Albert woman’s bid to have the Alberta government pay her legal costs at a fatality inquiry that is looking into the death of her daughter has been denied.

A collision between a gravel truck and a small car on Highway 37 was fatal to the car’s driver. Morinville RCMP were called out to the accident scene on Highway 37 near Starkey Road about 6 a.m. Tuesday.

Morinville residents were in mourning this week after a suicide bomber attacked and killed one of their own in Afghanistan. Master Cpl. Byron Garth Greff of the 3rd Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry died at about 11:30 a.m.

An outbreak of an antibiotic-resistant bacteria at the Sturgeon Hospital has forced the closure of one of the facility’s surgical wards.

Sturgeon County residents could see construction of the massive new Heartland Transmission Project as early as this winter, says a company official.

The education funding promised last month by Premier Alison Redford and Education Minister Thomas Lukaszuk will soon be in the bank, but school boards are really playing catch up with the cash they will receive.

Got any spare $100s? County homeowners might need them to pay for a proposed $98 tax hike in this year's budget. County council got its first formal look at the proposed 2012 budget Wednesday at the first of several special budget meetings.

A strain of ornamental pear tree planted in three St. Albert neighbourhoods could soon be replaced after a report compiled by a councillor showed support among residents for getting rid of them. Coun.

Morinville residents will have to put up with the smell of dog food well into next year now that a new study has found more problems at the Champion Petfoods plant.

There will be more change at the top in Sturgeon County, with the resignation of chief administrative officer Chris Micek.