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Premier Alison Redford's campaign quest to end provincial achievement exams for grades 3 and 6 received mixed grades from local educators and in the end may not pass the test.

Lt. Gov. Donald Ethell launched a new group focused on mental health on Wednesday, aiming to use his position to help end the stigma around mental illness.

Home sales are bringing fewer dollars into the real estate coffers of St. Albert. Single-family home sales were down $8 million in St. Albert in the first three quarters of this year when compared with sales over the same nine months in 2010.

Former city manager Bill Holtby looked back on 21 years with St. Albert this week just days after his sudden dismissal by city council. City council fired Holtby from his job as city manager on Tuesday. He had held the job for 10 years.

Ecole Alexandre Taché classrooms are filled to capacity and Principal Marcel Ouellette wants a new school for his 140 junior and senior high school students. "In just two years our school enrolment grew from 80 kids to 140.

Council's latest shakeup of city hall should send a clear message as to St. Albert's new focus, according to the mayor: economic development. But two prominent former city officials say this shakeup could also be illegal.

Local MLA Doug Horner will return to his post as deputy premier, premier-designate Alison Redford announced yesterday. Redford also announced she will be sworn in on Friday and will announce her new cabinet next Wednesday.

The series that showed off what the 360 could do is back for a triumphant finale.

A new focus on economic development, which the city announced Wednesday, prompted cheers from one of St. Albert's most prominent business leaders, as did the Tuesday firing of long-time chief administrative officer Bill Holtby.

Morinville RCMP located a 76-year-old man on Friday who was reported missing from a Legal seniors home on Wednesday morning.