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What a difference 14 days can make. A few weeks ago, farmers like Walter Tappauf were looking at dust-dry soil. The land was the driest it had been in years, he said, and many farmers were preparing for a miserable growing season.

Somehow I cannot reconcile the Gazette front page headline on April 24, "Riel Pond fish kill looms", with the city's environmental policy as advertised in the same edition of the newspaper as part of the city's 2009 Report on the Environmen

Councillors will get a full breakdown of city fee charges at budget time in the fall, however some rates will not require annual council approval.

The April 28 Environment File said, “the swamp sparrow is usually seen and not heard, as was the case at this event.

St. Albert RCMP officers are looking for a driver who tried to settle an argument by running over a young man early Saturday morning. The young man was walking with a friend around 3:15 a.m.

Lake lovers can now get closer than ever to birds at Big Lake thanks to a new set of public binoculars. Members of the Big Lake Environment Support Society (BLESS) bolted a new view-scope to the observation platform by Big Lake Saturday morning.

The city has handed out $207,000 to 10 community groups through an annual grant program. Council on Monday approved recommendations for the community capital grant program.

Sturgeon County is looking for public input on a major planning document with two public meetings this week.

Despite a weather forecast that is cooling things down, Sturgeon County is playing it safe and keeping a fire ban in place.

A report presented to council Monday night showed that Servus Credit Union Place is better off run by the city instead of a third-party contractor.