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Several local sports clubs kicked off another 20 years at Riel Recreation Park on Monday night. City council approved new $1 leases for the St. Albert Soccer Association, St. Albert Rugby Football Club, Kinsmen Club of St. Albert and St.

A story in the Feb. 24 Gazette provided the wrong date for the green tech symposium put on by the Alberta Council of Technologies. The conference starts Monday, March 1 at the Edmonton Mayfield Inn. For details call 1-866-241-7535.

After one week of the Winter Olympics, most viewers consider themselves experts in all sports, but the server at The Beerhunter does not yet know the difference between short- and long-track speed skating and it’s causing Ted Turgeon some anxie

Solar power and smart growth will go under the microscope next week as experts hold a public debate on green technologies.

Last year was another record one for babies in Alberta and the third consecutive record-setting year for births. There were 51,443 babies born last year, topping the prior records of 50,543 in 2008 and 48,589 in 2007. The 2009 total is 1.

City residents are invited to come out next week and take a sniff of several proposed designs for a future off-leash dog park on Levasseur Road. Three designs will be unleashed at an open house Wednesday night, between 5 and 8 p.m.

Local RCMP found an above average stolen vehicle this week in the Grandin Mall parking lot.

History of 70 Arlington Dr.

City councillors endorsed a plan for future playgrounds at local schools, but Mayor Nolan Crouse wants to make sure everyone else, including the provincial government, pays their fair share.

St. Albert's chamber of commerce is throwing its support behind a proposed affordable housing project in Akinsdale. A 58-unit townhouse development slated for 70 Arlington Dr.