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City council adjusted its Green Trip priorities on Monday, moving an LRT study from number eight to number four on its top-10 list for the $800 million in transit funding the province has pledged to the Capital region. Coun.

Interest is keen in next week’s all-candidates forum, which will include both mayoral hopefuls and all 13 candidates seeking one of six seats on city council, said organizer Lynda Flannery.

A preliminary report on a future home for the St. Albert Senior Citizens’ Club and several other community groups projects a future facility could cost as much as $16 million.

St. Albert Victim Services is hoping to attract more members to its ranks by adding to its board and its group of victims’ advocates. The agency is making a major push to add to the organization, hoping to roughly double its existing roster.

Alberta should create a feed-in tariff for renewable energy so it can sell more coal and oil to the U.S., says an energy guru.

St. Albert first class firefighter-paramedic Jim Hill's fledgling career in FireFit Combat Challenge came full circle at the Canadian Championships in Brampton, Ont. earlier this month. In May, Hill had competed in his first ever challenge.

After an 18-month construction process Rosedale St. Albert, a 148-bed seniors’ facility, is now opening its doors.

It's constitutionally impossible to change the long-gun registry as the New Democrats suggest, says a local member of Parliament — Canada should get rid of it instead.

St. Albert residents have until Oct. 18 to decide who should fill the city's six available council chairs. In this, our first instalment of a six-part Q&A series, the Gazette asked those seeking election to address affordable housing.

A Sturgeon County farmer is recovering in hospital after spending 20 hours trapped inside a combine. Ray Como, 82, fell into the engine compartment of the machine around 1 p.m. last Friday and was not discovered until almost 9:30 a.m.