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The city will spend about a quarter of a million dollars to purchase five aboriginal sculptures that have been displayed outside St. Albert Place since the spring.

St. Albert residents have until Oct. 18 to decide who should fill the city's six available council chairs.

School boards lost their ability to tax in 1994, which has limited their ability to operate on their own. This factor, combined with low public interest in school board affairs, has caused some people to wonder if school boards are still relevant.

Candidates seeking public office will make their cases to voters tonight during a forum hosted by the St. Albert Taxpayers Association. You can follow the discussion live at www.stalbertgazette.com with our live blog, starting at 7 p.m.

Every three years St. Albert's electorate casts ballots for the seven people they think will best represent their collective interests.

St. Albert's mayoral candidates have different views on affordable housing.

St. Albert Protestants will get to grill trustee candidates next week in a public forum, but local Catholics will have to settle for a questionnaire. The St. Albert Protestant Separate Local No.

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.