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Businesses in Campbell Park are getting on board the block party trend with an upcoming gathering. The St. Albert Fast Track Group is hosting the event Friday afternoon at 12:30 p.m. in front of its offices at 20 Carleton Dr.

Morinville mayors will wear the town’s history on their shoulders from now on with a new chain of office. Morinville Mayor Lloyd Bertschi was set to receive the new chain last night at a council meeting.

There was no wrapping or ribbons that came with it but the Centralta Tourism Society knew it was a gift, and a handsome one at that. It was almost two weeks ago when Brent Rathgeber, member of Parliament for Edmonton-St.

If an investment in knowledge always pays the best interest, as Benjamin Franklin is quoted as saying, then a pair of St. Albert graduates have positioned themselves to earn about twice the average return on three years of high school.

The province’s $2-billion commitment to expand transit will be split 40-40-20 between Edmonton, Calgary and the rest of the province, Transportation Minster Luke Ouellette announced Tuesday.

A city councillor said an upcoming review of council and staff salaries should be seen as an investment in saving money for the city's future.

A new study suggests that railways are charging Canadian farmers $200 million a year more than they should to haul grain.

A new downtown redevelopment plan would split the area into four character areas while boosting density, changing traffic patterns and embracing the Sturgeon River as a focal point. The plan, created by Toronto-based Urban Strategies, Inc.

A small business advocacy group is trying to get commercial taxes on the radar for Alberta’s upcoming municipal elections by suggesting businesses pay more than their fair share of property taxes.

St. Albert's downtown could be in store for a major facelift with high-rise towers and an array of urban shops, restaurants and offices in close proximity to public spaces like a new civic square, according to a plan in front of council today.