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An elderly sex offender will be released at the end of this month under strict parole conditions while he awaits deportation.

Due to an editing error, Wednesday’s Gazette incorrectly stated natural gas franchise fees would increase by $78 for the average household. In fact, the new rates will total $78, an increase of $27. The Gazette apologizes for the mistake.

The chair of a prominent council committee and manager of Mayor Nolan Crouse's 2007 election campaign has become the first woman to seek a council seat in the October election.

The owner of a Lacombe Park house condemned by Alberta Health Services five years ago is co-operating with the city under a new bylaw passed this March. The health unit condemned the house, located on Laval Drive.

When Michelle Simms lost her battle with cervical cancer in March, many remembered her as energetic and cheerful. She was a beautiful fighter. If all of those things were true, then the 31-year-old had a tremendous impact on the world.

As Sturgeon County looks poised to trash a long-standing planning document with the City of St. Albert, local politicians are starting to think about what will replace it.

Half of the charges against a local man and RCMP officer with the elite major crime unit were dropped this week as an investigation continues into the officers who charged him.

St. Albert broke the 60,000 population mark, according to municipal census results released Monday. The census, completed between April 1 and May 7, saw St. Albert's population grow to 60,138, up 2.8 per cent from 2008.

The province has come up with $14 million to follow through on its promise to help fund Ray Gibbon Drive. Alberta Transportation Minister Luke Ouellette announced Tuesday the province would give St. Albert $14.