Local News

A local affordable housing advocate is throwing his hat in the electoral ring for a third time. Stanley Haroun, chair of the St. Albert Housing Society, announced Monday he is seeking a seat on city council.

The Gazette would like to retract a story published in Wednesday's paper that contained inaccuracies about a city council motion regarding a development agreement with Landrex Developers for Erin Ridge North.

The St. Albert Gazette repeated as the top community newspaper in Alberta, completing a sweep of provincial and national titles in addition to continental honours.

Two years after his death, provincial workplace health and safety inspectors have decided not to pursue charges in the death of local teen Mitchell Tanner.

Const. Dave Henry, the school resource officer (SRO) of two local high schools, is being relocated to Airdrie, much to the dismay of the city's youth who have even started an online petition to get him to stay.

A St. Albert couple died Sunday when their motorcycle collided with a pickup truck outside Stony Plain.

A gas-powered home is one of the star attractions on this year’s Eco Solar Home Tour.

A growth of existing home inventory has created a buyers’ market in the St. Albert real estate market, said local broker James Mabey. May statistics show that sales activity in St. Albert is down from the same month last year.

A woman who formerly lived in St. Albert pleaded guilty halfway through her trial Thursday to an attempted assault.

A proposal for St. Albert's downtown calls for pedestrian-friendly sidewalks, more retail shops and higher densities, including a 25-storey condominium tower next to the Sturgeon River. Officials from the Toronto-based Urban Strategies, Inc.