Local News

The City of St. Albert failed to make the 2010 list of Alberta Venture’s top 10 communities for business but did make a list of five communities to watch because of developments that are on the horizon.

Ladies, it’s time to get your political hat on.

Please join us for lunch on Wednesday, June 9 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Cornerstone Hall as we welcome a presentation from the St. Albert Taxpayers Association.

Electric scooters should be banned from St. Albert’s trail system, says an avid recreational user who is lobbying city council to revamp its traffic bylaw.

Volunteer and enrich your own life and your community! The St. Albert Community Information & Volunteer Centre has many volunteer opportunities to choose from and can help find the right fit for you.

Street hockey action sees a lot of slapshots with some tough sticks. This weekend, one St. Albert woman is going to use the sports arena as a venue to talk about how some small sticks — Q-Tips — can score too.

A story in the May 29 Gazette stated local school boards are facing tight budgets due to a change in the calculation of the Alberta Weekly Earnings Index, which sets teacher salary increases each year.

Next week is Seniors’ Week in St. Albert but if you ask Leslie MacEachern, it’s still business as usual. For the executive director and everybody else at the St.

Thanks to a warmer-than-usual start to the year, the number of car break-ins that happened in St. Albert increased by 63 in the first three months of 2010 over those at the same time in 2009.

The Protestant school board has extended the deadline for the sale of its surplus school site at 70 Arlington Dr. until Sept. 30.