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It usually takes years of hard work and dedication to reach the Olympic Games. Not for Geoff Edgar. All it took for the 37-year-old St. Albert resident to earn a free ticket to Vancouver was a couple of minutes of tapping on his computer keyboard.

A new school opened in St. Albert on Monday as the local francophone board welcomed students to a long-awaited temporary facility. After trying for years to establish a temporary school in St.

Alberta has the finest leadership it’s had in a long time, said a local Progressive Conservative MLA and cabinet minister in defending Premier Ed Stelmach after two PC MLAs defected to the upstart Wildrose Alliance Party.

A new restaurant is now open in Servus Credit Union Place. After sitting largely unused for two years, the space overlooking Mark Messier Arena and the indoor soccer fields is now home to Skybox Grill.

With a new year comes a new chair for the St. Albert Chamber of Commerce. Mike Howes, owner of DKC Sparklean, will be the chair for 2010. The chamber promotes its executive members every year on Jan. 1 so the change isn’t a surprise.

A new year and decade is for many a time of reflection and goal setting. It’s no different for city council, which many issues to resolve in 2010, an election year. Here’s our list of recommended council new year’s resolutions.

St. Albert retailers are reporting mixed results during the pre- and post-Christmas shopping season. The St. Albert Future Shop improved its sales in its second Christmas since opening in November, 2008. “Terrific response from the community.

Now that Alberta is out of the deep freeze, people are able to spend more time outdoors enjoying the sights and sounds of the Christmas season.

Head down to St. Albert's Madison Avenue and you'll see a house that could help save the Earth. It looks just like most homes in the Mission area. But look at the brass lamps on the front path and you'll spot something odd: fluorescent bulbs.