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Fresh off a dismal turnout at the polls last month, St. Albert residents continued to turn out in paltry numbers when just 20 people took in a town hall meeting about the 2011 budget.

Parliament might reign supreme in Canada, but you wouldn’t know it from Stephen Harper and his Conservatives continually attempting to circumvent its authority.

A municipal property tax increase of 3.6 per cent proposed by administration as budget meetings begin might seem like a good starting point, but subsequent questions about the need for future spending raises the question if the City of St.

Just as Canadians are about to commemorate the sacrifices of this country’s soldiers at war- and peace-time, Prime Minister Stephen Harper appears poised to flip-flop on his position about pulling troops from Afghanistan in 2011.

St. Albert’s new city council will plunge headfirst into its first challenge of the term on Monday when the 2011 operating and 2011-13 capital budgets are released.

Re: ‘New ER won’t fix wait times, says doctor,’ and ‘Don’t bank on quick ER cure,’ Oct.30 Gazette: These two articles are well received.

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) might be celebrating its victory over the people responsible for the development of the file-sharing program Limewire, which was recently ordered permanently closed down for violating copyright law

Anyone unfortunate enough to visit a hospital emergency room in the last few years probably is not surprised to hear dire warnings about the pending collapse of the system or to learn median wait times are approaching 20 hours at many urban hospitals

With today’s guilty pleas in a courtroom in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and persistent rumours from knowledgeable sources in both the Canadian and American media that a plea deal is in the works, it appears Omar Khadr will eventually return to Canada.

Voters and politicians despairing at the dismal voter turnout in elections across Alberta Monday might have to look east to find the solution to making voting at any level of government more convenient.