Our View

Bold, modern and uniquely St. Albert: that sums up the city’s latest foray into downtown revitalization, the first update to the downtown area redevelopment plan (DARP) in 20 years.

The Wildrose Alliance has already demonstrated after its policy convention this past weekend that its membership isn’t ready to stick to its guns because of a fear of how the public might perceive them.

Normally, St. Albert taxpayers should be pleased with council’s decision to put city hall’s compensation practices under the microscope of a third-party review.

Twin reports last week issued by separate commissions of inquiry have taken the RCMP to task for the quality of its work, its perception in the public eye and the secretive, possessive nature of its hierarchy.

It’s about time. That essentially sums up the province’s decision to hand over $14.3 million promised to the city for the first two stages of Ray Gibbon Drive.

When Minister of Municipal Affairs Hector Goudreau releases the fire services advisory report, it had better contain some original, worthwhile incentives to drive up recruitment in the province’s volunteer firefighter halls.

The first rule of any home renovation is to expect the unexpected. No matter how grand the vision, renovations are a risky business because it’s hard to predict what lies beneath a layer of drywall.

Mental illness can be difficult for many to understand, especially when it comes to criminals who are mentally ill.

Public pressure apparently forced the Alberta government’s hand when it pulled armed sheriffs that had been stationed at environmental hearings for a proposed multi-billion-dollar bitumen upgrader near Fort Saskatchewan.

Canada’s long-gun registry is a love-it or hate-it piece of government legislation now more than a decade old. Its proponents, which include victims of crime groups and different police associations, claim it is an important tool for police.