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Rachel Notley’s government is entering the midway mark of its first term in government. So far, it’s been a bumpy ride.

A municipal inspection of City of St. Albert governance will finally get underway, eight months after city council requested it last July.

This week St. Albert city council debated the relative merits of a variety of names for the Employment Lands area north of Big Lake. The 250-acre area will establish a business park and generate non-residential revenue for the city.

In a world where negativity and chaos seem to dominate, students from our local schools are bright lights who provide hope for the future. Students in St. Albert area school divisions are learning to contribute to make the world a better place.

Though there is still snow on the ground, wildfire season in Alberta kicked off on Wednesday. People don’t often think about wildfires until they are affected by them.

This week a St. Albert man made the big leagues. St. Albert Gazette Sports Editor Jeff Hansen was named to the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame for his exemplary coverage of sports in this community.

When it comes to the Alberta economy, the worst may be over, but it’s not going to feel that way if you’re still looking for work. And unless the provincial government can get its finances in order, serious trouble is lurking ahead.

“I’ve decided to seek the leadership of the Progressive Conservative Party of Alberta seeking an explicit mandate, to unite with the Wildrose Party and all like-minded Albertans so we can defeat the NDP and put this province back on the r

Sturgeon County Council made a difficult decision last week when it voted to put the brakes on its multi-million dollar county campus project. Mayor Tom Flynn was right when he acknowledged both the need for the project, as well as the opposition.

NIMBY – an acronym for not in my backyard – is an element of local politics everywhere and certainly St. Albert is no stranger to that type of thinking.