Our View

Spring is in the air and as temperatures rise St. Albertans will soon be doing their best Looney Tunes impersonations as they float toward the alluring scent of barbecues and other outdoor cooking craft.

Monday's all-candidates forum for those seeking election in the St. Albert and Spruce Grove-St. Albert ridings was an opportunity for the public to get a first look at the people vying for their votes in the upcoming provincial election.

Minor hockey, farmers’ markets and festivals, each appeal to a very different demographic but share one important commonality – volunteers.

The price of crude oil is way down, the price of fuel at the pump is somewhat down, but some St. Albert parents could soon be shelling out as much as $90 more for each child they put on the school bus next fall. In anticipation of a 1.

First it was Redfordgate. Alison Redford’s freewheeling airplane travel and lavish taxpayer-funded expenses sowed the seeds of the former premier’s political demise.

Western governments are fanatical about public safety and, in some cases, this fanaticism it is justified. Tightened border security, a direct result of 9/11, is one such case.

For Mark Campbell, a now retired major with the Canadian Armed Forces, June 2, 2008 was a day that permanently changed his life.

As Albertans, it seems we have been told countless times that our province spends more on health care, per capita, than any other. This year the total is expected to be $18.9 billion. That’s about .

Good morning, St. Albert. Welcome to Premier Jim Prentice’s vision of your future. One where you will finally pay the piper for all of those good times you have been having.

Planning a city is tricky business. The vision for the community supposedly drives city planning; that is, until politics, special interests, and money enter the picture. Such is the case with the development of Erin Ridge North.