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You’re sitting at a red light. The light finally turns green, but the car in front of you doesn’t move. You wait patiently for about five seconds, but the jerk continues to sit idle.

It’s turning out to be a brilliant visit to the Black Sea resort of Sochi for Canadian winter Olympians, including St. Albert’s Meghan Mikkelson. Canada had 11 medals as of noon Friday, behind only Norway and the U.S.

Sturgeon County Mayor Tom Flynn seemed pleased last Friday when discussing the county's municipal development plan, the star-crossed document that's had more lives than your average house cat.

Many Albertans, when they hear the name Hells Angels, get the mental image of greasy, pot-bellied bikers yelling and tearing around town on motorcycles, terrorizing the local populace. That is not what the modern Hells Angels organization represents.

With Valentine's Day coming up, local residents should forgive Prime Minister Stephen Harper for brazenly propositioning St. Albert voters this week through a major funding announcement.

Just about every community in the province would trade places with St. Albert. The city is not getting one, but two new schools.

It's back. For the first time since October's election, St. Albert's utility policy has reared its head again looking for policy direction from city council.

Sparks are set to fly when Canada’s 41st Parliament resumes Jan. 27, and St. Albert’s own Brent Rathgeber will find himself in the mix. Of course, the Senate expense scandal will again dominate Question Period.

Premier Alison Redford this week was named among Canada’s least popular premiers. An Angus Reid poll suggested only Manitoba’s Greg Selinger and Newfoundland’s Kathy Dunderdale are less popular.

St. Albert is poised for substantial economic and residential activity in 2014. A look at today’s Scene front (pages 30-31) shows a plethora of additions and changes to St. Albert’s landscape. Costco started the St.