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“He was never troubled by anything and was so quick to laugh, no words can adequately describe the hole his death has left.

The community of St. Albert is collectively mourning the loss of a young life following a mishap Friday morning.

The latest instalment in the tourism stalemate between the St. Albert and District Chamber of Commerce and the City of St. Albert illustrates that the system is broken and that a change is in order.

Election campaigns can be a time of debate, reflection, promises and even embarrassment as candidates with records stellar and not so stellar, have records thrown back at them. The election campaign shaping up in the City of St.

Federal politician Vic Toews and U.S. Federal Reserve chair nominee Larry Summers have something in common. Both have been targets of venomous anonymous attacks. Summers was anonymously attacked in a Huffington Post article Sept.

It’s election time, and along with it comes a huge serving tray filled with platitudes du jour. Iterations of, “St. Albert is the best place to live,” “Help keep St.

The most emotional and sometimes controversial things an elected council can handle are development plans, appeals and public response.

Oct. 21 will mark a milestone in St. Albert politics. Election day 2013 will produce a city council that, for the first time since 2001, does not include Len Bracko.

Citizen activism is no stranger to St. Albert politics. Lately, the city council chambers have been host to concerned, even angry, residents of the Erin Ridge area opposing the school being built behind Sturgeon hospital.

Neighbours are neighbours, right? Everyone reading this newspaper very likely at some time had a bad experience with a neighbour. However, some residents of an Erin Ridge neighbourhood are having a rather unpleasant situation with a neighbour.