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In 2009 Statistics Canada released the results of a study called Persistence in Post-Secondary Education in Canada. It found that 14 per cent of university students drop out in their first year.

Being a politician, particularly at the municipal level, is sometimes not an easy job. Unlike provincial MLAs or federal MPs, local politicians have nowhere to hide when they upset constituents.

Sometimes St. Albert city councillors just don’t get it. Last week they were presented with a golden opportunity to tell residents they were actually concerned about the 12 consecutive years of annual property tax increases. When Coun.

City council’s plan to hold a series of open houses seemed like a good idea at the time. But if attendance at the first two sessions is indicative of the people’s interest, then maybe it wasn’t such a good idea after all.

Pat Dower looked like a proud new dad on Sunday afternoon. The Kinsmen’s Rainmaker Rodeo was a huge success.

Maj. Mark Campbell is angry. And he has every right to be. The former St.

“Arrogance and rudeness,” wrote author Laura Teresa Marquez, “are training wheels on the bicycle of life, for weak people who cannot keep their balance without them.

The Hole’s Greenhouses & Gardens stood on the corner of Boudreau Road and Bellerose Drive for decades.

Now here’s an issue that is sure to raise the fur of thousands of St. Albertans: the city’s animal control bylaw is up for review. And that means the issue of cat licensing will be back on the front burner.

As mothers across the country get to sleep in a little longer and get a little extra pampering on Sunday – Mother’s Day – many of them may do so with a touch of sadness.