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For those of you who are not involved in school life, you may be enlightened to know that February 21 to 25 is designated as Teacher and Staff Appreciation Week.

Most households understand it’s impossible to live beyond your means indefinitely. When life throws some curveballs like a substantial loss in income, you have to change lanes to stem the flow of red ink.

Security guards across Canada now have more discretion in arresting shoplifters thanks to the federal government’s decision to change the country’s citizen’s arrest laws.

It might not be a large sum, but news that the City of St. Albert once again is forecasting a year-end surplus is enough to spark a twinge of hope in taxpayers.

Hoping the passage of time would calm the angry fires stoked when council voted in favour of Habitat for Humanity’s development at 70 Arlington Dr. appears to have been too much to ask for. Now, courtesy a bad apple or two, St.

I have some words to both John Challinor II and Mr. Garcia: you both are missing the point in your recent letters to the editor about the bottled water industry. Mr. Garcia: you are barking up the wrong tree.

So, we’re finally going to find out what city council is really up to, not through this newspaper but through council’s very own communication efforts.

Doug Horner’s declaration Friday that he will seek the leadership of the Progressive Conservatives is good news for both the constituency of Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Albert and northern Alberta as a whole.

St. Albert never liked the idea of giving up its integrated fire and EMS service for separate entities, including a one-size-fits-all ambulance system run by the province.

As a responsible pet owner I clean up my dog’s daily "presents" both on and off my property. That is one of the not so pleasant joys of pet ownership. Too bad there are those that feel the world is their dogs’ bathroom.