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Summer school is cool

Summer school is cool

By Kevin Ma It's a beautiful summer morning. Student Jaxon Wade is stuck inside here at school – and loving every minute of it. He and about 10 other city residents are in the shop lab at Richard S.
Tax scam scares residents

Tax scam scares residents

The message on her answering machine said Lisa Kluyts was under investigation for tax fraud, and would be arrested.
SACHS grad makes Dungeons and Dragons

SACHS grad makes Dungeons and Dragons

By Kevin Ma Adam Shepp says he always wanted to make video games growing up in St. Albert, but never thought he could.
Directions for democracy

Directions for democracy

By Kevin Ma Should St. Albert experiment with direct democracy? It depends what you mean by "direct democracy," says an Edmonton expert. City council voted 4-3 against a motion from Coun.
St. Albert to get its first night market

St. Albert to get its first night market

It was a stroll across the night markets in France that inspired some of the events planned for St. Albert's downtown this summer. Christian Prefontaine says the shops, open long into the night, and the booths lining the streets, impressed him. So when the 16-year-old applied for a job with St. Albert's youth entrepreneur program, Gen Y CEO, he proposed to create a night market here.
City off leash bylaw a good start

City off leash bylaw a good start

It’s been almost a year since changes were introduced to St. Albert’s animal bylaw and while there’s room for improvement, so far the off-leash area pilot project has been welcomed by members of the community. On Sept.
Juggling work and council a challenge

Juggling work and council a challenge

A St. Albert councillor says daytime committee meetings and earlier council meetings could deter people from seeking office in the future. In response to the release of council attendance records earlier this week, Coun.
Save on your grocery bill

Save on your grocery bill

Have you noticed your grocery bill continuing to rise, month after month? It’s not your imagination – prices for produce, meat and more are up across the country.
Grandin neighbourhood reacts to development

Grandin neighbourhood reacts to development

A young St. Albert woman says she needs developments such as Amacon's Grandin Condo complex if she hopes to be able to stay in the city.
Something fishy in the water

Something fishy in the water

By Kevin Ma Owen Watkins is up to his elbows in the muck of Edgewater Pond. Dragging a long seine net behind him, he's on the hunt for aliens. "See there on the right corner?" he said earlier, standing on the pond's dock.
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