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Editor’s note: An updated version of this story will be available following Chiasson’s speech on the St. Albert Gazette website on Wednesday evening.

Local politicians are feeling positive about premier-designate Jim Prentice's victory on Saturday night. On Saturday Prentice walked away with 77 per cent of the vote to become the new leader of the Progressive Conservative party.

RCMP are appealing to the public to remove garage door openers from their vehicles after a rash of break-ins between Thursday night and Friday morning. RCMP received eight reports of vehicle break-ins by 10 a.m. Friday.

RCMP believe speed and intoxicating substances are factors in a two-vehicle crash that sent two Edmonton women to hospital early Friday morning. The collision occurred around 1 a.m. at the intersection of Boudreau and Campbell Roads.

The provincial minister of finance has taken issue with renewed calls for his resignation over revelations that manifests for some government aircraft flights show his wife was on 23 flights.

A local biologist hopes city and county residents will come to a free talk this fall on how to live with beavers. The Sturgeon River Research Project is hosting a free workshop on beavers this September in partnership with Sturgeon County.

A food recall has been issued for raw pork products sold by two Alberta companies due to possible E. coli contamination. There have been 154 confirmed cases of E. coli in the province from July 15 to Sept.

The fall garden can be as varied and colourful as its showy summer sister, thanks to the chrysanthemum, the must-have late-season bloomer.

It's home-time at Bertha Kennedy Catholic Community School. Shepherd/teacher Julie Antoniolli tends to her flock.

The St. Albert Crime Stoppers Association is asking for your assistance in solving the following crimes: Attempted thefts of vehicles