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Plans to close part of Villeneuve Road are on ice until an update of St. Albert’s transportation master plan is finished. There has been some confusion as to when, or if, the road is closing.

Protect yourself from mosquito bites while you’re travelling and relaxing outdoors this summer, urge Alberta Health Services officials. In 2013, 21 cases of West Nile virus infection were confirmed in Alberta.

The area is a sea of orange athletic vests. The little monkeys – also known as the horde of day-care children – climb, hang and swing from the various metal pieces on the new outdoor fitness equipment at Lions Park.

St. Albert city council’s meetings could start a little earlier if a suggestion from the mayor is followed.

St. Albert Transit plans to try out an electric bus on some of its routes in August. “We’ve been working with Edmonton on this project,” said St. Albert transit director Bob McDonald.

Town council vowed to rein in goings-on at the Community Cultural Centre last week after learning that its last two shows had cost taxpayers some $17,000.

Morinville town council got a glimpse of what townspeople want from a new photo radar enforcement system during a drop-in feedback session last Wednesday night.

A local wetland boardwalk is once again off-limits due to some feisty terns. Visitors to the John E. Poole wetland boardwalk might have noticed some black terns doing strafing runs on them in recent weeks.

You’ve got your lawn and garden looking great, but now have a gander at the trees in the front and back yard.

Cruising on a four-lane road like Sir Winston Churchill Avenue on a sunny day, one might stop to ask why the speed limit – 50 kilometres an hour for much of the road – is set so low.