Local News

An 85-year-old woman died Monday morning after being hit by a car while crossing the street. Around 10 a.m. St. Albert RCMP were called to Boudreau Road in front of the Sturgeon Community Hospital.

Stay tuned to the St. Albert Gazette for coverage of election results as they unfold after 8 p.m. tonight. The Gazette will have personnel covering the St. Albert, Sturgeon County and Morinville races.

The city has decided to offer a free shuttle today to help get voters to the Enjoy Centre polling station. The shuttle is running about every 20 minutes, leaving from the Village Transit Station. It started Monday morning at 9 a.m.

Morinville residents will have to wait until Wednesday to know for sure, but it looks like Lisa Holmes is the town's new mayor.

Sturgeon County has its first new mayor in nine years – Tom Flynn – who says he plans to take the county on a new, more collaborative course with its neighbours.

Stage three of Ray Gibbon Drive, which brings it up to Villeneuve Road, will soon be open. A brief ceremony was held Wednesday to celebrate that opening, which is expected to be in early November.

JulieAnne Hage began to haunt the Habitat for Humanity ReStore on Yellowhead Trail when she and husband Cam were renovating their kitchen and bathrooms.

The fourth annual Bossy Mama Flaunt will be held at the Enjoy Centre on Sunday, Oct. 27 from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. The one-day event will showcase 80 businesses from the region, all of which are at least 50 per cent owned by women.

Bellerose students will learn to WRAP up their troubles next week thanks to a pilot project run by the province. Year two of the Alberta Wellness Recovery Action Plan project (WRAP) starts this Oct. 21 at Bellerose Composite High.

To cut, or not to cut is the problem most gardeners face when it comes to fall cleanup. There are two schools of thought about cutting down plants and perennials in the fall.