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Morinville needs to think regional if it wants a pool and more economic development, says Coun. David Pattison. Pattison, 59, told the Gazette this week that he'll seek a second term on town council during this fall's election.

Every Tuesday and Friday morning a half-dozen elderly gentlemen meet at the St. Albert Botanic Park, roll up their sleeves and set to work. "We're the Old Boys' Club," said a cheerful Ray Wright, who turns 80 this coming fall.

Visitors who relax in the shady gazebo in Lorene and Ernie Silverton’s Grandin-area yard often remark on the garden’s peaceful, almost forest-like solitude. That comment usually earns a smile, because it didn’t used to be that way.

This week is the one when gardeners take a little more time to smell their roses because they are hoping that at least one of them will be a winner at the St. Albert Botanic Park’s annual rose show scheduled to take place Sunday.

A new smartphone app launched by a local crime watch group will enable ordinary citizens to participate in policing their own community.

Picture yourself wearing a fur coat as you sit in a vehicle on a hot day. This is the image that the Edmonton Humane Society is promoting as it warns the public about the dangers of leaving your pet in your car during the summer months.

A suggestion that could see St. Albert’s newest elementary school built in Kingswood instead of Erin Ridge North appears to be a non-starter. At Monday’s city council meeting Coun.

In the wake of a recent merger between Loblaw Companies and Shoppers Drug Mart, one local pharmacist worries about the effect large conglomerates will have on small pharmacies already strained by government cuts.

It’s not often that you hear about criminals thanking cops for arresting them, but just such a case showed up in St. Albert court this week. Gerard Murray Gladue pleaded guilty to one count of impaired operation of a motor vehicle Monday in St.

The number of workers living at a rented home on Gould Place appears to be within what’s allowed under the city’s bylaws, but that hasn’t brought any relief to neighbours.